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Doling Monastery is located on a small hillock, about 6 kms southward from Rabongla bazaar. Lama Rigdzin Longyang founded this monastery in the earth-dog year of 12th Rabjung cycle year corresponding to 1718. A.D. The Mongol ruler Junggar’s invasion of Tibet in 1717 - 1718. A.D. led to the persecution of Nyingmapa Sect and in this terror- stricken situation, some Nyingmapa Saints left Tibet and took asylum in the southern hidden lands. Image not Available In the same year, Lama Dorjelingpa and his son Rigdzin Longyang also left Tibet and entered Sikkim. It is said that many years before, the son Rigdzin Longyang had obtained a prediction from Chhogyal Terdag Lingpa (1646-1714) about his future and he realized that the time had come for him to proceed to this hidden land. Thereafter, they
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