Gemur Monastery
| Gemur Monastery | |
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| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Gemur, Lahaul Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Country | India |
  Location within India | |
| Geographic coordinates | 32°36′35″N 77°8′47″E / 32.60972°N 77.14639°E |
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Gemur Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, 600 to 700 yards above the village of Gemur, Lahaul Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is located 18 kilometres from keylong in 'bhaga valley'Lahaul. The monastery is around 700 years old.
It contains a sculpture of the goddess 'Marichi Vajravarahi' which dates back to the 11th-12th century AD. The ‘devil dance’ is carried out in the month of July.[1] The monastery also contains ancient Buddhist miniature paintings, wall paintings, stupas, statues and Buddhist artifacts.
Footnotes
Gemur Gompa situated in Lahoul & Spiti District Not in Kullu District. It is approximately 18 km from Keylong Headquarter f Lahoul & Spitti District.
References
kindly make some correction regarding the exact location of maonastry.the district is LAHOUL SPITI and the distance from kullu is approximately 150 km.