Stok Monastery

{{Short description|Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India}}

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|name = Stok Palace

|image =Stok palau 1.jpg

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|caption = Stok Palace

|map_type = India Ladakh

|coordinates = {{coord|34|3|56.5|N|77|32|32|E|type:landmark_region:IN-JK|display=inline,title}}

|map_caption = Location within India

|country = India

|location= Stok, Leh district Ladakh, India

|founded_by = Lhawang Lotus

|year_completed =Late 14th century

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| founded = 14th century CE

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Stok Monastery or Stok Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Stok, Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 15 kilometres south of Leh.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/stok.html|title= Stok Gompa|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|access-date=20 October 2009}} 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.{{rs?|date=February 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/maryloosemore/30696787723/in/photostream/|title= Information Board at the Gautama Buddha statue and temple, Stok Gompa|website=www.flickr.com|author=Mary Loosemore|access-date=8 December 2016}}{{rs?|date=February 2023}}

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.