Legend has it that the site for the Bardan Monastery was chosen after a crow picked up the lantern of Lama Barawa and dropped it here. Bardan Gompa is a monastery built in the shape of a fortress which sits atop a rocky outcrop overlooking a valley formed by the Tsarap river. It dates back to the 17th century and is located 12kms south of Padum in the Zanskar Valley. I was at this location along with a couple of friends and they crossed the river and lit up the gompa with low level lighting allowing for more details to be seen of the monastery…