The Chogyar Namgyal establishes the first monastery…

The Chogyar Namgyal establishes the first monastery known as the Dubdi Monastery in 1701, at Yuksom in Sikkim.

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 (three kilometers [one point nine miles) from Yuksom.

It is also known as the Hermit's Cell after its ascetic founder Lhatsun Namkha Jigme, who along with two other lamas from Tibet had 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".