Phugtal Monastery
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Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phugtal Monastery canonical | 2 |
| Stongdey Monastery | 2 |
| Zongkhul Monastery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7911306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phugtal Monastery Context triple: [Zanskar Range, hasMonastery, Phugtal Monastery]
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A.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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B.
Dubdi Monastery
Dubdi Monastery is one of the oldest and most historically significant Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim, India, revered as a key center of the region’s early monastic tradition.
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C.
Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
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D.
Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
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E.
Dechen Phodrang Monastery
Dechen Phodrang Monastery is a historic Buddhist monastic and educational institution in Bhutan, renowned for its ancient murals and role in training young monks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phugtal Monastery Target entity description: Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
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A.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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B.
Dubdi Monastery
Dubdi Monastery is one of the oldest and most historically significant Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim, India, revered as a key center of the region’s early monastic tradition.
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C.
Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
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D.
Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
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E.
Dechen Phodrang Monastery
Dechen Phodrang Monastery is a historic Buddhist monastic and educational institution in Bhutan, renowned for its ancient murals and role in training young monks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery
ⓘ
Gompa ⓘ Religious building ⓘ |
| access |
footpath
ⓘ
trekking route ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Zanskar subdivision ⓘ |
| approximateElevation | around 3800 meters ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Tibetan monastic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tsarap Chu ⓘ |
| builtInto | cliffside cave ⓘ |
| contains |
Buddhist murals
ⓘ
ancient frescoes ⓘ assembly hall ⓘ chapels ⓘ library ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ natural cave ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| district | Kargil district ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jangsem Sherap Zangpo ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| founderTradition | Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cave at the center of the complex
ⓘ
honeycomb-like cluster of buildings ⓘ structures built into cliff face ⓘ |
| heritage | part of Himalayan Buddhist heritage ⓘ |
| hosts | monastic community ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cave complex
ⓘ
dramatic cliffside architecture ⓘ isolation ⓘ remote location ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Tibetan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ Zanskar ⓘ
linked to:
Zanskar Valley
|
| locatedOn | cliff face ⓘ |
| near | Padum ⓘ |
| overlooks | Tsarap River ⓘ |
| primaryDeity |
Buddha Shakyamuni
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| region |
Zanskar
ⓘ
linked to:
Zanskar Valley
|
| religiousAffiliation | Buddhism ⓘ |
| sect |
Gelug
ⓘ
linked to:
Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
|
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
trekking tourism ⓘ |
| tradition | Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| unionTerritory | Ladakh ⓘ |
| usedFor |
meditation retreats
ⓘ
monastic education ⓘ religious practice ⓘ |
| valley | Tsarap River valley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Phugtal Monastery Description of subject: Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Phugtal Monastery