History

Mysteries Thikse
There is a legend surrounding
of Thikse Monastery
this magical and serene place. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
It is said that Palden Zangpo
Thikse Gompa or Thikse
and Sherab Zangpo, disciples
Monastery (also

Buddhism
of a Buddhist guru, were
transliterated from Ladakhi
performing rituals at a small
as is a gompa is a Tibetan-
village-monastery in
style monastery affiliated
the northern side of Indus
with the Gelug sect of
Valley. When they were about
Tibetan Buddhism. It is
to throw the torma offerings in
located on top of a hill in
the valley, a crow came out of
Thiksey approximately 19
nowhere and carried the torma
kilometres (12 mi) east of Leh
with it. Upon searching, the
in Ladakh, India. It is noted
disciples found those torma
for its resemblance to the
offerings on a rock..
Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet

and is the largest gompa in

central Ladakh
THIKSE
MONASTERY IS
BUILT ON THE
In Essence
SAME ROCK
 STRUCTURE
A stunning view
One of the main points of interest is

the Maitreya (future Buddha) Temple

from Thikse, that
erected to commemorate visit of the
portray's the
14th Dalai Lama to this monastery in

1970. It contains a 15 metres high

simplicity of
statue of Maitreya Buddha.
Buddhist structures
A wall at the entrance to the assembly

hall or main prayer hall depicts murals

SEISMIC
of the Tibetan alendar with the

Bhavacakra (Wheel of Life). This wheel VULNERABILITY

has insignia ages of a snake, a bird

and a pig that signify ignorance, OVERALL

attachment, and aversion. Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim Himalayas
constitute important religious
and architectural heritage. These random
All these wondrous rooms describe
rubble (RR) stone masonry
how buddhist buildings represented structures located in high seismically
simplicity.... active regions of the Himalayas
have suffered varied degrees of damages
in the past earthquakes.

ASSESMENT
Analyses identified the damage prone
areas of the structures and provided
load-deformation behavior under lateral
loads. They indicate a high probability of
collapse for the specified design level
earthquake of the region. The study
shows that performance of the structure
can be enhanced by improving the
strength and stiffness
of the stone masonry walls