https://himalayanresort.in Upper Barfung, Ravangla Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:41:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://himalayanresort.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-The-Himalayan-Logo-32x32.jpg https://himalayanresort.in 32 32 https://himalayanresort.in/2022/04/26/samdrumptse/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:38:38 +0000 https://himalayanresort.in/?p=59 Continue reading Samdrumptse]]> Statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), the patron saint of Sikkim. The statue in Samdrumptse is the tallest statue of the saint in the world at at 118 feet of the Buddhist Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, the patron saint of Sikkim, is on the Samdruptse hill (The Wish Fulfilling well) opposite Namchi. It was completed in February 2004. It is also said that the Samdruptse hill is actually a dormant volcano. Myths say that the buddhist monks have been going on top of the hill and offering prayers to the volcano to keep it calm. There is also a Rock Garden just few kilometers up from the town on the way to Samdruptse.

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