Chogyal
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The Chogyal were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty. The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1973, and the constitutional monarch f
Palden Thondup Namgyal
Statue of Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche
Tsuklakhang Palace
Norbugang 8a
Sikkim
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Sikkim is a state in northeast India. It borders Bhutan in the east, the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south.
Chogyal
…of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty (Tibetan: རྣམ་རྒྱལ་རྒྱལ་རབས།, Wylie: Rnam Rgyal Rgyal Rabs). The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1973, and the constitutional monarch from 1973 to 1975, when the monarchy was abolished and the Sikkimese people voted in a referendum to…
Kanchenjunga range viewed from Hanuman Tok temple, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Gurudongmar Lake Sikkim, India
Buddha statue at Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim, India
Cherry Resort inside Temi Tea Garden, Namchi, Sikkim