Do Drul Chorten
A hundred and eight prayer wheels around one stupa.
- Where
- Gangtok, Sikkim, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.3129, 88.6048
Get the Do Drul Chorten stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Do Drul Chorten. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Sikkim volume with your photos and a note.
Near Do Drul Chorten
MG Marg 1.9 km
No cars, no smoking, and the whole town walks it.
Enchey Monastery 3.8 km
Two hundred years of Nyingma practice above the town.
Rumtek Monastery 5.1 km
The seat of the Karmapa in exile, built in the sixties as a copy of the monastery left behind in Tibet.
Aritar Lake 16 km
Boats on a lake shaped like a footprint.
Tsomgo Lake 17 km
A glacial lake at thirty eight hundred metres on the Nathu La road, frozen from December through March.
Namchi Char Dham 22 km
Four dhams and a Shiva, all in one place.
Temi Tea Garden 22 km
The only tea estate in the state.
Nathu La 24 km
A pass at forty three hundred metres on the old Silk Road, closed in 1962 and reopened for trade in 2006.
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Questions
Where is Do Drul Chorten?
Do Drul Chorten is in Gangtok, Sikkim. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are MG Marg (1.9 km), Enchey Monastery (3.8 km), Rumtek Monastery (5.1 km).
How do I get the Do Drul Chorten stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Do Drul Chorten and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Sikkim volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Do Drul Chorten before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Sikkim volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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