Temisgam Timishgan, Temisgang | |
|---|---|
village | |
 Tingmosgang monastery | |
| Coordinates: 34°19′28″N76°59′19″E / 34.324370°N 76.988744°E Coordinates: 34°19′28″N76°59′19″E / 34.324370°N 76.988744°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Khalsi |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,517 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 941 |
Temisgam is a village in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. [1] It is located in the Khalsi tehsil. The Tingmosgang castle and monastery are located here.
Leh district is a district in the Ladakh region of northern India. With an area of 45,110 km2, it is the second largest district in the country in terms of area. It is bounded on the north by Gilgit-Baltistan's Kharmang and Ghanche districts and Xinjiang's Kashgar and Hotan prefectures linked via the historic Karakoram Pass. It has Aksai Chin and Tibet are to the east, Kargil district to the west, and Lahul and Spiti to the south. The district headquarters is in Leh. It lies between 32 to 36 degree north latitude and 75 to 80 degree east longitude.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Khalsi is a town in Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, known for the presence of one of the Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka. The Khalsi rock contains the Major Rock Edicts 1 to 14.
