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Yuksom to Dubdi Monastery trekking | Sikkim Travel Vlog | Yuksom | Exploring West Sikkim - Vlog- 5. Dubdi Monastery, Yuksom: The oldest Monastery in Sikkim. Dubdi Monastery trek. Dubdi Monastery, occasionally called Yuksom Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism near Yuksom, in the Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district, in northeastern India. The Chogyar Namgyal established the first monastery known as the Dubdi Monastery in 1701, at Yuksom in Sikkim, which is part of Buddhist religious pilgrimage circuit involving the Norbugang Chorten, Pemayangtse Monastery, the Rabdentse ruins, the Sanga Choeling Monastery, the Khecheopalri Lake and the Tashiding Monastery. Established in 1701, it is professed to be the oldest monastery in Sikkim and is located on the top of a hill which is about an hour's walk (3 kilometres) from Yuksom. It was also known as the Hermit's Cell after its ascetic founder Lhatsun Namkha Jigme, who along with two other lamas from Tibet met at Norbugang near Yuksom and crowned Phuntsog Namgyal as the first King or Chogyal of Sikkim at Norbugang Yuksom in 1642. The literal meaning of 'Dubdi' in local language is "the retreat". Pelling Vlog 1 - https://youtu.be/snyuKdxtXSg Pelling Vlog 2 - https://youtu.be/qUE5usxZvPk Pelling Vlog 3 - https://youtu.be/4h6iWDmmjsE Pelling Vlog 4 - https://youtu.be/8PZJmZM6RpI Music from YouTube Audio Library. If you like my video, please subscribe my channel & click the bell icon. Share this video and must comment on it. Thank you very much multitopic360a Travel etc