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| Stok Palace | |
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 Stok Palace | |
  Location within India | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Stok, Leh district Ladakh, India |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 34°3′56.5″N 77°32′32″E / 34.065694°N 77.54222°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Lhawang Lotus |
| Established | 14th century CE |
| 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][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.
Stok Guru Tsechu festival
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Stok Guru Tsechu, a major annual two-day monastic festival celebrated in Stok 15-20 km south of Leh held on the 9th and 10th day of the first month of the Tibetan lunar calendar, typically falling in February or March.[3]
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- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ Festivals of Ladakh, sotc.in, 27 Apr 2022, accessed 7 Apr 2026.
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