Phodong Monastery
27°24′46″N 88°35′02″E / 27.41278°N 88.58389°E / 27.41278; 88.58389
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]
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