Shey palace and Shrine is a must visit place located at 15KM to the south upstream from Leh city on Leh-Manali road at hillock of Shey village.
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The nearest airport is Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, which is approximately 16 km away from Shey Palace Monastery Leh.
The nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, which is approximately 440 km away from Shey Palace Monastery Leh.
Shey Palace is connected with an excellent road network. During the summer months, the local buses and cabs function well in the Ladakh region. You can hire a cab and travel along the Leh-Manali Highway to Karu. The journey from Leh to the Shey monastery will take approximately 20-25 minutes.
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Shey palace and monastery is a must-visit destination located near Leh city. The palace comes under archeological survey of India and mostly ruins now. It was constructed in 1650 by king Deldan Namgyal of Ladakh and was used as a summer retreat. The palace has the largest CHANGCHUP (Chorten stupa) in Ladakh, the top of which is made of pure gold. Later on, the king also constructed the Shey monastery in the memory of his father.
The Royal Palace and monastery built in the sixteenth century A.D. enshrines the DU-KHANG with the copper gilded statue of Lord Buddha rising to a height of three storeyed. Later on, the royal family of Ladakh shifted to Stok Palace in 1834. The three storeyed palaces has 7.5 meters statue of seated Sakyamuni Buddha made of copper and brass plated with gold silver and studded with gems and precious stones.
Shey is a popular destination for tourists in Ladakh on the Leh-Hemis route for sightseeing. It has stunning views and a couple of magnificent structures that can be seen.
Doing photography is an excellent activity which you can enjoy here. The environment and the location of the place are surrounded with numerous mesmerizing places where you can click photographs.
The Sindhu Darshan festival, which honors the river Sindhu, is well worth attending.
