Stay in an ancient spiritual village
Stay in an ancient spiritual village
Live a Buddhist lifestyle where a Tibetan Monastery oversees the village since thousand years
Lingshed is in the Zanskar region of Ladakh in Indian Himalayas. It is home to the most magnificent and 2500-year-old monastery that is one of the prime pilgrim for the locals. Life in the village revolves around the monastery. Morning prayers, climbing up to light up oil lamps in the monastery, going around prayer wheels, and ending the day with reading scriptures are parts of every villager’s daily routine. Once a year, the whole village and monks of the monastery gather to unveil Yamandhaka which is the main deity in the monastery.
Guests like to eat our Ladakhi food. They say it is delicious, even when it is prepared by an elderly ama (mother) like me. I always make sure I serve them the cleanest and healthiest food. My husband is a copper artist. When guests leave us, they say ‘Julley’, and hug us. It makes us feel happy.
I became a Mountain Homestay Host in 2018, and I have hosted many travellers since then. Running a homestay has helped me and my family a lot. Not only is the solar set up in our house useful for us, but even travellers prefer to stay in our homestay because of it.
The training we got in astronomy turned out to be a life-changing experience for our village. I felt happy and proud while mapping the position of the planets and sharing the secrets of the universe with the tourists. Tourists told me that even they didn’t know so much about the dark skies!
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