Lachung Monastery

Lachung Monastery is a Nyingma[1][2] Buddhist gompa in the Lachung Valley, Sikkim, northeastern India. It was established in 1880.[3]

Lachung Gompa
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectNyingma
Location
LocationSikkim, India
CountryIndia
Location within India
Geographic coordinates27.61667°N 88.65°E / 27.61667; 88.65
Architecture
Date established1880

Lachung means a 'small mountain'. Lachung is at an elevation of about 3,000 m (9,600 ft) at the confluence of the Lachen River and Lachung River, tributaries of the Teesta River. The word Lachung means "small mountain". The village is 118 km from Gangtok on the North Sikkim Highway and is the last one before the Indo-Chinese border. It was a trading post between India and Tibet before China forcefully annexed Tibet in 1950. Permits are required for visits to North Sikkim. The monastery hosts a famous mask dance each year.[4]

Footnotes
  1. "Tshog Dag: Lachung Monastery". www.mahasiddha.org. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. "LACHUNG MONASTERY, North Sikkim, India". 8 May 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via Flickr.
  3. Singh, et al., p. 606.
  4. "Lachung - Sikkim Info". web.archive.org. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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References
  • Singh, Sarina, et al. India, (2009), p. 606. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74179-151-8.


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