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Key Gompa (also spelled Ki, Kye or Kee) monastery - the 11th century
(plus a bibliography)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
"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." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
"Ki Monastery : is the oldest and the biggest monastery of Spity dominating Ki-Village. About 300 lamas are receiving their religious training in its monastery, which houses rare paintings and beautiful scriptures of Buddha and other gods and goddesses. It is serving western population of Spity. It is regarded as the largest in the sub-division. It is a collection of rooms and a labyrinth of corridors that do not follow any defined plan, but seem to have grown over the years. No definite data can be ascribed to the construction of the gompa - that acted both as a monastery and as a fort. In the architectural definitions given to various monasteries, Ki falls in the 'Pasada' style which is characterised by more stories than one and often plays the role of a fort-monastery."
http://www.himachalworld.com/religious-tourism/monasteries-in-himachal.html#list_of_monasteries_in_himachal
Key - a fort monastery on the Central Tibetan pattern. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhankar_Gompa
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 9, 2012
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 05 Aug 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Key monastery, IN.
lat=32.297733 long=78.01260
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2012.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Key monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India: Himachal Pradesh: Spiti Valley
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Key Gompa (also spelled Ki or Kye) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
- Kee monastery - Harcourt (1871)
- Ki monastery - http://www.himachalworld.com/religious-tourism/monasteries-in-himachal.html#getting_to_ki_monastery
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 32.297733 Long 78.01260 - based on the visual identification of the site in satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 9 March 2012.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Kaze - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaza,_Himachal_Pradesh
- Kaja - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaza,_Himachal_Pradesh
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 32.22 Long 78.08 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaza,_Himachal_Pradesh
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Vajrayana - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- possibly 11th c. AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
MBM chrono-tag 1033-66p 1067-99p - tmciolek 05 Aug 2013
1033-66p 1067-99p 1200=> dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- Active in 20th & 21st c. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 05 Aug 2013
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- 1860s - "The monastery of Kee […] accommodates nearly 250 monks" (Harcourt 1871)
- In the 2000s - “Ki Monastery on the way is the largest in Spiti and houses 300 lamas.” - http://www.footprinttravelguides.com/asia/india/himachal-pradesh/kinnaur-and-spiti/spiti/
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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