Way back in the mid-17th century, three holy men entrusted to find a leader, arrived in Denzong or ‘the hidden country’ in the Himalayas, guided by the ‘Five Treasures of the Snow’. The great lama, arrived from Tibet in the north while the other two holy men arrived from south and the west. They waited at Norbugang – which was believed to have been blessed by Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche in the 9th century – to find the right man. Then when a learned young man named Phuntsok arrived from the east, the three lamas chose him as the leader. They performed many rites and crowned him as the king or Chogyal of the land. The place where this event took place came to be known as Yuksom or the ‘meeting place of the three lamas’.
Yuksom is a historical town in Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district in the Northeast Indian state of Sikkim. It was the first capital of Kingdom of Sikkim established in 1642 AD by Phuntsog Namgyal who was the first Chogyal (temporal and religious king) of Sikkim. The coronation site of the first monarch of Sikkim is known as the “Throne of Norbugang”. Yuksom is where there is the Norbugang Chorten near the Norbugang throne, the place Namgyal was crowned and several monasteries and a lake. The dynastic rule of the Chogyals lasted for 333 years.
A village of beautiful people and beautiful tradition all around. Yuksom has always welcomed guests with lots of love and kindness, as the village still believes in keeping harmony and growing together. Yuksum today is an attractive tourist destination offering various stay options for the visitors including village home stays, where you can stay as part of a local family and imbibe the real Sikkimese way of life.
