Phodong Monastery, Kalimpong

Name: Phodong Monastery
Address: Kalimpong, India

#8 among attractions in Kalimpong

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Phodong Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India. It is located 28 kilometres from Gangtok. It was built in the early 18th century but an older monastery had pre-existed the current one. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 27°4'0"N, 88°28'0"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Tashiding Monastery, Bhutan House, Dubdi Monastery, Zang Dhok Palri Monastery.

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Tashiding Monastery, Kalimpong
1 min walk • Tashiding Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Western Sikkim, northeastern India, which is the most sacred and holiest monasteries in Sikkim.
1.6 miNE
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Bhutan House, Kalimpong
40 min walk • Bhutan House is an estate located in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, owned by the Dorji family of Bhutan. The site is the traditional administrative Dzong for southern Bhutan, and also functioned as the administrative center for the whole of western Bhutan during the modern kingdom's early years of consolidation.
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Dubdi Monastery, Kalimpong
1 min walk • Dubdi Monastery, occasionally called Yuksom Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism near Yuksom, in the Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district, in eastern India.
2 miS
Sacred and religious sites
Zang Dhok Palri Monastery, Kalimpong
52 min walk • Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. The monastery is located atop Durpin Hill, one of the two hills of the town. It was consecrated in 1976 by the visiting Dalai Lama.