Stok Monastery
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Stok Palace | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Location | |
Location | Stok, Leh district Ladakh, India |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 34°3′56.5″N 77°32′32″E / 34.065694°N 77.54222°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Lhawang Lotus |
Stok Monastery or Stok Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Stok, Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 15 kilometres south of Leh.[1] It was founded by Lama Lhawang Lotus in the 14th Century and has a notable library including all 108 volumes of the Kangyur. A ritual dance-mask festival is held annually.[1][unreliable source?]
Next to the monastery is a 71-foot (22 m) high seated Gautama Buddha statue and temple, constructed between 2012-2015 and consecrated by the 14th Dalai Lama on 8 August 2016.[2][unreliable source?]
Around 2 km from the monastery is Stok Palace, built in 1820 as the summer home of Ladakhi royalty from the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh.
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[edit]See also
[edit]- Chogyal
- List of buddhist monasteries in Ladakh
- Geography of Ladakh
- Tourism in Ladakh
- World Monuments Fund
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- ^ a b "Stok Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ Mary Loosemore. "Information Board at the Gautama Buddha statue and temple, Stok Gompa". www.flickr.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.