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- noun Plural form of
gompa .
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Examples
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Many of the annual festivals of the gompas take place in winter, a relatively idle time for the majority of the people.
The Land of Colors 2007
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All Ladakhi Buddhists celebrate it by making offerings to the gods, both in gompas and in their domestic shrines.
The Land of Colors 2007
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Many of the annual festivals of the gompas take place in winter, a relatively idle time for the majority of the people.
The Land of Colors 2007
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All Ladakhi Buddhists celebrate it by making offerings to the gods, both in gompas and in their domestic shrines.
The Land of Colors 2007
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For centuries, the Ladakhi people have been building enormous monastaries, or gompas, that usually sit on top of rocky cliffs.
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Even within the city of Leh itself there are several of these gompas.
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