|  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. |
