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'''Matho Monastery''', or '''Matho Gonpa''' or '''Mangtro Monastery''' or '''Mangtro Gonpa''', from the Tibetan "mang" that means "many" and "tro" that means "happiness", is a [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] monastery located 26 kilometres southeast of [[Leh]] in [[Ladakh]], northern [[India]], on the banks of the [[Indus River]].<ref name="Temples">{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/matho.html|title=Matho Gompa|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|access-date=8 October 2009}}</ref> The village of Matho is located at the mouth of a deep gorge running out of the [[Zanskar Range]] and across the Indus. It is directly opposite [[Thikse]] Monastery. | '''Matho Monastery''', or '''Matho Gonpa''' or '''Mangtro Monastery''' or '''Mangtro Gonpa''', from the Tibetan "mang" that means "many" and "tro" that means "happiness", is a [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] monastery located 26 kilometres southeast of [[Leh]] in [[Ladakh]], northern [[India]], on the banks of the [[Indus River]].<ref name="Temples">{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/matho.html|title=Matho Gompa|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|access-date=8 October 2009}}</ref> The village of Matho is located at the mouth of a deep gorge running out of the [[Zanskar Range]] and across the Indus. It is directly opposite [[Thikse]] Monastery. | ||
Matho and Skidmang in the eastern Ladakh ( | Matho and Skidmang in the eastern Ladakh (130 km to the east of Leh) are the only example in Ladakh of the [[Sakyapa]] sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Because Matho does not lie on the main highway from Leh, it sees fewer visitors than Hemis, Thiske or [[Shey]]. However, it is known to outsiders for its annual Oracle Matho Nagrang Festival, held on the 14th and 15th days of the first month of the Tibetan calendar. During this festival, two oracles, known as "Rongtsan", are said to inhabit for a few hours the body of two monks. The purpose of these oracles is to attempt to predict the fortunes of the local village communities for the coming year. Two monk that are to be the oracles vehicles are chosen every three years by the monks of the monastery for a duration of 3 years. The first year the monks will have to meditate for 9 months before the festival. The following two years the meditation will last 2 months. When the two monk come out from the retreat, all the monks will gather together to form a circle. The names of the two monks will be placed in a bowl. The bowl is then sealed and passed from one monk to the next until one name comes out from the bowl - this monk is chosen by the monastery's protector to perform the oracle. | ||
Matho is also home to a collection of [[thangka]]s dating back to the 14th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathomuseumproject.org/collections/thankas/ |title=Thangkas |publisher=Matho Museum Project |access-date=3 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430074200/http://www.mathomuseumproject.org/collections/thankas/ |archive-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Matho is also home to a collection of [[thangka]]s dating back to the 14th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathomuseumproject.org/collections/thankas/ |title=Thangkas |publisher=Matho Museum Project |access-date=3 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430074200/http://www.mathomuseumproject.org/collections/thankas/ |archive-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Founded in 1410 by Lama [[Dugpa Dorje]], it belongs to the [[Sakya]] Order. It is noted for its six-hundred-year-old [[thangka]]s and its Matho Nagrang Festival.<ref name="Temples"/>{{better source|date=October 2020}} | Founded in 1410 by Lama [[Dugpa Dorje]], it belongs to the [[Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)|Sakya]] Order. It is noted for its six-hundred-year-old [[thangka]]s and its Matho Nagrang Festival.<ref name="Temples"/>{{better source needed|date=October 2020}} | ||
The ''gompa'' is the only one in Ladakh belonging to the Sakyapa and is said to be one of the few which is seeing an increase of monks in recent years.<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 237.</ref> | The ''gompa'' is the only one in Ladakh belonging to the Sakyapa and is said to be one of the few which is seeing an increase of monks in recent years.<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 237.</ref> | ||