Flourishing Teachings 

Once Jamgon Tsongkhapa declared:
“On the right bank of the River Sindh (Indus) my teachings will come to flourish”.
According to this prophesy the Lord’s own disciple, Shesrab Zangpo of Stod first built the temple of Stagmo Lhakhang at the top of the Thiksey valley.
Then his nephew called Paldan Sherab founded the great monastery of Thiksey together with the residence for Lama and it came to flourish.
There are sacred shrines inside the monastery complex and a rich collection of numerous valuable artifacts and ancient relics.

Thiksey Gompa serves as the residence of approximately eighty monks.
The successive reincarnations of the Skyabsje Khanpo Rinpoche act as incumbents of the monastery.

Since 1430 AD children are coming to study there.