Ging Gompa

References & Archives

Archival Documents

  • Government of Bengal. 1879. Freehold Land Grant Deed, February 28, issued to the lamas of Pemayangtse, Sikkim.
  • Government of Sikkim. Ecclesiastical Affairs Department. n.d. Archival records relating to Sangchen Thongdrol Ling, Ging.

Scholarly Works

Primary Texts

  • Namgyal, Thutob, and Yeshe Dolma. 1908. History of Sikkim.

Colonial / Political History

  • Ardussi, John A., Anna Balicki Denjongpa, and Per K. Sørensen. 2023. The Royal History of Sikkim.
  • Royal Wedding Committee. 1963. Sikkim: A Concise Chronicle.
  • Shukla, Satyendra R. 1976. Sikkim: The Story of Integration.
  • Singh, Amar Kaur Jasbir. 1988. Himalayan Triangle: A Historical Survey of British India's Relations with Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan 1765–1950.

Ethnography & Interpretation

  • Mainwaring, G. B. 1876. A Grammar of the Róng (Lepcha) Language, as It Exists in the Dorjeling and Sikim Hills. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press.
  • Rhodes, Nicholas G., and Deki Rhodes. 2006. A Man of the Frontier: S. W. Laden La (1876–1936): His Life and Times in Darjeeling and Tibet. Kolkata: Library of Numismatic Studies.
  • Dorjee, Pema Wangchuk. n.d. S. Mahinda Thero: The Sikkimese Who Gave Lankans Their Freedom Song. Bulletin of Tibetology.
  • A Study of the Buddhist Monastic Libraries in the Hill Region of Darjeeling District. 2019.
  • A Short Biography of Four Tibetan Lamas and Their Activities in Sikkim. 2016.
  • Steinmann, Brigitte. n.d. National Hegemonies, Local Allegiances: Historiography and Ethnography of a Buddhist Kingdom.
  • Joseph, Babu. 2011. The Emergence of Darjeeling as a Tourist Destination.

Media Sources

  • “200-Year Monastery in Aftershock.” n.d. The Telegraph. Accessed via www.telegraphindia.com.
  • “St. Andrew's Church, Darjeeling's History Cast in Stone.” n.d. Get Bengal.

The documentation presented throughout this website draws from archival records, oral histories, community contributions, government documents, and published scholarly works associated with the monastery and the wider historical landscape of Darjeeling and Sikkim.

This section will continue to expand as archival material, oral histories, and documented sources are curated and verified.