Tashiding Monastery — Local services in Sikkim

Tashiding is a small village on a hilltop near Pelling. The Tashiding monastery belongs to the Nyingmapa order and is highly revered among the people of Sikkim. Build on the top of the hill and looming over the Rathong and Rangit river, the monastery can be seen from far and wide.

It is believed that even a slight glimpse of the monastery can cleanse mortals of all sins. The monastery was built during the 17th Century. There are a large number of oranges orchards and cardamoms plantations around Tashiding which can be visited from here.

Inside the monastery, a pot of holy water is kept sealed only to be revealed and its droplets given to devotees once every year at the Bumchu Festival during the 14th and 15th day of the first month of the...

Although beautiful from the outside (especially the area with the stupas) in april 2019 the interior of the main temple was very dimmly lit and the wall paintings urgently needed a (professional) refreshment. When I then saw a long ribbon of LED lights flashing in different colours beneath the honorable Buddha statues, I left the temple. On the other side of the platform in front of the temple there was place for garbage incineration. Considering how long we had to drive to get there it was not not worth...

Nice place in west sikkim for family vacations .one can approach this place form legship as well as from yaksum. Place is located at the top of the mountaian. This monestrey is one of the most scared place. View of kanchanjanga is awesome from this place . This monestry is one of the peaceful place of budhist and tibbitian.Monks do their dharma study here. Back side of monestery there is a rock according to local people when one put his ear on the rock vibration of river flowing observed...