NYIZLAPUG CAVES

(Khalsi tehsil - IN)
34.250000,77.150000
Grottocenter / carte

Location

What appears to consist of a group of man-made rock chambers (cave dwelling) or modified natural rock shelters used for Tibetan Buddhist monastic troglodyte purposes (hermitage retreat cells) reported FRANCKE, A H (1907 edited 1998: 10, 98) and GERVIS, P (1954: 194) from »Nyizlapug [note 1] at Saspola« (note 2) or »Nyiziapur« (note 3), which lies at a distance of »14 miles« (23 km along the road) in an unspecified direction (north-west?) »from Lamayuru« (note 4). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 28/02/2016

NOTE 1: FRANCKE, A H (1907 edited 1998: 10, 96) counted »Nyizlapug cave monastery at Saspola« among the »ruins of the Balti wars« (about 1560-1640). NOTE 2: »Saspola« (FRANKE 1907 edited 1998: 10, 96) is positioned as »Saspul Gompa« near N34°15': E077°09' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003). NOTE 3: GERVIS (1954: 194) mentions »the cave monastery of Nyiziapur, now a ruin.« NOTE 4: Lamayuru N34°18': E076°46' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) in the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 2 D3). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 28/02/2016

Documents

Bibliography 28/02/2016

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.9SASPOL (Caves of)
44.0PHARKA GOMPA
44.0CHEMREY GOMPA, Chimre
51.7THIKSEY GOMPA (Caves at)
69.7PANAMIK SPRINGS
759.5PANGU KHOLA SHELTER
959.4Qizil Ming Öy
1662.3TSAGHAN USSE GROTTO
1706.4TUN-HUANG CAVES