Stok Monastery

Stok Monastery

Stok Palace
Stok Monastery
Location within India
Coordinates 34°3′56.5″N 77°32′32″E / 34.065694°N 77.54222°E / 34.065694; 77.54222
Monastery information
Location Stok, Leh district Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Founded by Lhawang Lotus
Founded Late 14th century
Type Tibetan Buddhist

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]

Around 2km from the monastery is Stok Palace, built in 1820 and still the summer home of Ladakhi royalty from the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh.

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  1. 1 2 "Stok Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
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