Bardan Monastery

{{Short description|Buddhist monastery in Zanskar, Ladakh, northern India}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}

File:Wheel of life col.jpg on the wall of Bardan representing the wheel of life]]

Bardan Monastery or Bardan Gompa is a 17th-century Buddhist monastery, approximately 12 kilometres south of Padum, in Zanskar, Ladakh, northern India at the side of the Lungnak river.{{cite web |url=http://leh.nic.in/tourist/BARDAN%20MONASTERY.html |title=Leh - Official Site |website=leh.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518162019/http://leh.nic.in/tourist/BARDAN%20MONASTERY.html |archive-date=2012-05-18}} {{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/bardan.html|title=Bardan Monastery|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|access-date=30 September 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091103184931/http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/bardan.html| archive-date= 3 November 2009 | url-status= live}} The monastery also ran several smaller hermitages in the area.

The monastery consists of a large Dukhang or assembly hall which has some grand statues of Buddhist figures and several small stupas.