Thiksey Monastery

Thiksey · Ladakh & the high Himalaya · India

★★★★☆ Museum & culture

What it costs a family of four

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What to know

A twelve-storey monastery resembling the Potala in Lhasa, with a 15m Maitreya Buddha. ATTEND THE MORNING PRAYERS - visitors are welcome, it starts around 06:30, and it is the reason to come rather than the architecture.

The details

Adult ticket	Check official booking
Child ticket	Check official booking
Typical visit	1.5 hours
Opening hours	Daily; morning prayers around 06:30
Indoors or out	Both
Region	Himalaya, India
Prices quoted in	INR

When to go

The planner warns of freezing in January, February, December. Outside those months it says nothing, which is the point — a warning that fires every day is one nobody reads.

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Official page: https://leh.nic.in/

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