Pray at
Tashiding Monastery in March
The holiest hilltop monastery.
Quick answer. Spring begins. The blooming season starts; high areas still wintry. For Tashiding Monastery specifically, March is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Founded
- 17th century
- Festival
- Bumchu (lunar, Feb-Mar window)
- Setting
- Ridge between two rivers
- Month
- March, Sikkim
- This month
- Spring begins.
Why March here
The 17th-century monastery on a ridge between two rivers, home of the Bumchu festival.
Tashiding is considered the holiest monastery of Sikkim, founded in the 17th century on a ridge between the Rathong and Rangeet rivers. Its chortens, including the stupa said to cleanse sins on sight, and the Bumchu sacred-water festival draw pilgrims from across the Himalaya.
What to do
The sacred chortens
Stupas pilgrims circle with butter lamps.
Bumchu
The sacred-water opening, once a year.
Pair it with
Tashiding Monastery in March, planned properly
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