Prayer Wheel
Prayer Wheel is a place of worship in Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim. Prayer Wheel is situated nearby to MG Marg, as well as near the government office Commission for protection if child rights.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paljor Stadium and Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
Paljor Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Prajakta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paljor Stadium is a football stadium located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. It can host 30,000 spectators. Besides earlier hosting the I-League and the I-League 2, the stadium also hosts matches of various local divisions and tournaments. Paljor Stadium is situated 680 metres north of Prayer Wheel.
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Museum
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is a Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Tashi Namgyal. The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to document the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer. Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is situated 1½ km southwest of Prayer Wheel.
Do-drul Chorten
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Do-drul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. Inside this stupa is a complete set of Dorjee Phurba, Kangyur and other religious objects. Do-drul Chorten is situated 2 km south of Prayer Wheel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gangtok and Ranipool.
Gangtok
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gangtok is a bustling, friendly hill station, and the capital of the Himalayan state of Sikkim. The name "Gangtok" is derived from the Tibetan word for 'hillside,' and the city has a population of around 100,000 being a mixture of indigenous Sikkimese and people of Nepalese and Tibetan ancestry.
Ranipool
Suburb
Ranipool is a small suburban town located in the bank of river Ranikhola at the junction of National Highway 10 and National Highway 717A in Gangtok District of the Indian state of Sikkim. Ranipool is situated 4½ km southwest of Prayer Wheel.
Pakyong
Town
Pakyong is a Municipal city and district headquarters of Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. Pakyong Airport is the only airport of Sikkim. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" is also located here. Pakyong is situated 9 km south of Prayer Wheel.
Prayer Wheel
- Type: Place of worship
- Category: religion
- Location: Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.32808° or 27° 19′ 41″ northLongitude
88.6116° or 88° 36′ 42″ eastOpen location code
7MVC8JH6+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 13190645617OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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