Sikkim || College Tour|| Gonjang Monastery|| Yatri Dai|| 2018||Part 5

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The Directorate of Handicraft & Handloom & Gonjang Monastery

Gonjang Monastery is located about 6 km away from the heart of Gangtok town near Tashi View point. It is situated at 27.36908 latitude and 88.613314 at an altitude of 6066 feet. The monastery was established in the year 1981 and the founder is H.E. Tingkye Gonjang Rimpoche. He was conceded as an incarnation of Yelmo Terton Ngakchang Shakya Zangpo, a 15th century Nyingma Terton. The monastery follows Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, however, the Bodhisattvas deities enshrine are different from the other Nyingma pa monastery and that is what it makes the monastery unique. Rizgin Pema Choephel in the early 19th century was responsible to construct the first ever Gonjang Monastery at Tingkey, Tsang province which was named as “Gonganj Samten Choephug”The monastery has Thadrol Dorjee Memorial Community Health Care Centre for providing medication to monks and the local people. Monastic education along with Tibetan language and English are taught to the monk students. The monastery imparts knowledge on close and comparative studies of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy based on moral values. Gonjang Institute is for complete nine years course similar to other Nyingma Institute.

The Directorate of Handicraft & Handloom was established in 1957 with the aim of preserving and promoting the art and craft of the people of Gangtok. There is much to see and buy here including hand-carved folding tables (Choktse), hand-loomed carpets with traditional themes, hand-painted masques, shawls, paintings and wooden dolls. #SikkimLove#Tour#Traveller #YatriDai #Nepal#LOVE
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