Alchi Monastery
Kashmiri painting from the eleventh century, untouched.
- Where
- Alchi, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 34.2236, 77.1741
Get the Alchi Monastery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Alchi Monastery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ladakh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Alchi Monastery
Likir Monastery 8.6 km
A gold Maitreya sitting out in the open.
Basgo 9.7 km
Mud ramparts on a ridge, on the watch list once.
Magnetic Hill 16 km
A stretch of road where the slope of the land tricks the eye into seeing cars roll uphill.
Hemis National Park 36 km
The high cold park where the snow leopard is counted rather than glimpsed, above the Indus.
Stok Kangri 36 km
The trekking peak above Leh, closed since 2020 to let the mountain rest.
Zanskar Valley 36 km
Cut off by snow for seven months.
Shanti Stupa 37 km
A white dome built by Japanese Buddhists in 1991 on a hill above Leh, best reached on foot up the steps.
Lamayuru Monastery 37 km
The oldest gompa in Ladakh, standing over eroded clay hills that people here call the moonland.
More national monuments in Ladakh
Questions
Where is Alchi Monastery?
Alchi Monastery is in Alchi, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Likir Monastery (8.6 km), Basgo (9.7 km), Magnetic Hill (16 km).
How do I get the Alchi Monastery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Alchi Monastery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ladakh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Alchi Monastery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ladakh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.