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{{Short description|Nyingma Buddhist monastery in northeastern India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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'''Lachen Monastery''' (also called '''Ngodrub Choling Gonpa''', "Launching Gompa"), built in 1858, is a [[Nyingma]] Buddhist monastery near [[Lachen, Sikkim]], northeastern [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/sikkim/lachen-monastery.html|title=Lachen Monastery Sikkim|website=www.tourmyindia.com|access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikkimeccl.gov.in/Documents/RTI/Lists%20of%20Religious%20Institutions/List%20of%20the%20Nyingma%20monasteries.pdf|title=List of the Nyingma monasteries|last=|first=|date=|website=Ecclesiastical Affairs Department, Government of Sikkim|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.darjeeling-tourism.com/darj_0001a5.htm|title=Tour of Lachen & Gurudongmar from Gangtok|last=|first=|date=|website=Darjeeling Tourism|access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref>

It is home to Lachen Monastic School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikkimeccl.gov.in/Info/HistoryMonasticSchools.aspx|title=Monastic Schools in Sikkim|last=|first=|date=|website=Ecclesiastical Affairs Department, Government of Sikkim|access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Buddhism]]
*[[Gautama Buddha]]
*[[History of Buddhism in India]]
*[[Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.siblac.org/doc/Lachen_Gomchen_Rathong_Chu.pdf Appeal from the Lachen Gomchen Rinpoche] to protect the Rathong Chu and [[Arun River, China-Nepal|Bum-Chu]] rivers
* [https://www.trover.com/d/16OES-lachen-%E2%80%98ngodub-choling%E2%80%99-monastery-sikkim-india Lachen 'Ngodub Choling' Monastery Lachen 'Ngodub Choling' Monastery], by Dr. Rohit Reddy, Trover
* [https://www.oyorooms.com/holiday-packages/blog/lachen-best-time-to-visit-and-places-to-see/ Mural at Lachen Monastery]
* [http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-pilgrimage.html Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]
* [http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pilgrim/places.htm Pilgrims Guide to Buddhist India: Buddhist Sites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704152615/http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pilgrim/places.htm |date=4 July 2008 }}
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Lachen+Monastery/@27.7162407,88.5566106,345m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x39e6c4a7eaaaaaab:0x7e1f36bdcaee6181!8m2!3d27.7166667!4d88.5577391|title= Lachen Monastery}}

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