Diskit Monastery

Diskit Monastery also known as Deskit Gompa or Diskit Gompa is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in , Nubra Valley of the Leh district of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in India
  • Also known as: “Diskit Gompa”, “Gompa de Deskit”, “Gompa de Diskit”, “Gompa de Galdan Tashi Chuling”, “Mosteiro de Deskit”, and “Дискит”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diskit and Hundar.

Town
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is a town in Nubra Valley, and headquarters of the Nubra district as well as the tehsil, a subdivision and community development block in in India. The Monastery is located in this village.

Village
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is a village in the Nubra district of , India, famous for sand dunes and Bactrian camels. It is located in the tehsil, on the banks of the . is situated 9 km northwest of Diskit Monastery.

Diskit Monastery

Latitude
34.5411° or 34° 32′ 28″ north
Longitude
77.56092° or 77° 33′ 39″ east
Open location code
8J6VGHR6+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 485594414
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q2088516
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Spanish—“Diskit Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “ডিস্কিট মঠ”
  • Burmese: “ဒစ်စကစ်ကျောင်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Diskit”
  • French: “Diskit gompa”
  • French: “monastère de Diskit”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Diskit”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Diskit”
  • Russian: “Дискит-Гомпа”
  • Spanish: “Diskit”

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