Pemayangtse Monastery: A scenic, peaceful monastery with a view of Kanchenjunga

The Pemayangtse Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Pemayangtse and second oldest monastery, near Pelling in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. Planned, designed and founded by Lama Lhatsun Chempo in 1647, it is one of the oldest and premier monasteries of Sikkim, also the most famous in Sikkim.