Amitābha and the thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (Karma Kagyu)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1873 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1873; rebuilt 1954
Undetermined
History & significance
A Karma Kagyu monastery above Singtam in southern Sikkim, founded in 1873 and rebuilt in 1954 after earthquake damage. Its manilhakang holds images of Amitabha and the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, and its prayer-wheel building, also of 1954, was rebuilt in 1987.