Tashiding
Tashiding is a small village on a hilltop near Pelling. The Tashiding
monastery belongs to the Nyingmapa order and is highly revered among the
people of Sikkim. Build on the top of the hill and looming over the
Rathong and Rangit river, the monastery can be seen from far and wide.
It is believed that even a slight glimpse of the monastery can
cleanse mortals of all sins. The monastery was built during the 17th
Century. There are a large number of oranges orchards and cardamoms
plantations around Tashiding which can be visited from here.
Inside the monastery, a pot of holy water is kept sealed only to be
revealed and its droplets given to devotees once every year at the
Bumchu Festival during the 14th and 15th day of the first month of the
Tibetan calendar.
Tashiding is accessible from Yuksom (16 km) and Geyzing (about 40
km). Daily, one bus operates from Geyzing to Tashiding.