Phugtal Monastery

E696707

Buddhist monastery Gompa Religious building

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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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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateElevation	around 3800 meters ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Tibetan monastic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Tsarap Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInto	cliffside cave ⓘ
contains	Buddhist murals ⓘ ancient frescoes ⓘ assembly hall ⓘ chapels ⓘ library ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ natural cave ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
district	Kargil district NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Jangsem Sherap Zangpo NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury	15th century ⓘ
founderTradition	Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Zanskar NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	cliff face ⓘ
near	Padum NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks	Tsarap River NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryDeity	Buddha Shakyamuni NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Zanskar NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
sect	Gelug NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ trekking tourism ⓘ
tradition	Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
unionTerritory	Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	meditation retreats ⓘ monastic education ⓘ religious practice ⓘ
valley	Tsarap River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zanskar Range → hasMonastery → Phugtal Monastery ⓘ

Zanskar Valley → monastery → Phugtal Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stongdey Monastery

Padum → nearbyMonastery → Phugtal Monastery ⓘ