Gyalshing district · Experiences
Monasteries and shrines in West Sikkim
Gompas, chortens, caves and temples
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Prayer halls at their own hours, mask dances on their own days, and someone to explain what you see. 11 experiences below, each with its time, cost and the best hour to go.
Monasteries and shrines
Samiti Lake and the sacred landscape
Pause at Samiti Lake on the way back from the Goecha La viewpoint, a glacial lake sacred to the Bhutia and Lepcha …
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Kirateshwar Mahadev temple at Legship
Drive down from Gyalshing to Legship on the Rangeet to visit the Kirateshwar Mahadev temple, a Hindu pilgrimage site of West Sikkim, …
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Walking the edge of Demazong
With a Yuksom guide, walk from Kathok Lake to Dubdi Monastery and the first stretch of the park trail, learning how the …
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Dawn on the jetty at Khecheopalri
Stay in Khecheopalri village and walk down to the lake at first light, when mist lifts off the water, birds call from …
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Evening kora around Kathok Lake
Join Yuksom residents for a slow clockwise walk around Kathok Lake at dusk, the lake associated with the holy water that anointed …
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Skywalk, Chenrezig and the climb to Sanga Choeling
Walk the glass Skywalk beside the 137-foot Chenrezig statue opened in 2018, then climb the old path to Sanga Choeling, dated to …
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Morning prayers at Pemayangtse
Sit quietly at the back of the prayer hall as Pemayangtse's monks chant the morning liturgy with drums, cymbals and long horns, …
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Light a butter lamp and walk the kora
Offer a butter lamp and walk the clockwise path around Pemayangtse, turning the prayer wheels, as local families do on auspicious days.
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Tenth-day recitations at Sanga Choeling
Time your climb for the tenth day of the Tibetan month, linked with Guru Padmasambhava, when Sanga Choeling's lamas hold special recitations …
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Walking the chortens and mani walls
Walk clockwise through Tashiding's field of chortens and past its carved mani walls in the late afternoon, as pilgrims do, and find …
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Morning at the Uttarey Kagyu monastery
Walk up through the forest to the village monastery of the Kagyu school, which the district administration notes for its wall paintings …
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