Phodong Monastery

27°24′46″N 88°35′02″E / 27.41278°N 88.58389°E / 27.41278; 88.58389ArchitectureStyleCurrent building early 18th centuryFounderChogyal Gyurmed Namgyal

Phodong Monastery (or Phodang and Podong; Tibetan: ཕོ་གདོང, Wylie: pho gdong) is a Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India. It is located 28 kilometres from Gangtok.[1] It was built in the early 18th century but an older monastery had pre-existed the current one.[1]

9th Karmapa was invited by the king of Sikkim, where he founded three monasteries : Rumtek, one of the most important monastery of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, Phodong and Ralang Monastery.[2]

It was reconstructed by Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal,[3] who was recognized as the reincarnation of his uncle, Sidkeong Namgyal, the abbot of the monastery.[4] The line was to be continued by Palden Thondup Namgyal.

The monastery has a residence of approximately 260 monks and has a numerous collection of some ancient murals.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Phodang Monastery". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  2. ^ 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1556 - 1603)
  3. ^ Kuldip Singh Gulia, Mountains of the God
  4. ^ Mahendra P. Lama, Sikkim: society, polity, economy, environment

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