Buddha Park of Ravangla alias Tathagata Tsal is a park that is famous for the 130-foot (40-meter) high statue of the Lord Gautama Buddha. It is situated near Rabong or Ravangla in Sikkim, India. Ravangla is also written as Rawangla or Ravongla.
Construction of this park was started in 2006 and was opened in 2013. Consecration of the statue of Lord Buddha was done by his holy highness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lamma, on the occasion of the 2550th birth anniversary of the Lord Shakyamuni Buddha or Siddhartha Gautama Buddha. 60 tonnes of copper was used in making the statue and is a fine example for the repousse work.
Rawangla Buddha Park is situated within the Rabong Monastery (or Rabong Gompa). It is a pilgrimage center for the Buddhists and part of the ‘Himalayan Buddhist Circuit’. Cho Djo Lake is within the same complex. Rabong Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
Mount Kanchenjunga, Mount Pandim, Mount Siniolchu, and Mount Kabru are some of the Himalayan mountain peaks visible from Ravangla.
Ralang Monastery, or Ralang Gompa, a key Tibetan monastery, is at a distance of around 6 kilometers from Rawangla. The temporary campus of NIT (National Institute of Technology, which was previously known as Regional Engineering College) is also situated in this small town.
Buddha Park of Ravangla
Buddha Park is in Rawangla town. This small town lies between Pelling and Gangtok. The trekking trail path to Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary starts from here.
Buddha Park of Rawangla is at a distance of around 65 kilometers from Gangtok, the capital of the state of Sikkim, a state in India bordering China.
Siliguri, a major hill station town with a railway station in West Bengal state, is around 120 kilometers from Ravangla. Siliguri Town, Siliguri Junction, and New Jalpaiguri are the three railway stations at Siliguri.