Stok Monastery or Stok Gompa is a

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monastery in Stok,

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, northern

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, 15 kilometres south of

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. 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. Next to the monastery is a 71-foot (22 m) high seated

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statue and temple, constructed between 2012-2015 and consecrated by the

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on 8 August 2016. 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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