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Tashiding Monastery
A few kilometers from
Pemayangtse are the holiest shrine in Sikkim at Tashiding, also known
as Chogyal Lakhang. Tashiding stands on top of a thickly wooded hill and is a day's trek from
Pemayangtse. Every spring thousands of devout Buddhists trek to Tashiding to participate in a
festival and sip the sacred water from at ancient stone jar which, miraculously, never runs dry.
Yaksum
Literally means the "meeting of three great lamas". The first ruler of
Sikkim was consecrated by three lamas at this picturesque place. There is also a lovely little lake
here. Yaksum is the base for mountain climbing course organised by the Himalayan
Mountaineering Institute.
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