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Dhankar Gompa (also Drangkhar or Dhangkar Gompa;
Brang-mkhar or Grang-mkhar) is a Gompa, a Buddhist temple in the
district of Lahul and Spiti in India. It is situated at an elevation of
3,894 metres (12,774 feet) in the Spiti Valley 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
Thiktse, 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.
