Stakna Monastery or Stakna Gompa is a

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monastery of the Drugpa sect in

Stakna Stakna is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India, on the banks of the Indus River. The Stakna Monastery is located there. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Stakna has 88 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. ...

Leh district Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:T ...

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, northern

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, 21 or 25 kilometres from

Leh Leh () is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Kashmir_dispute, disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TE ...

on the left bank of the

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. It was founded in the late 16th century by a

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ese scholar and saint, Chosje Modzin. The name, literally meaning 'tiger's nose' was given because it was built on a hill shaped like a

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's nose. Of note is a sacred Arya Avalokitesvara statue from Kamrup,

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. Stakna has a residence of approximately 30 monks. It is the only Bhutanese Drukpa Kagyu monastery in Ladakh, headed by the Je Khenpo in Bhutan, whereas the other Drukpa monasteries in Ladakh are of the Gyalwang Drukpa's school, based at Hemis. This split in the Drukpa Kagyu lineage occurred in the 17th century when there was a dispute over who was the true reincarnation of the 4th Gyalwang Drukpa.

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Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh Drukpa Kagyu monasteries and temples in India {{Ladakh-stub

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