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The Enchey Monastery is built on
the site blessed by Lama Druptob Karpo, a tantric master known
for his power of flying. Lama Druptob Karpo is supposed to
have built a small hermitage at this spot after he flew here
from Maenam Hill more than two hundred years ago. Later during
the reign of Sidkeong Tulku, this monastery was built here in
1901 in the form of a Chinese Pagoda. Over 200 years old,
Enchey has within its precincts of great veneration and
antiquity.
Festivals in Enchey Monastery
The annual Puja (worship) is also celebrated in the monastery
on the 18th & 19th days of the twelfth month of the lunar
calendar. During this festival, "Chaam" or the annual
religious masked dance is performed in this monastery. Singhe
Chaam, a lesser known dance is also performed once for every
three years at the monastery. Pang Lhabsol festival is also an
important festival which is also celebrated in this monastery.
This festival marks the swearing of blood-brotherhood between
the Bhutias and Lepchas which had Khangchendzonga as a
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