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Lhalung Monastery, Lhalun Monastery or Lalung Monastery (also known as the Sarkhang or Golden Temple), was one of the earliest monasteries founded in Spiti, Himachel Pradesh, India, by the great Tibetan Buddhist ''lotswa'' (translator), Rinchen Zangpo, the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge during the late 10th century CE. The altitude of the neighbouring village of Lhalun is 3,658 metres (12,001 feet).〔Kapadia (1999), p. 82.〕 The name Lhalun literally means 'land of the gods' (''lha'' = deities, devtas; ''lung'' = land, area) and it is said that the Lhalung Devta is head of all the Devtas of the valley and emerges from the Tangmar mountain beyond the village. This mountain is said to change colour depending on the moods of the devtas or deities; red showing anger, yellow, happiness, etc.〔()〕 The village has 45 homes is 14 km from the main road and is the largest in the Lingti valley. At some places remains of an ancient wall encircling all the monastery buildings may be found. It is probable that, like Tabo, it was designed as a ''choshor'' site, a place for learning and debate as opposed to a simple village monastery or a chapel for worship by the local people. There is also a sacred tree here which may be as old as the earliest monastery.〔()〕〔()〕
For a sketched floor plan of the one remaining temple of Lhalung Monastery see Handa (1987), p. 87. File:Lalung Gompa Guru Rinpoche.jpg|Altar with Guru Rinpoche. File:Lhalung Gompa.jpg|Young woman making offerings. Lhalung Gompa. 2004. File:Lalung Gompa Abbott in his room.jpg|Abbot of Lhalung Gompa. 2004. File:Lhalung old statue.jpg|Lhalung. Old statue. File:Lhalung Gompa prayer wheel.jpg|Lhalung Gompa prayer wheel. File:Lhalung - gilded wooden figures.jpg|Lhalung - gilded wooden figures. ==Footnotes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lhalung Monastery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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