Stakna Gompa

As you enter the central courtyard, you can watch a small stuffed Lhasa apso, the favorite pet of the previous head lama. After that you can reach at the Dukhang or main Assembly where you can find a silver and 7 feet high gilted chorten which include statue of Buddha and various other texts. The left wall of the Dukhang boasts of three new paintings, the Tsephakmad (a Buddhist Deity), Skyamuni (the Historical Buddha) and Amchi (the Medical Buddha). On the wall opposite to the entrance portrays pictures of Bodhisattva, Padme Sambhawa, a 8th century Indian Buddhist Scholar and translator of Buddhists texts into Tibetan, and Tshong-san-gompo, an early king of Tibet. On the right side of the Dukhang, you can find three statues; of the Past (Sakyamuni, present and future Maitreya Buddha). At the centre of the Dukhang, there is throne of Buddhist head lama. Opposite to the Dukhang, there is large statue of the founder lama of Stakna, Zaptung Nawangial, along with head lamas of Stakna.

In the room opposite of the Dukhnag, a wooden cupboard includes figure of Dorjie Phakma, a Boddhisattva, along with Sashan Gyat (the 8 positions of Buddha). One the right side of the room, there is central statue of Avalokitesvara with his eleven hands and one thousand heads (equivalent to Hindu Lord Shiva).

Further, there are the apartments of head lama, designed in colorful Tibetan style. This section of the Gompa also contains numerous statues of Buddhist deities and historical personages in the glass fronted cupboards. The library of the monastery is one of the most beautiful libraries of Ladakh. It also boasts of glided statue of the previous Rimpoche of Stakna.