Thikse Monastery
Thiksey Monastery or Thiksey Gompa is a Buddhist monastery affiliated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey approximately 19 kilometres east of Leh, in the Ladakh region of northern India.
- Buddhist temple
- …lies at an elevation of 3,600 metres (11,811 feet)
- …is partly wheelchair accessible
- Description: monastery
- Also known as“Thiksey Gompa”“Thiksey Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shey Monastery.
Shey Monastery
Shey Monastery or Gompa or the Shey Palace are complex… Shey Monastery is situated 3½ km northwest of Thikse Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thiksey and Shey.
Chuchat Yakma
Village
Chuchat Yakma, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. Chuchat Yakma is situated 6 km west of Thikse Monastery.
Thikse Monastery
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Latitude
34.05655° or 34° 3′ 24″ north
Longitude
77.66675° or 77° 40′ 0″ east
Open location code
8J6V3M48+JM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tibetan—“Thikse Monastery” goes by many names.
ThikseCatalan
TikseCatalan
提克西寺Chinese
TikseCzech
TiskeCzech
Monastero di ThikseyItalian
ティクセ・ゴンパJapanese
ティクセ寺Japanese
Tiksės vienuolynasLithuanian
തിക്സേ ശവകുടീരംMalayalam
ТиксиRussian
థిక్స్ మొనాస్టరీTelugu
ทิกเซเกินปาThai
อารามชิกเจThai
ཁྲི་ཚོགས་དགོན་པ།Tibetan
ཁྲིག་ཙེ་དགོན།Tibetan
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thiksey Museum and Large Prayer Wheel.
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Ladakh: Highlights
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