The Tashiding monastery in Sikkim is second in
importance to the premier and largest monastery of Pemyangtse. The
legend goes that Guru Padmasambhava (Rimpoche) shot an arrow into the
air and said that he would meditate at a place where the arrow fell. The
arrow fell on the hill where Tashiding stands today. Tashidings fame has
spread far beyond the frontiers of Sikkim. Till 1959 it was an important
place of pilgrimage for Tibetans. The Buddhists from other parts of India, Nepal
and Bhutan consider it as Mecca. Every pious Sikkimese wishes to die and
to be cremated at Tashiding.
