Diskit Monastery
Diskit Monastery also known as Deskit Gompa or Diskit Gompa is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in Diskit, Nubra Valley of the Leh district of Ladakh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “Diskit gompa” and “Diskit Gompa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diskit and Hundar.
Diskit
Village
Photo: Rupaks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diskit is a village and headquarter of the Nubra tehsil and the Nubra subdivision in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. The Diskit Monastery is located in this village.
Hundar
Village
Photo: Karunakar Rayker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hundar is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India, famous for sand dunes and Bactrian camels. It is located in the Nubra tehsil, on the banks of the Shyok River. Hundar is situated 9 km northwest of Diskit Monastery.
Diskit Monastery
- Categories: Gompa, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Diskit, Leh district, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.5411° or 34° 32′ 28″ northLongitude
77.56092° or 77° 33′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8J6VGHR6+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 485594414OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q2088516
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Spanish—“Diskit Monastery” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဒစ်စကစ်ကျောင်းတော်”
- Catalan: “Diskit”
- French: “Diskit gompa”
- French: “monastère de Diskit”
- Italian: “Diskit gompa”
- Italian: “Monastero di Diskit”
- Portuguese: “Gompa de Deskit”
- Portuguese: “Gompa de Diskit”
- Portuguese: “Gompa de Galdan Tashi Chuling”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Deskit”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Diskit”
- Russian: “Дискит-Гомпа”
- Russian: “Дискит”
- Spanish: “Diskit”
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