Yuksom
Sign in to saveYuksom () is a historical town 40 km north of Gyalshing in the Gyalshing district in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim. It was the first capital of Kingdom of Sikkim established in 1642 AD by Phuntsog Namgyal, the first Chogyal of Sikkim. The coronation site of the first monarch of Sikkim is known as the "Throne of Norbugang". Yuksom is home to the Norbugang Chorten, the place Namgyal was crowned. The dynastic rule of the Chogyal lasted for 333 years.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yuksom
- Settlement.other_name
- Yuksum
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Yuksom Village.jpg
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- Yuksom town
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- India Sikkim#India3
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- left
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- Location in Sikkim, India
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- Country
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- State
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- Sikkim
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- District
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Gyalshing district
- Elevation
- +1780
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Yuksom Village.jpg
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Yuksom () is a historical town 40 km north of Gyalshing in the Gyalshing district in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim. It was the first capital of Kingdom of Sikkim established in 1642 AD by Phuntsog Namgyal, the first Chogyal of Sikkim. The coronation site of the first monarch of Sikkim is known as the "Throne of Norbugang". Yuksom is home to the Norbugang Chorten, the place Namgyal was crowned. The dynastic rule of the Chogyal lasted for 333 years.
The Chogyal established the first monastery at Yuksom in Sikkim known as the Dubdi Monastery in 1701, which is part of Buddhist religious pilgrimage circuit involving the Norbugang Chorten, Pemayangtse Monastery, the Rabdentse ruins, the Sanga Choeling Monastery, the Khecheopalri Lake, and the Tashiding Monastery.