PEMAYANGTSE MONASTERY
PEMAYANGTSE MONASTERY The PEMAYANGTSE MONASTERY is a Buddhist monastery in Pemayangtse , near pelling , a small hill town in the district of West Sikkim,India . The town is located at the distance of 10km from the district headquarters of Geyzing and 131km from Gangtok Sikkim .Planned, design and founded by Lama Lhatsun chempo in 1674 ,it is one of the oldest and premier monastery of Sikkim also the most famous in the Sikkim. It was established in the year 1705. The monastery follows the Nyingma order of Tibetan Buddhism and control all the monasteries of that order in Sikkim. The monks of this monestry are normal chosen from the Bhutias of Sikkim. Th monastery was built for "pur monks " (Tatshang) meaning "monks of pur lineage",celibate and without any physical abnormality . This practice is still retained. Only the monks of Pemayangtse monastery are entitled to the title "ta-tshang". The head lama of this monastery have the unique privilege of...

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