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{{Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery
|name = Stakna Monastery
|image =Stakna Gompa and Indus River.jpg

|alt =
|caption = Stakna
|map_type = India Ladakh
|coordinates = {{coord|34|0|18|N|77|41|5|E|type:landmark_region:IN-JK|display=inline,title}}
|map_caption = Location within India

|country = India
|location= [[Stakna]], [[Leh district]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]
|year_completed =Late 16th century
|date_renovated =
|sect = [[Drukpa Lineage|Drugpa]]
|lineage=
|dedicated_to =
|head_lama =
|no._of_monks =30
|architecture =
|festivals=
|footnotes =
}}
[[File:Stakna Monastery.JPG|thumb|Stakna Monastery from opposite bank of river Indus]]
'''Stakna Monastery''' or ''' Stakna Gompa''' is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monastery of the [[Drukpa Lineage|Drugpa]] sect in [[Stakna]], [[Leh district]], [[Ladakh]], northern [[India]], 21 or 25 kilometres from [[Leh]] on the left bank of the [[Indus River]].<ref name="Temples">{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/stakna.html|title= Stakna Gompa|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|access-date=19 October 2009}}</ref>

It was founded in the late 16th century by a [[Bhutan]]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 [[tiger]]'s nose.<ref name="Temples"/> Of note is a sacred Arya Avalokitesvara statue from [[Kamrup region|Kamrup]], [[Assam]].<ref name="Temples"/> Stakna has a residence of approximately 30 monks.<ref name="Temples"/>

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.

==Footnotes==
[[File: Wall Painting at Stakna Gompa.jpg|thumb|left|Thangka at Stakna monastery]]

{{Reflist}}

{{Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh}}

[[Category: Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh]]
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyu monasteries and temples]]

Stakna Monastery - Revision history

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