Hemis Gompa, Ladakh
In the courtyard
Hemis Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis, Ladakh, India. It is believed that the monastery existed before the 11th century. Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal. The annual Hemis festival honouring Padmasambhava is held in early June.
In 1894 Russian journalist Nicolas Notovitch claimed Hemis as the origin of an otherwise unknown gospel in which Jesus is said to have travelled to India during his "lost years." According to Notovitch, the work had been preserved in the Hemis library, and was shown to him by the monks. But once his story had been re-examined by historians, it is claimed that Notovitch confessed to having fabricated the evidence.
Swami Abhedananda (1866 –1939), a direct disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, crossed the Himalayas on foot and reached Tibet in 1921, where he studied Buddhistic philosophy and Lamaism. In Hemis Monastery, he also claimed to have discovered a manuscript on the lost years of Jesus, which has been incorporated in the book Swami Abhedananda's Journey into Kashmir & Tibet published by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math.
Hemis Gompa, Ladakh
In the courtyard
Hemis Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis, Ladakh, India. It is believed that the monastery existed before the 11th century. Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal. The annual Hemis festival honouring Padmasambhava is held in early June.
In 1894 Russian journalist Nicolas Notovitch claimed Hemis as the origin of an otherwise unknown gospel in which Jesus is said to have travelled to India during his "lost years." According to Notovitch, the work had been preserved in the Hemis library, and was shown to him by the monks. But once his story had been re-examined by historians, it is claimed that Notovitch confessed to having fabricated the evidence.
Swami Abhedananda (1866 –1939), a direct disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, crossed the Himalayas on foot and reached Tibet in 1921, where he studied Buddhistic philosophy and Lamaism. In Hemis Monastery, he also claimed to have discovered a manuscript on the lost years of Jesus, which has been incorporated in the book Swami Abhedananda's Journey into Kashmir & Tibet published by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math.