Yuksom: the first capital of the Kingdom of Sikkim

Yuksom:  the first capital of the Kingdom of Sikkim, check in at the hotel. Later, the walk through the pine forest to Norbugang Chorten, a huge stone throne, built in 1641г. in honor of the coronation of the first king Phuntsog Namgyal, the founder of the dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Sikkim until 1975 when Sikkim became part of India. The stone next to the throne holds the imprint of the feet of the Supreme Lama, as evidence of the ancient ceremony

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