Lachen Monastery

{{Short description|Nyingma Buddhist monastery in northeastern India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|location=Sikkim, India

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|year_completed = 1858

|sect = Nyingma

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Lachen Monastery (also called Ngodrub Choling Gonpa, "Launching Gompa"), built in 1858, is a Nyingma Buddhist monastery near Lachen, Sikkim, northeastern India.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/sikkim/lachen-monastery.html|title=Lachen Monastery Sikkim|website=www.tourmyindia.com|access-date=2018-02-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikkimeccl.gov.in/Documents/RTI/Lists%20of%20Religious%20Institutions/List%20of%20the%20Nyingma%20monasteries.pdf|title=List of the Nyingma monasteries|last=|first=|date=|website=Ecclesiastical Affairs Department, Government of Sikkim|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.darjeeling-tourism.com/darj_0001a5.htm|title=Tour of Lachen & Gurudongmar from Gangtok|last=|first=|date=|website=Darjeeling Tourism|access-date=2018-02-24}}

It is home to Lachen Monastic School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikkimeccl.gov.in/Info/HistoryMonasticSchools.aspx|title=Monastic Schools in Sikkim|last=|first=|date=|website=Ecclesiastical Affairs Department, Government of Sikkim|access-date=2018-02-24}}