Pemayangste

Standing at a height of 2805m and enclosed on two sides by snow-capped mountains, Pemayangste is one of Sikkim’s oldest and most important monasteries. Founded in 1705, it belongs to the Tantric Nyingmapa sect, which was established in the 8th century. The monastery is a three storey structure filled with wall paintings and sculpture and includes a magnificent seven-tiered painted wooden model of paradise and hell, complete with rainbows, angels and the whole panoply of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.