Saspochey is a village in the
Leh district
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:T ...
of
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
,
India
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. It is located in the
Likir tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
. One of the early period temples with paintings that may be dated to late 12th century is located here. The paintings are in a very bad state of preservation, with only two walls and a small portion of the remaining two walls having surviving paintings.
Wooden sculptures (possibly dating before 12th century CE) are also stored inside this temple.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census of India, Saspochey has 36 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 75%.
Art Works
Paintings and Sculptures inside the temple at Saspochey.
File:Saspotse 1.jpg, Painting 1
File:SASPO16 SM Ptg E 013 ed.jpg, Painting2
File:SASPO16 SM Ptg N 015 ed.jpg, Painting 3
File:Saspotse 4.jpg, Painting 4
File:SASPO19 SCU SM02.jpg, Sculptures 1
File:SASPO19 SCU SM09.jpg, Sculptures 2
References
{{Leh district
Villages in Likir tehsil