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Lachung Monastery is a Nyingma[1][2] Buddhist gompa in the Lachung Valley in Mangan district in Northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. It is approx. 50 km from Mangan town, the district headquarters. It was established in 1880.[3]
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 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 Mangan (Sikkim). The monastery hosts a famous mask dance each year.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Tshog Dag: Lachung Monastery. www.mahasiddha.org.
- ↑ LACHUNG MONASTERY, North Sikkim, India(8 May 2008).
- ↑ Singh, et al., p. 606.
- ↑ Lachung - Sikkim Info(20 November 2008).
References
- Singh, Sarina, et al. India, (2009), p. 606. Lonely Planet. Template:ISBN.
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