Mulbek is located on a Srinagar – Leh NH 1 D National Highway 45 km from Kargil and and Leh is further 197 km , it is at an altitude of 3304 meters from sea , just a kilometer from the town is the famous statue of Chamba the figure of Maitreya Budha , represents the important part of Gandhara Art , on the main National highway.
Rock cut 9 meters tall statue of “Future Budha” the Maitreya
The scholars believe it to be of 8th centenary but there is a thought it is of a Kushan period about 1800 years old.
Mulbek rock carved Buddha
There is an inscription on a near by rocks orders from the King Lde for not to sacrifice a goat at the altar of a deity , there is also an inscription that this order of King is too hard if goat is not sacrificed what will the deity say .
Shergol It is a picturesque village of the Wakha river Valley it is situated across the river, right of the Kargil-Leh road. This village is full of Popalar trees , orchards of Walnut and Apricots The main attraction is a cave monastery which is visible from a far as a white speck against the vertically rising ochre hill from which it appears to hanging out. Below this small monastery is a larger Buddhist nunnery with about a dozen residents. The village is accessible by the motorable road that branches off from the Kargil-Leh road, about 5 km before Mulbek. Shergol is a convenient base for an exciting 4-day trek across the mountain range into the Suru valley. It is also the base for visiting Urgyan-Dzong, a meditation retreat lying deep inside the mountains surrounding the Wakha River valley.
Nature’s art , Rock called Mother and Child at Mulbek
Wakha Rgyal tucked away inside the picturesque upper part of the Wakha Valley, up streams of Mulbek. Mulbek Gompa : Situated atop a rocky cliff, Mulbek Gompa (monastery) dominates the valley. It is easy to see why in bygone times this site served as an outpost to guard the caravan route. Like all Buddhists monasteries it is adorned by frescoes and statues .
Shergol Cave Monastery
Rgyal gives the appearance of a medieval settlement of cave dwellings transported in to the modern times with some improvements and extensions. The houses, neatly white-washed and closely stacked, are dug into the sheer face of a vertical cliff that rises high above the green valley . From a far the village looks like a colony of beehives hanging from the Cliff side
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