Monasteries in Sikkim: A must visit tourist destination

Sikkim is renowned for its artistic monasteries located around lush green forests with one of the most scenic picturesque mountains with hairpin road that makes the travel more captivating to visit throughout the year. It has been known to be India's carbon neutral state in India. I have been planning to visit Sikkim from Assam an indian state in northeast India where my journey begins for two days trip to Sikkim to visit two monasteries that is a must visit monasteries of all time. However, there are two hundred monasteries that is situated in the Indian state of Sikkim which we will be covering in all our trips to Sikkim. As we planned to visit Sikkim from Assam, it took us around two hours fifty four minutes to reach from assam to kolkata, then take other flight from kolkata to Sikkim where the nearest airport is Pakyong airport in Sikkim. we can even take train ride from Assam to Sikkim which usually takes around 15 hrs and 12 mins where the fare for the train ride is around INR 539- INR 1590.

Now once you reach Sikkim all you need is take rest for Day 1 so that we can begin our ten day journey to the monasteries in Sikkim. You can stay in a budget friendly hotels and villa that's situated in the smallest state of India after Goa. Here are the list of ten hotels and villa that's budget friendly for the travellers travelling to Sikkim that's as follows:

. Summit Ttakshang Residency Hotel & Spa .Mayfair spa resorts & casino . Sumi Shangrila Deorali . The golden crest . Treenz hotel . Summit Namnang Courtyard & Spa . Summit Norling Resort & Spa . Denzong Regency- Luxury Mountain Retreat Spa & Casino . Udaan Alpine Resort . Yangthang Heritage

Let's begin our journey to a visit to a monasteries in Sikkim where we will cover ten monasteries for two day trip to a scenic view of himalayan mountain. Here's a list of two monasteries that is a must visit tourist destination for tourists from all around the world.

Lingdum monastery: Through Lingdum or ranka monastery which we usually call is one of the most beautiful monastery in today's time which offers a scenic picturesque himalayan view and beautiful architecture that is one of the oldest monastery in the Indian States. It's situated on the foothills of rumtek the Lingdum monastery which was founded by Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche, the 12th incarnation of Zurmang Gharwang of Kagyu Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It's construction began around in the year 1992 which was inaugurated in 1999. You can find carved prayer wheel once you enter the monastery where you can find courtyard in the monastery with a beautiful architecture of the temple where you can worship Lord buddha in the monastery. The monastery has a lot of rare buddhist manuscript that one can find within the monastery. Lingdum monastery is around 16 kilometres away from the main city in gangtok that's situated in the small village in Ranka. One can visit banjhakri Falls that is on the same route to lingdum monastery. You can visit lingdum monastery between march to may and september to october.

Here's ten interesting fun facts about Lingdum monastery in details:

. It's one of the well known tourist destination for tourists who loves to seek inner peace within themselves. This monastery is all about spiritual environment and to learn about tibetan buddhism. In order to understand about tibet buddhism, one need to fully immerse themselves in spiritual rituals.

. The monastery celebrates various tibetan buddhist festivals like losar which is tibetan new year festival and saga dawa which is celebrating his overall journey from birth to enlightenment.

. It is surrounded by picturesque mountains and valleys which adds a perfect place to visit all round the year. It is a center for preserving tibetan culture and heritage in the region. It serves both as a religious center and educational institution where monks receive training in Buddhist philosophy, rituals, and meditation.

. The architecture of lingdum monastery is a representation of traditional tibetan monastic style, with colorful murals, ornate carvings, traditional Tibetan motifs. The monastery was constructed in the late 20th century which was inauguration in 1998 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The name "Lingdum" translates to "a place of rest" in the tibetan language.