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Sikkim Ayurveda institute: CM Tamang lays stone for 50-acre wellness centre at Lungchok

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Sikkim Ayurveda care got a boost on 15 October 2026 when Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang laid the foundation stone of the Holistic Institute of Ayurveda and Wellness Centre at Lungchok in Pakyong district. The state’s Department of AYUSH organised the ceremony, according to the release issued through PIB Gangtok.

Sikkim Ayurveda: Guests at the foundation ceremony of the wellness centre at Lungchok
Guests at the foundation ceremony of the wellness centre at Lungchok Photo: PIB (Government of India, free to use with credit).

What the Sikkim Ayurveda centre at Lungchok will include

Chief Engineer Sanjay Singh told the gathering that the project covers 50 acres. It will have a Wellness Centre and a Happiness Centre, with nature-based recreation spaces, walking trails and cottages, and old water bodies will be restored. The Chief Minister unveiled the plaque, performed a Bhumi Puja and planted medicinal plants at the site. A health camp and a mobile village clinic served people at the venue. Northeast News also reported the foundation-stone ceremony at Lungchok. The release did not give a cost or a date for completing the project.

Key Facts

  • Foundation stone: 15 Oct 2026, Lungchok, Pakyong district
  • Project area: 50 acres
  • Parts: Wellness Centre and Happiness Centre
  • Organiser: Department of AYUSH, Sikkim
  • MoU signed with Habuild Health Tech

Wellness tourism and local jobs

Tamang congratulated the people of Chujachen constituency on getting the institute and thanked the organising department. He said the project will do more than strengthen traditional healthcare. He said it will promote wellness tourism, and that the natural surroundings of Lungchok are ideal for healing and rest. He asked officials to train local youth so they can run the centre, and to build local skills to make it a well-known wellness destination. Health and AYUSH Minister G T Dhungel spoke about the potential of Ayurveda and traditional healing and said the site was well suited. AYUSH Secretary Suchitra Rasaily said the centre would help well-being, research and wellness tourism, in line with Viksit Bharat 2047.

AYUSH tie-up and other announcements

During the ceremony, Sikkim’s AYUSH department signed an MoU with Habuild Health Tech Pvt Ltd. Its co-founder and chief executive, Saurabh Bothra, led a ‘Happy and Healthy’ pledge and spoke about doing yoga regularly. Agriculture Minister and local MLA Puran Kumar Gurung thanked the government for choosing his Chujachen constituency. Tamang also spoke about road connectivity and welfare schemes such as the Sikkim Aama Sashaktikaran Yojana, and said houses under the Sikkim Garib Awas Yojana would be handed over soon. He said he would spend three days in each constituency under the Jan Bhetghat programme to meet people. He also spoke about steps for government employees, ASHA and Anganwadi workers, careful financial management, punctuality at work and respect for every kind of labour. A video on the Yoga Tonic initiative and presentations on the planned complex and AYUSH services were shown at the event.

Why It Matters: A large Ayurveda and wellness campus could bring health tourists and new local jobs to a rural part of Sikkim.

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Source: PIB Gangtok (Ministry of AYUSH) · Northeast News

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