Stok
Stok is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, in the Indus Valley 17 km southeast of the Leh town. The village is home to the 14th century Stok Monastery, with its 71 feet high seated Gautama Buddha statue, constructed between 2012–2015 and consecrated by the Dalai Lama on 8 August 2016.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Baldiri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palace of Stok and Stok Monastery.
Stok Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Baldiri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stok Monastery or Stok Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Stok, Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 15 kilometres south of Leh. It was founded by Lama Lhawang Lotus in the 14th Century and has a notable library including all 108 volumes of the Kangyur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chuchat Yakma and Choglamsar.
Chuchat Yakma
Village
Chuchat Yakma, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil. Chuchat Yakma is situated 5 km east of Stok.
Choglamsar
Suburb
Choglamsar, also spelt Chuglamsar, is a census town in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located on the bank of the Indus River. Choglamsar is situated 6 km northeast of Stok.
Shey
Village
Photo: Kiran L Reddy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leh is one of the two capitals of Ladakh, a union territory of India. Leh is in the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from Xinjiang, Tibet and Kashmir. Shey is situated 8 km east of Stok.
Stok
- Type: Village
- Description: village near Leh, in the Ladakh, India
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Leh district, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.06493° or 34° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
77.54796° or 77° 32′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8J6V3G7X+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 342116879OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q2802035
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