Phodong Monastery

Phodong Monastery (or Phodang and Podong; Tibetan: ཕོ་གདོང, Wylie: pho gdong) is a Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India.

[1] It was built in the early 18th century but an older monastery had pre-existed the current one.

[2] It was reconstructed by Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal,[3] who was recognized as the reincarnation of his uncle, Sidkeong Namgyal, the abbot of the monastery.

[4] The line was to be continued by Palden Thondup Namgyal.

The monastery has a residence of approximately 260 monks and has a numerous collection of some ancient murals.