Bermoik Monastery
   Built in - 195

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This monastery follows the Nyingma sect of Buddhism. It is situated in South Sikkim above Singtam.

Ralang Monastery
Distance -  6 km ( from Ravangla, South Sikkim )
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This monastery  belong to the Karma Kagyu order and was built after the return of the fourth Chogyal form his pilgrimage to Tibet. The Karmapa performed the 'Rabney' (blessing) on its completion from Tsurphu itself, and grains from this ceremony fell on the ground at Ralong and were witnessed by the devotees. A few of the grains are still in the possession of some of the monks. Between 1975-81 the government reconstructed the monastery. The monastery has around 100 monks. The main ceremony falls on the 28th and 29th day of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar, when the 'chaams' are performed. It is situated near Ravangla in South Sikkim.

Old Ralang monastery: is situated 13 kms away from Ravangla with the spectacular peaks of Narsing, Jopuno and Kabur in the background. The monastery was built in 1730 on a site blessed by an earlier incarnation of Karmapa where the grains of rice thrown by him from Tibet had landed. The monastery is one of the most sacred and important monasteries following the Kagyupa tradition.“Pang Lhabsol" the worship of Mt Khangchendzonga & " Kagyad " Chaam masked dances are held every year on the 15th day of the seventh month of the Buddhist calendar coinciding with August / September and on the 29th day of the tenth month just before Losoong - the Sikkimese New Year in December.

New Ralang monastery: also known as the “Palchen Choeling Monastic Institute”, was built by the XIIth Gyaltsab Rimpoche, one of the four regents of the Kagyupa sect and completed in 1995. This is the biggest monastery in Sikkim and its architecture and paintings have been painstakingly undertaken to maintain the authenticity of the Kagyupa monasteries from Tibet. The sacred “Mahakala Dance” is held here every year in November.