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{{Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery
|name =Takthok Monastery
|alt =
| image = Entrance to Guru Rinpoche's cave at Thak Thok.jpg
|caption =Entrance to Guru Rinpoche's cave
|map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir
|coordinates = {{coord|34|0|19|N|77|49|13|E|type:landmark_region:IN-JK|display=inline,title}}
|map_caption = Location within Jammu and Kashmir
|location=[[Sakti, Leh|Sakti]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]
|founded_by =[[Tshewang Namgyal]]

|sect = [[Nyingma]]
|lineage=
|dedicated_to = [[Padmasambhava]]
|head_lama =
|no._of_monks =55
|architecture =
|festivals=Sacred Dances - 9th-10th day of the sixth month
|footnotes =
}}
[[File:View from roof of Thagthok Gompa showing courtyard and wall paintings.jpg|thumb|250px|View from roof of Thagthok Gompa showing courtyard and galleries]]
'''Takthok Monastery''' (also known as '''Thag Thog''' or '''Thak Thak''') is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monastery in [[Sakti, Leh|Sakti]] village in [[Ladakh]], northern [[India]], located approximately 46 kilometres east of [[Leh]].<ref name="Temples">{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/takthok.html|title=Takthok Monastery|publisher=Buddhist-temples.com|access-date=7 October 2009}}</ref> It is the only monastery in Ladakh belonging to the Nying-ma-pa or Red Hat sect. The name Takthok, literally meaning 'rock-roof' was named because both its roof as well as walls are made up of rock. It belongs to the [[Nyingma]] tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and approximately 55 lamas reside there. It is the only Nyingma monastery in Ladakh.<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 218.</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyrbAAAAMAAJ&q=takthok&dq=takthok|title=Waters of life: perspectives of water harvesting in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya|work=Regional Workshop on Local Water Harvesting for Mountain Households in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas, Kathmandu, March 14–16, 1999, Volume 2|publisher=International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development|year=2000|page=239|isbn=9291151041}}</ref>

The monastery was founded around the mid-16th century during the reign of [[Tshewang Namgyal]] on a mountainside around a cave in which [[Padmasambhava]] is said to have meditated in the 8th century.<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 235.</ref>

==Description==
The main temple is very dark and gloomy with a low ceiling of rock completely covered with the residue from centuries of butterlamps having been burned there. The paintings that once adorned the walls are covered with grime and even the floor feels sticky. Further down another cave has been turned into a kitchen which has immense stoves capable of producing enough food for all the pilgrims who arrive for the annual festival (which has been shifted to the summer months to accommodate tourists).<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 232.</ref> The Assembly Hall, or ''du-khang'''s verandah, has paintings of the Four Lords, while the walls have recent paintings of fierce protector divinities some of which adorn the verandah entrance. The du-khang also contains statues of [[Maitreya]], [[Padmasambhava]] and his manifestation Dorje Takposal.<ref name="Temples"/>

A new temple was consecrated by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] in 1980 just below the main ''gompa'' complex.<ref>Rizvi (1996), pp. 235-236.</ref> A small cave behind them is believed to be the place where Padmasambhava lived and meditated for three years.<ref name="Temples"/> The monastery also has the 108 volumes of the ''[[Kanjur]]'' of Buddha's teachings.<ref name="Temples"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Outdoor shrine at Thagthok Gompa.jpg|thumb|Outdoor shrine at Thagthok Gompa
File:Wall paintings outside Thagthok Gompa.jpg|thumb|Wall paintings outside Thagthok Gompa
File:Preparing butter lamps at Thag-Thok Gompa. 2010.jpg|thumb|Preparing [[butter lamps]] at Thakthok Gompa
File:View from Thag-Thok Gompa.jpg| Mountain view from Takthok
File:Entrance to Guru Rinpoche's cave at Thak Thok.jpg|Entrance to [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s cave.
File:Gate at Takthok.jpg|Gate at Takthok
File:Ancient murals at Thagthok.jpg|Ancient murals at Thagthok
</gallery>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*Rizvi, Janet (1996). ''Ladakh: Crossroads of High Asia''. 1st edition 1983. 2nd revised edition 1996. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. {{ISBN|0-19-564546-4}}.

{{Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh}}

[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh]]
[[Category:Nyingma monasteries and temples]]

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