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South Sikkim: 1902 Bon Monastery [4] 1980 Bumtar Namdroling Monastery [4] 1939 Burmiok Norbugang Monastery [4] 1992 Doling Monastery [4] 1718 Gagyong Monastery [4] 2005 Kewzing Monastery [4] 1974 Linge Phagyal Monastery [4] 1862 Malli Tashi Chodarling Monastery [4] 1915 Mangbro Monastery [4] 1790 Namthang Norbu Tsho-Ling Monastery [4] 1914
It is a Buddhist monastery located in the Lachen Valley of North Sikkim, India. Lachen Monastery is also known as Ngodub Choling Monastery. It was built in 1858 AD by the Nyingma Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. References 1. H. K. Sharma : "Religion and Society in Sikkim: A Historical Perspective" in "Himalayan Anthropology:
Chador, a very religious person, had taken several initiatives to the spread of Buddhist religion in Sikkim. He had decreed that the second of every three sons of Bhutia family shall be ordained a monk of the Pemayangtse Monastery. During his reign, the Guru Lhakhang Tashiding (1715) was built.
Tashiding Monastery (Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྡིངས་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: bkra shis sdings dgon pa) is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Tashiding, about 27 km from Gyalshing city in Gyalshing district in northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. which is the most sacred and holiest monasteries in Sikkim.
Rumtek Monastery (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: rum theg dgon pa), also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. It is the seat in exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa.
Prior to Sikkim's becoming a part of the Indian Union, Vajrayana Buddhism was the state religion under the Chogyal. Sikkim has 75 Buddhist monasteries , the oldest dating back to the 1700s. [ 140 ] The public and visual aesthetics of Sikkim are executed in shades of Vajrayana Buddhism and Buddhism plays a significant role in public life, even ...
Vajrayana Buddhism, which accounts for 28.1 per cent of the population, is Sikkim's second-largest, yet most prominent religion. Prior to Sikkim's becoming a part of the Indian Union, Vajrayana Buddhism was the state religion under the Chogyal. Sikkim has 75 Buddhist monasteries, the oldest dating back to the 1700s. [21]
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