Stok Monastery

Stok Monastery
Stok Palace
Location within India
Basic information
Location Stok, Leh district Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Geographic coordinates 34°3′56.5″N 77°32′32″E / 34.065694°N 77.54222°E / 34.065694; 77.54222Coordinates: 34°3′56.5″N 77°32′32″E / 34.065694°N 77.54222°E / 34.065694; 77.54222
Country India
Architectural description
Founder Lhawang Lotus
Completed Late 14th century

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]

Next to the monastery is the 71 feet (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]

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

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Stok Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Mary Loosemore. "Information Board at the Gautama Buddha statue and temple, Stok Gompa". www.flickr.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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