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![Thikse Gompa or Thikse Monastery (also transliterated from Ladakhi as Tikse, Tiksey or Thiksey) is a Yellow Hat (Gelugpa) (thiksok Nambar tak pe ling) Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill in the Indus Valley, east of Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India. Its architecture is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet and is the largest gompa in central Ladakh.[1][2] It is located at an altitude of 3,600 metres (12,000 ft) from where a view of the Indus valley could be seen. The monastery is a 12-storey complex, noted for its images and mural paintings of Buddhist art displayed variously in its stupas, statues, thangkas, wall paintings and swords. One of the main points of interest is the Maitreya (future Buddha) Temple erected to commemorate visit of the 14th Dalai Lama to this monastery in 1970. It contains a 15 metres (49 ft) high statue of Maitreya - the largest such statue in Ladakh covering two storeys of the building. A nunnery is part of the monastery complex.](http://web.archive.org./web/20100111064450im_/http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/ec/28998828e106d9.jpg "Thikse Gompa or Thikse Monastery (also transliterated from Ladakhi as Tikse, Tiksey or Thiksey) is a Yellow Hat (Gelugpa) (thiksok Nambar tak pe ling) Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill in the Indus Valley, east of Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India. Its architecture is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet and is the largest gompa in central Ladakh.[1][2] It is located at an altitude of 3,600 metres (12,000 ft) from where a view of the Indus valley could be seen. The monastery is a 12-storey complex, noted for its images and mural paintings of Buddhist art displayed variously in its stupas, statues, thangkas, wall paintings and swords. One of the main points of interest is the Maitreya (future Buddha) Temple erected to commemorate visit of the 14th Dalai Lama to this monastery in 1970. It contains a 15 metres (49 ft) high statue of Maitreya - the largest such statue in Ladakh covering two storeys of the building. A nunnery is part of the monastery complex.")
