Dubdi Monastery, Buddhist monastery in Gyalshing district, India

Dubdi Monastery is a stone-built gompa perched on a forested hilltop above Yuksom village in the Gyalshing district of Sikkim, India. It has a bell-shaped gilded dome and a flat roof covered with iron sheets, and its rooms contain ancient manuscripts and religious texts.

Lhatsun Namkha Jigme, an ascetic from Tibet, founded Dubdi in 1701 during the reign of Chogyar Namgyal; it is held to be the oldest monastery in Sikkim. Its green image of the founder commemorates the kingdom founded at Yuksom, where he and two other lamas crowned Phuntsog Namgyal as first Chogyal in 1642. Of four monasteries built at that time, Dubdi alone survives; the other sites are now marked by juniper trees, a rocky mound and a chorten.

The monastery houses statues of the three lamas who established Yuksom and oversaw the coronation of Phuntsog Namgyal as first Chogyal in 1642. A green image of Lhatsun Chenpo is enshrined here, and the interior is painted with divinities and saints. The name Dubdi means "the retreat" in the local language.

The path from Yuksom climbs steadily through forest and takes about an hour on foot to reach the top. Only one monk looks after the site, so visitors should arrive calmly and behave with consideration throughout their time there.

Dubdi is the only one of four monasteries built around the time of Sikkim's founding that still stands. The other three sites are now marked by a cluster of four juniper trees, a rocky mound with two juniper trees, and a chorten that was originally the king's residence.