Gya Gompa and accompanying chortens (stupas) on a rocky crag above the Gya river valley. Photograph © Ian A. Inman (Beefy_SAFC).
Gya is a village overlooking river of same name in Indian Ladakh between the Indus river valley and Tanglang La Pass on the Leh-Manali Highway. Reachable from Upshi in the Indus River Valley, the village nestles in the gorge created by the River Gya. A Buddhist Gompa with accompanying chortens or stupas (shown below) overlooks the village and gorge.
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Coordinates: 33°39′N 77°44′E / 33.65°N 77.733°E / 33.65; 77.733
