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{{short description|Buddhist monastery near Yuksom, Sikkim, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery
|name = Dubdi Monastery
|image = Yuksom Dubdi Gompa.jpg
|alt =
|caption = Dubdi Monastery
|map_type = India Sikkim
|coordinates = {{coord|27|04||N|88|28||E|type:landmark_region:IN-SK|display=inline,title}}
|map_caption = Location within India
|country = India
|location = Yuksom, Sikkim, [[India]]
|founded_by = [[Lhatsun Namkha Jigme]]
|year_completed = 1701
|date_renovated =
|sect = [[Nyingma]]
|lineage =
|dedicated_to =
|head_lama =
|no._of_monks =
|architecture = Tibetan
|festivals =
|footnotes = Yuksom, Norbugang Chorten, Norbugang Coronation Throne and the Kathok Lake are within its precincts
}}

'''Dubdi Monastery''', occasionally called '''Yuksom Monastery''', is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Vihara|monastery]] of the [[Nyingma]] sect of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] near [[Yuksom]], in the [[Geyzing]] subdivision of [[West Sikkim]] district, in eastern [[India]].<ref name="Si">{{cite web|url=http://sikkiminfo.in/monasteries.htm|title=Monasteries|publisher=sikkiminfo.in|access-date=21 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213055527/http://sikkiminfo.in/monasteries.htm|archive-date=13 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=Dubdi>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikkiminfo.net/monasteries.htm|title=Monasteries in Sikkim are of three types|work=Dubdi Monastery|access-date=2010-05-05|publisher=Sikkim Info|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527131528/http://www.sikkiminfo.net/monasteries.htm|archive-date=27 May 2010}}</ref>

The Chogyar Namgyal established the first monastery known as the Dubdi Monastery in 1701, at Yuksom in [[Sikkim]], which is part of [[Buddhist]] religious pilgrimage circuit involving the [[Norbugang Chorten]], [[Pemayangtse Monastery]], the [[Rabdentse]] ruins, the [[Sanga Choeling Monastery]], the [[Khecheopalri Lake]] and the [[Tashiding Monastery]].<ref name= Choudhury>{{Cite book|last= Choudhury|first= Maitreyee|title= Sikkim: Geographical Perspects|pages=80–81|access-date=2010-05-05|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W9EwNfXkxZwC&q=Dubdi+Monastery%2C+Sikkim&pg=PA81|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=2006|isbn=81-8324-158-1}}</ref><ref name= Singh>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Sarina|title=India|page=[https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetindi00sari_1/page/529 529]|url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetindi00sari_1|url-access=registration|publisher=Lonely Planet|year= 2005|isbn= 1-74059-694-3|quote=trail leads to Sikkim’s oldest gompa, Dhubdi Monastery. The monastery was established in 1701 and enshrined within it are the statues of the three famous lamas}}</ref>

Established in 1701, it is professed to be the oldest monastery in Sikkim and is located on the top of a hill which is about an hour's walk ({{convert|3|km|mi}}) from Yuksom. It was also known as the '''Hermit's Cell''' after its ascetic founder Lhatsun Namkha Jigme, who along with two other lamas from Tibet met at Norbugang near Yuksom and crowned [[Phuntsog Namgyal]] as the first King or Chogyal of Sikkim at Norbugang Yuksom in 1642. The literal meaning of 'Dubdi' in local language is "the retreat".<ref name="Si"/><ref name=climate>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/46936-Yuksom-Sikkim.aspx|title= Yuksom in Sikkim|access-date=2010-05-07|publisher=India Study Channel}}</ref><ref name=sikkim>{{Cite web|url=http://sikkim.nic.in/sws/glim_mon.htm|title=Monasteries|work=Dubdi Monastery|access-date=2010-05-05|publisher=National Informatics Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828072311/http://sikkim.nic.in/sws/glim_mon.htm|archive-date=28 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Dubdi monastery is central to the history of Sikkim as it is closely linked to the founding of the State of Sikkim at Yuksom in the middle of the 17th century by Lhetsum Chenpo and his two associate lamas. Chenpo’s green image is enshrined in the Dhubdi monastery as it was established by him to commemorate the founding of the Kingdom of Sikkim. It is the only monastery (purported now as the first monastery built in Sikkim) surviving out of the four built at that time, the other three locations are now identified by: a cluster of four juniper trees was the location where a monastery of Khardokpa sect existed; another location of a monastery established by Lama of Nadakpa sect now seen in the form of a rocky mound and two juniper trees, and the third site has now a chorten, which was originally the location of the residence of the King of Sikkim who was crowned at Yuksom by the three lamas.<ref name=Ronaldsha>{{Cite book|last=Ronaldsha|first=E|title=Lands of the thunderbolt: Sikhim, Chumbi & Bhutan|pages =164–165|access-date=2001-05-18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgoHInuX6lMC&q=story+of+Dubdi&pg=PA164|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=2000|isbn=81-206-1504-2}}</ref> Monastery had thirty monks some time back. Now to gain access to the monastery, the only monk who stays in the monastery has to be informed in advance.<ref name= Singh/>

==Architecture==
Dubdi stands at an altitude of {{convert|7000|ft|disp=flip}} on a spur.<ref name = Freshfield>{{Cite book|last=Freshfield| first=Douglas William|title=Round Kangchenjunga: a narrative of mountain travel and exploration|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40279/page/n337 251]|access-date=2010-05-18|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40279|quote=story of Dubdi.|publisher=E. Arnold|year=1903}}</ref> Established during the reign of [[Chogyar Namgyal]], the Monastery has an elaborately painted interior area. Images of divinities, saints, other symbols and collection of manuscripts and texts are housed in the monastery. The statues of three lamas who were responsible for establishing Yuksom are also installed in the monastery. It is a two storied structure built in stone. It is square in plan and faces south. It has a tapering tower with a flat roof made of iron sheets with projecting eaves. The top of the roof has a bell shaped gilded dome known as "Gyaltshen". The monastery has two side aisles where a rare collection of manuscripts and other ritual texts are preserved.<ref name=climate/><ref name=Dhundi>[[: File:Plaque at Dubdi Monastery.jpg]]: Official plaque at Dubdi Monastery erected by the Archaeological Survey of India
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==Gallery==
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File:Face of Buddha in a monastry in Yuksom.jpg
File:Yuksom Dubdi Gompa2.jpg
File:The dubdi monastery.jpg|One of the three oldest monasteries built in 1701
File:Yuksom Dubdi Gompa3.jpg|
File:Yuksom Dubdi Gompa4.jpg|
File:Plaque at Dubdi Monastery.jpg|Plaque at Dubdi Monastery
</gallery>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage-listing|Yuksom}}
{{commons category|Dubdi Gompa}}
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* [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]
*[http://www.webshots.com/search?media=photo&query=Dubdi++Monastery&queryChannel=&sortBy=&source=search_menu Photographs]
*[http://www.rangan-datta.info/Yuksum.htm Travel Article on Yuksum]
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Dubdi+Monastery/@27.3662935,88.2288438,391m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x39e688bc40b54c35:0x9be6bac98c197ef0!8m2!3d27.3665529!4d88.2299922|title= Dubdi Monastery}}

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