"Lepcha Monastery"

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16 August 2025

People head towards Lepcha Monastery, a very old monastery built almost 200 years ago using mud and stone, in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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16 August 2025

People head towards Lepcha Monastery, a very old monastery built almost 200 years ago using mud and stone, in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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16 August 2025

A local guide describes Lepcha Monastery, a very old monastery built almost 200 years ago using mud and stone in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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16 August 2025

A person emerges from Lepcha Monastery, a very old monastery built nearly 200 years ago using mud and stone, in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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16 August 2025

Dogs play in front of Lepcha Monastery, a very old monastery built nearly 200 years ago using mud and stone, in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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16 August 2025

A local guide describes old art (Thangka) painted with natural colors inside Lepcha Monastery, a very old monastery built almost 200 years ago using mud and stone in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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16 August 2025

A local guide describes old art (Thangka) painted with natural colors inside Lapcha Monastery, a very old monastery built almost 200 years ago using mud and stone in Sittong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, on August 16, 2025.

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27 July 2021

The Statue of Unity located at Kabi Longstok, Sikkim, India, on November 06, 2012. The Statue of Unity is dedicated to the history of the swearing-in of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century A.D. at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim lying about 20 KM away from Gangtok. The prince from Kham Minyak had preformed a miraculous feat of raising the main pillar of Sakya Monastery in Tibet single handedly which otherwise would have been possible with only 100,000 men. This occasion is believed to have direct connection with the mystic prophecy pertaining to Sikkim of Mahaguru Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche who it the patron saint of Sikkim (Beyul Dremojong or ne Mayalyang) and the history of the Namgyal Dynasty starting from the first coronation at Yuksam.

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27 July 2021

The Statue of Unity located at Kabi Longstok, Sikkim, India, on November 06, 2012. The Statue of Unity is dedicated to the history of the swearing-in of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century A.D. at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim lying about 20 KM away from Gangtok. The prince from Kham Minyak had preformed a miraculous feat of raising the main pillar of Sakya Monastery in Tibet single handedly which otherwise would have been possible with only 100,000 men. This occasion is believed to have direct connection with the mystic prophecy pertaining to Sikkim of Mahaguru Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche who it the patron saint of Sikkim (Beyul Dremojong or ne Mayalyang) and the history of the Namgyal Dynasty starting from the first coronation at Yuksam.

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27 July 2021

Holy unity blood stone at Kabi Longstok, Sikkim, India, on November 06, 2012. Kabi Longstok is the site of the swearing of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century AD at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim. A treaty of blood brotherhood was sworn-in in a traditional manner between Thekong Tek and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa at Drak Tsendar with the erection of a symbolic stone smeared with blood. This erection of the stone pillar (Long Tsok in Lepcha) smeared with blood led to the appellation of the place as Kabi Longstok. Kabi Longstok is a historically significant site as well as a holy site and ceremonial site for the Lepcha tribal people of Sikkim.

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27 July 2021

Holy unity blood stone at Kabi Longstok, Sikkim, India, on November 06, 2012. Kabi Longstok is the site of the swearing of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century AD at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim. A treaty of blood brotherhood was sworn-in in a traditional manner between Thekong Tek and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa at Drak Tsendar with the erection of a symbolic stone smeared with blood. This erection of the stone pillar (Long Tsok in Lepcha) smeared with blood led to the appellation of the place as Kabi Longstok. Kabi Longstok is a historically significant site as well as a holy site and ceremonial site for the Lepcha tribal people of Sikkim.

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27 July 2021

Holy unity blood stone at Kabi Longstok, Sikkim, India, on November 06, 2012. Kabi Longstok is the site of the swearing of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century AD at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim. A treaty of blood brotherhood was sworn-in in a traditional manner between Thekong Tek and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa at Drak Tsendar with the erection of a symbolic stone smeared with blood. This erection of the stone pillar (Long Tsok in Lepcha) smeared with blood led to the appellation of the place as Kabi Longstok. Kabi Longstok is a historically significant site as well as a holy site and ceremonial site for the Lepcha tribal people of Sikkim.

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13 July 2021

The Statue of Unity located on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, on June 03, 2010. The Statue of Unity is dedicated to the history of the swearing-in of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century A.D. at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim lying about 20 KM away from Gangtok. The prince from Kham Minyak had preformed a miraculous feat of raising the main pillar of Sakya Monastery in Tibet single handedly which otherwise would have been possible with only 100,000 men. This occasion is believed to have direct connection with the mystic prophecy pertaining to Sikkim of Mahaguru Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche who it the patron saint of Sikkim (Beyul Dremojong or ne Mayalyang) and the history of the Namgyal Dynasty starting from the first coronation at Yuksam.

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13 July 2021

The Statue of Unity located on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, on June 03, 2010. The Statue of Unity is dedicated to the history of the swearing-in of the oath of blood brotherhood between the Lepcha chief Thekong Tek accompanied by his consort Nyokung Ngal and Khye (Ghed) Bumsa from Kham Minyak in the 13th century A.D. at Kabi Longtsok in North Sikkim lying about 20 KM away from Gangtok. The prince from Kham Minyak had preformed a miraculous feat of raising the main pillar of Sakya Monastery in Tibet single handedly which otherwise would have been possible with only 100,000 men. This occasion is believed to have direct connection with the mystic prophecy pertaining to Sikkim of Mahaguru Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche who it the patron saint of Sikkim (Beyul Dremojong or ne Mayalyang) and the history of the Namgyal Dynasty starting from the first coronation at Yuksam.

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