4188 x 2787 px | 35,5 x 23,6 cm | 14 x 9,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
6 agosto 2014
Ubicazione:
Key Monastery, Kaza, India
Altre informazioni:
Ki Monastery or Key Gompa is also known as Ki, Kye or Kee. Monastery is located at 4166 meters hight from sea level and some 7 km away from Kaza, a district headquarter in Himachal Pradesh, India. Key Gompa is said to have been founded by Dromtön (Brom-ston, 1008-1064 CE), a pupil of the famous teacher, Atisha, in the 11th century. This may however, refer to a now destroyed Kadampa monastery at the nearby village of Rangrik, which was probably destroyed in the 14th century when the Sakya sect rose to power with Mongol assistance. Key was attacked again by the Mongols during the 17th century, during the reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama, and became a Gelugpa establishment. In 1820 it was sacked again during the wars between Ladakh and Kulu. In 1841 it was severely damaged by the Dogra army under Ghulam Khan and Rahim Khan. Later that same year suffered more damage from a Sikh army. In the 1840s it was ravaged by fire and, in 1975, a violent earthquake caused further damage which was repaired with the help of the Archaeological Survey of India and the State Public Works Department.
