Pemayangtse Monastery

Pelling, Sikkim
Pemayangtse Monastery

Pemayangtse Monastery

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One of Sikkim's oldest Nyingma monasteries, at 2,085 m near Pelling, holding the seven-tiered Zangdok Palri sculpture.

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Allow about 1 hr 30 min
Your expert’s note
Pair it with the Rabdentse ruins, which sit on the same spur and are a fifteen-minute walk through forest - most visitors miss them entirely. The Zangdok Palri model on the top floor is the reason to come, so make sure the upper storey is open before paying in.
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