Tashiding Gompa is a collection of temple buildings behind which lies an area of stupas. There is a kora, a well-worn path circling the temple complex and stupas, by which the faithful circumambulate the holy site intoning mantras, cycling through the 108 beads of their rosary-like malas. Along the kira, towards the back behind the stupas, one finds the rock face by which the monastery actually derives its name. The full name of the monastery is Drakar Tashiding. Drakar means white rock. Tashiding means Auspicious Centre. So the name of the monastery translates to White Rock of the Auspicious Centre. The rock face does in fact have a light-coloured area roughly rectangular in shape and the size of a small door, and it is this section of the rock face that lends its name to the monastery. Since the most ancient times, there has been a belief prevalent in Sikkim that this white area of the rock is actually a door to Demoshong. There was even a small cavity in the rock inside of which was a loose stone. The opening of the cavity was such that although one could fit one’s hand into the cavity and move the stone you couldn't get the stone out, This was the ‘key’ to the door.

— A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (Page 124)