Diskit Monastery
The Maitreya looking towards Pakistan.
- Where
- Nubra, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 34.8790, 77.4714
Get the Diskit Monastery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Diskit Monastery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ladakh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Diskit Monastery
Saser Kangri 24 km
A wall of ice above the old Silk Road caravan track over the Saser La.
Sasser La 29 km
A pass on the old trade route to Yarkand, and the graveyard of a great many pack animals.
Mamostong Kangri 31 km
A high peak in the eastern Karakoram, approached up the Siachen side.
Hunder Sand Dunes 35 km
Cold desert dunes at three thousand metres where Bactrian camels left over from the Silk Road still graze.
Nubra Valley 37 km
Cold desert at three thousand metres where sand dunes and two humped camels sit under snow peaks.
Turtuk 59 km
Balti village, Indian only since 1971.
Khardung La 68 km
Fifty four hundred metres, long claimed as the highest motorable pass in the world, and cold in every month.
Likir Monastery 69 km
A gold Maitreya sitting out in the open.
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Questions
Where is Diskit Monastery?
Diskit Monastery is in Nubra, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Saser Kangri (24 km), Sasser La (29 km), Mamostong Kangri (31 km).
How do I get the Diskit Monastery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Diskit Monastery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ladakh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Diskit Monastery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ladakh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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