Likhu Pike Rural Municipality Chairperson Mina Karki Basnet and Second Secretary at the Embassy of India, Kathmandu Ajay Kumar Singh jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Ngagyur Nyingma Palyul Dhongag Chholing Monastery in Likhu Pike Rural Municipality, Solukhumbu District.

The monastery building is being constructed with the Government of India’s financial assistance of around Rs 33 million. 

The project is being implemented through Likhu Pike Rural Municipality as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) and is the sixth HICDP in Solukhumbu District, reads a statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. 

Speaking on the occasion, Chairperson of Likhu Pike Rural Municipality Basnet and other stakeholders appreciated the Government of India's developmental support, expressing their confidence that the new monastery would help preserve the rich cultural heritage of the area.