New Ralang Monastery or Ralong Palchen Choling is a Buddhist monastery of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism in southern Sikkim, northeastern India. It is located six kilometres from Ravangla.[1][2][3] Ralang Monastery has an extensive collection of paintings and thangkas.[1]
Construction
The old monastery underwent reconstruction in 1975-1981 and in 1995, this new monastery, known as Palchen Choeling Monastic Institute was built by the 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, which retained its Tibetan architecture.[1] The older Ralang Gompa or Karma Rabtenling monastery is located close west of this new monastery.[4]
Festival
Ralang Monastery is host to an annual festival, known as Pang Lhabsol when Mount Kangchenjunga is worshipped usually in September and ending in early December with the Kagyed.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Ralang Monastery". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ "Ralong Palchen Choling". The Ecclesiastical Affairs Department - Government of Sikkim. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "The 12th Karmapa, Chanchup Dorje | Karmapa – the Official Website of the 17th Karmapa".
- ^ "Karma Rabtenling Monastery". The Ecclesiastical Affairs Department - Government of Sikkim. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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