Stakna Monastery
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Coordinates: | 34°0′18″N 77°41′5″E / 34.00500°N 77.68472°E |
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Location | Leh district Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Founded by | Chosje Jamyang Palkar |
Founded | Late 16th century |
Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
Sect | Drugpa |
No. of monks | 30 |
Stakna Monastery or Stakna Gompa is a Buddhist monastery of the Drugpa sect in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 21 or 25 kilometres from Leh on the left bank of the Indus River.[1]
It was founded in the late 16th century by a Bhutanese scholar and saint, Chosje Jamyang Palkar. The name, literally meaning 'tiger's nose' was given because it was built on a hill shaped like a tiger's nose.[1] Of note is a sacred Arya Avalokitesvara statue from Kamrup, Assam.[1] Stakna has a residence of approximately 30 monks.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Stakna Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
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