Takthok

Type of object

Gompa

Name

Takthok

Other names

Dagthag, Traktok

Area

Ladakh

Region

Dolina Inda vzhodno od Leha

Founder

Important monks, nuns, yogis, yoginis, and other teachers who visited the monastery

Padmasambhava, Urgyan Rinpoche, Dubthob Padma Thinlas

School

Nyingma

Surroundings

Votline, kjer naj bi meditirail Padmasambhava, Gyalwa Gotsampa in mahasiddha Kunga Phuntsog.

Interior

Kangyur, poslikave in kipi

Date of creation/first use

1575

End date

1595

Role or primary purpose

Sources and literature

Snellgrove, David in Skorupski, Tadeusz. The cultural heritage of Ladakh. Vol. 1: Central Ladakh. Warminster: Aris & Phillips LTD, 1977, str. 132. Ngawang Tsering. The Monasteries of Hemis, Chemde and Dagthag, str. 79-83. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 126. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 35, 36.