Namgyal Institute of Tibetology

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Entrance of the Institute building
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Established1 October 1958 (1958-10-01)[1]
LocationGangtok, Sikkim, India
Websitetibetology.net

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) is a Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Tashi Namgyal.[2] 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. Another project seeks to digitize and document old and rare photographs of Sikkim for knowledge distribution. Khempo Dhazar served as head of the Sheda, a Nyingma college attached to the Institute, for six years.[3]

  1. ^ American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division (1964). Area Handbook for Nepal (with Sikkim and Bhutan). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 372–.
  2. ^ Abhijeet Deshpande (19 December 2017). Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey. Notion Press. pp. 228–. ISBN 978-1-946556-80-6.
  3. ^ Silverstone, Marilyn. "Five Nyingma Lamas in Sikkim" (PDF). pp. 13-.