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Where is the monastery known as Hempis Gompa?

  1. Ladakh

  2. Itanagar

  3. Gangtok

  4. Thimpu
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Hemis Gompa (misspelled as Hempis) is located in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. It is the largest and wealthiest monastery in Ladakh, belonging to the Drukpa lineage. Itanagar is in Arunachal Pradesh, Gangtok is in Sikkim, and Thimphu is in Bhutan (different country).

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