Pemayangtse Monastery, Pelling

Name: Pemayangtse Monastery
Address: Pelling, India

#1 among attractions in Pelling

Top attraction, Monastery, Buddhist architecture

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The Pemayangtse Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Pemayangtse, near Pelling in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, located 110 km west of Gangtok. Planned, designed and founded by Lama Lhatsun Chempo in 1647, it is one of the oldest and premier monasteries of Sikkim, also the most famous in Sikkim. Originally started as a small Lhakhang, it was subsequently enlarged during the reign of the third Chogyal Chakdor Namgyal and Khenchen Rolpai Dorjee in the year 1705 and consecrated by the third Lhatsun Chenpo Dzogchen Jigme Pawo in the year 1710 C.E. The monastery follows the Nyingma Order of Tibetan Buddhism and controls all other monasteries of that Order in Sikkim. The monks of this monastery are normally chosen from the Bhutias of Sikkim. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 27°18'16"N, 88°15'10"E

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Pemayangtse Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rinchenpong, Ralang Monastery, Khecheopalri Lake, Sanga Choeling Monastery.

4.4 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Rinchenpong, Legship
114 min walk • Rinchenpong is a town in West Sikkim, India. It is situated in West Sikkim, about 123 km west of Gangtok, 47 km due south of Gyalshing, close to the village of Kaluk. It sits at an altitude of 5576 feet. It is known for the Reesum Monastery and trekking routes.
5.3 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Monastery, Buddhist architecture
Ralang Monastery, Ravangla
136 min walk • New Ralang Monastery or Ralong Palchen Choling is a Buddhist monastery of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism in southern Sikkim, northeastern India. It is located six kilometres from Ravangla. Ralang Monastery has an extensive collection of paintings and thangkas.
5.5 miNW
Buddhist and Hindu pilgrimage destination
Khecheopalri Lake, Yuksom
140 min walk • Khecheopalri Lake, originally known as Kha-Chot-Palri, is a lake located near Khecheopalri village, 147 kilometres west of Gangtok in the West Sikkim district of the Northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.
3.4 miSW
Monastery
Sanga Choeling Monastery, Pelling
87 min walk • The Sanga Choeling Monastery, also spelt Sange Choeling Monastery, established in the 17th century by Lama Lhatsün Chempo, is one of the oldest monasteries in the Northeast Indian state of Sikkim.
4.9 miS
Monastery
Rinchenpong Monastery
125 min walk • Rinchenpong Monastery is situated above the twin villages of Rinchenpong and Kaluk in West Sikkim, at a height of over 1,700 metres in the northeastern state of Sikkim, India.
1.9 miSE
Town
Geyzing
49 min walk • Gyalshing or Geyzing is the capital of the district of West Sikkim in the Indian state of Sikkim. The town is connected to the capital Gangtok by a metalled road.