Just below the base area of Leh Palace, the early 15th-century Chamba Lhakhang was one of a trio of Maitreya temples built in Leh by King Draspa Bum-lde. The obvious centrepiece is a colourful, oft-repainted three-storey Buddha but the unique features are the original medieval mural fragments between the inner and outer walls, partly preserved by being whitewashed over during a 1957 rebuild.
Getting in depends either on finding the resident monk (hit-and-miss), or on joining an Old Town Heritage Walk.
