Ghum Monastery
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Location | Ghum, West Bengal, India |
Founded by | Lama Sherab Gyatso |
Founded | 1875 |
Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
Sect | Gelug |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ghum Monastery or Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling Monastery located at Ghum at an elevation of 8,000 feet, 8 km from Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal, India.[1][2][3]
The monastery follows the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. There is a 15-feet high statue of "Maitreya Buddha" (Coming Buddha) in the monastery. It contains images of Buddha’s disciples, Chenrezi and Chongapa.[1]
It was built in 1875 by Lama Sherab Gyatso and is the largest of the three monasteries in Ghum.[1]
Amongst the Buddhist texts available are the Kangyur, the Tibetan Buddhist canon, running into 108 volumes. The monks fly prayer flags in the Tibetan tradition.[1][3]
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