Labrang Monastery (Sikkim)

Labrang Monastery (Sikkim)
Labrang Monastery (Sikkim)
	Labrang Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Nyingmapa
Location
Location	Phodong, Sikkim
Country	India
	Location within Sikkim
Geographic coordinates	27°25′05″N 88°34′46″E / 27.41806°N 88.57944°E
Architecture
Founder	Gyalshe Rigzing Chempa
Date established	1844

Labrang Monastery (Sikkim), (lit. 'lama's dwelling',^[1] a.k.a. Palden Phuntshog Phodrang or Palden Phuntsok Monastery) is a Buddhist monastery located in Mangan district, Sikkim, India.

^ Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi; Chandra Dutta, Sekhar; Bhattacharya, Subhamoy (September 2009). Lessons learnt from the impact of Sikkim 2006 earthquake on heritage structures. 3rd Greece-Japan Workshop: Seismic Design, Observation, Retrofit of Foundations. Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2607.1209.

[:2-1] Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi; Chandra Dutta, Sekhar; Bhattacharya, Subhamoy (September 2009). Lessons learnt from the impact of Sikkim 2006 earthquake on heritage structures. 3rd Greece-Japan Workshop: Seismic Design, Observation, Retrofit of Foundations. Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2607.1209.

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