Stakna

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Stakna (027) — Stakna (027)

34° 0′ 18″ N, 77° 41′ 7″ E

Stakna Gompa, a Buddhist monastery of the Drugpa Sect, is located 25 km south-west from Leh on the right bank of the Indus River. It was founded in the late 16^th century by a Bhutanese scholar and saint, Chosje Jamyang Palkar.

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