This Monastery was originally situated at lower Chumbi in Yatung
region of southern Tibet.
History:The
Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959 forced the monks of this monastery to
leave Tibet.All the spiritual properties brought from Yatung
were housed in the present Gonpa at Chandmari, East Sikkim. At the
initial stage, this Toedruk Kagyu Centre was temporarily established in 1977
in the private house of Thongyal Lama and was being run with the help of
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Later in 1987, the Committee purchased a building
and converted it into a Kagyu Gonpa.Since then religious
ceremonies are
regularly held in the monastery on all the auspicious days. Every year, Gutor
ritual like other monasteries is held with mask dances. The monasteries of
Renock, Tsangyek and Pabyuk of Sikkim and the monasteries of
Lingsay, Tangtha and Poedong monasteries in West Bengal
have an affiliation to the Kagon Tshechhogling Monastery of Chandmari. The above
monasteries depute their monks annually to the Kagon Tshechhogling to
participate in the annual Gutor ceremony in the 8th lunar month and
Tangyur reading in the first lunar month as a tribute to this
monastery. Lt. Kagyu Tulku was their spiritual Head and 7th in the
lineage. They follow the Kagyupa Sect
of Toedruk Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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