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The Mangyu temple complex is a group of Buddhist temples in the village of Mangyu,Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,India.

Dating
The temples are believed to be contemporaneous to the temples at Alchi Monastery and Sumda Chun,which are dated to the late 12th/early 13th century CE. As per oral legend,these temples were established by Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo.

Description
The main temple eomplex is comprised of two earlier temples(to Sakyamuni and Vairocana) adjacent to each other and two smaller chapels on either side of the temples,which house large images of the two-armed and four-armed forms of Maitreya. . The Sakyamuni temple,also known as Chenrezig Lakhang,contains an image of Sakyamuni on its North-Western wall,and the Vairocana temple,also known as the Nangbar Nangzad ,contains an assemblage of sculptures on its Northwestern wall.The chapels(on the side of the temples) are known as the Chamba Lakhang.Two painted chortens,dated to the late 12th century,one of which is known as the Four-image chorten(due to its having four sculptures within it) are also a part of the complex.



While the early structures are under the administration of Likir Monastery with one resident monk appointed by the monastery carrying out religious activities in the temples, a new temple built slightly above these early structures is under the administration of Matho Monastery.

In spite of some of the wall paintings being lost,and repainted over(especially in the Vairocana temple) many original paintings at this site are still extant.The monks of Likir monastery have expressed their interest in conservation of these early paintings without touching up or repainting.

Conservation
The conservation of the temples and the paintings of this site are carried out by the Architectural and Material Heritage divisions of the Delhi chapter of http://www.intach.org/index.asp Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage] (INTACH). The project carried out in five seasons was funded by Shinnyo-en.