Dhankar
Dhankhar may refer to: * Dhankar Gompa, a monastery in Spiti, India * Dhankar Lake, a lake in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India * Dhankar Village, in Himachal Pradesh, India See also * Dhankhar Dhankhar is a Jat surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Jagdeep Dhankhar Jagdeep Dhankhar (born 18 May 1951) is an Indian politician and lawyer, who is serving as the 14th and current vice president of India, since 11 August ...

Dhankar Gompa
Dhankar Gompa (also Dankhar, Drangkhar or Dhangkar Gompa; ''Brang-mkhar'' or ''Grang-mkhar'') is a village and also a Gompa, a Buddhist temple in the district of Lahaul and Spiti in India. It is situated at an elevation of 3,894 metres (12,774 feet) in the Spiti Valley above Dhankar Village, between the towns of Kaza and Tabo. The complex is built on a 1000-foot (300-metre) high spur overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin Rivers - one of the world's most spectacular settings for a gompa. ''Dhang'' or ''dang'' means cliff, and ''kar'' or ''khar'' means fort. Hence Dhangkar means ''fort on a cliff''. Dhankar, like Key Monastery and Tangyud Monastery in Spiti, and Thiksey, Likir and Rangdum monasteries in Ladakh, was built as a fort monastery on the Central Tibetan pattern. It was reported to have had 90 monks in 1855. Overview Below the Gompa lies the small village of Shichilling which contains the new Dhankar Monastery, home to about 150 monks belonging to the Gelu ...
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Dhankar Village
Dhankar Village (also Dankhar, Drangkhar; ''Brang-mkhar'' or ''Grang-mkhar'') is a large high village which used to be the capital of the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is at an altitude of 3,894 metres (12,774 feet) above sea level, between the towns of Tabo and Kaza, Himachal Pradesh. Above the village sits the local monastery - the Dhankar Gompa. Total number of houses are 68. The 40th head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, Pelden Gyeltshen (1601-1674), came from Dhankar. Description The mountaineer and explorer Harish Kapadia describes Dhankar as following: Dankhar (3870 m.) the old capital of Spiti is a large village built on a spur or bluff which stands out into the main valley and ends in a precipice. It rises 300 m above the river. It stands above Sichling on the left bank of the Spiti river which is wide here. There may perhaps once have been a fort here, but no trace of it was seen except for what seemed to be a large house on the top of the hi ...
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Dhankar Lake
Dhankar Lake is a high altitude lake in Spiti Valley, in the Himachal Pradesh state of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... At an elevation of , it lies above the Dhankar monastery in the Lahaul-Spiti district, and can be approached by a trek from the monastery. References External linksHimachal Pradesh Tourism Department Lakes of Himachal Pradesh Geography of Lahaul and Spiti district {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub ...
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