With reference to Buddhist history, tradition and culture in India. Consider the following pairs: |Famous Shrine|Location| |-- |--| |1. Tabo monastery and temple complex | Spiti Valley| |2. Lhotsava Lhakhang temple|Nako Zanskar Valley| |3. Alchi temple complex | Ladakh| Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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Art & Culture

Prelims 2014

With reference to Buddhist history, tradition and culture in India. Consider the following pairs:

Famous Shrine	Location
1. Tabo monastery and temple complex	Spiti Valley
2. Lhotsava Lhakhang temple	Nako Zanskar Valley
3. Alchi temple complex	Ladakh

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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Explanation

Pair 1 is correctly matched: Tabo Monastery is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Nako is a village in the Himalayas of northern India, located near the Indo-China border in the Trans-Himalayan region of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh. Nako Lake is a prominent feature here, where it borders the village. Nako Monastery, dated to 1025, is located in the village, as well as several other Buddhist chortens.

Pair 3 is correctly matched: Alchi Monastery or Alchi Gompa is a Buddhist monastery, known more as a monastic complex (chos-'khor) of temples in Alchi village in the Leh District, of the Indian state under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council of Jammu and Kashmir.

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