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Overview

Sikkim was its own mountain kingdom till 1975 and still retains a very distinctive personality. The meditative, mural-filled traditional monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism coexist with Hindu shrines of the ever-growing Nepali community, with both religions creating some astonishing latter-day megasculptures to adorn the skyline.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Resum Gompa

    Resum Gompa

    Sikkim

    This wobbly old temple is a peaceful, half-forgotten delight with appealingly naive paintings and an incredible 360-degree mountain panorama. There's no鈥�

  • Norbugang Park

    Norbugang Park

    Sikkim

    All aflutter with prayer flags, the Norbugang 'coronation park' is a historic woodland garden containing a small temple, a huge prayer wheel, a chorten鈥�

  • Samdruptse

    Samdruptse

    Sikkim

    Visible for miles, this 45m-high statue of Padmasambhava (Guru Rimpoche) is painted in shimmering copper and gilt and sits on a lotus plinth high above鈥�

  • Buddha Park

    Buddha Park

    Sikkim

    With a breathtaking backdrop of Himalayan peaks, the gigantic, 41m-tall Buddha statue is one of Sikkim's most iconic sights. Finished in 2013, it's鈥�

  • Char Dham

    Char Dham

    Sikkim

    This unmissable feast of colour is a remarkable Hindu religious theme park crowning Solophuk hilltop, 5km southwest of Namchi. It brings together replicas鈥�

  • Rumtek, Tibetan prayer wheels

    Rumtek Gompa

    Sikkim

    Rumtek is Sikkim's most spiritually significant monastery complex. It's essentially a self-contained village with a colourful main prayer hall that was鈥�

  • Pemayangtse Gompa

    Pemayangtse Gompa

    Sikkim

    One of Sikkim鈥檚 oldest and most significant Nyingmapa monasteries, Pemayangtse (literally 鈥楶erfect Sublime Lotus鈥�) is 500m off the Geyzing road 鈥� turn鈥�

  • Silnon Gompa

    Silnon Gompa

    Sikkim

    Like Tashiding Gompa way, way below, Silnon (see-non) was founded by Ngadhak Sempo Chempo. Its fairly modest central temple has a spectacular backdrop of鈥�

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