Ghum Monastery
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet -high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Monastery
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “Ghoom Monastery” and “Yiga Choeling Monastery”
- Address: Hill Cart Road, 734102
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ghum railway station and Batasia Loop.
Ghum railway station
Railway station
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ghum railway station of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is situated at an altitude of 2,258 metres. The place is the home of the Ghum Monastery and the Batasia Loop, a bend of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Ghum railway station is situated 500 metres southeast of Ghum Monastery.
Batasia Loop
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Donvikro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Batasia Loop is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Batasia Loop is situated 630 metres northwest of Ghum Monastery.
Peace Pagoda
Buddhist temple
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling or Darjeeling Peace Pagoda is one of the Peace Pagodas designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds to help unite them in their search for world peace. Peace Pagoda is situated 2 km northeast of Ghum Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darjeeling and Sonada.
Darjeeling
Photo: Anilbharadwaj125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Darjeeling is a hill station in the northern region of West Bengal. It used to be a lovely Victorian town built among the Himalayan foothills, the remnants of which are still visible around the Chowrasta.
Sonada
Town
Sonada is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India. Sonada is situated 6 km southeast of Ghum Monastery.
Sukhia Pokhri
Town
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sukhia Pokhri is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the indian state of West Bengal. It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to Mirik. Sukhia Pokhri is situated 8 km west of Ghum Monastery.
Ghum Monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery and religion
- Location: Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjeeling, North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.01178° or 27° 0′ 42″ northLongitude
88.25034° or 88° 15′ 1″ eastOpen location code
7MVC2762+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4157227123OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryWikidata ID
Q3320284
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to French—“Ghum Monastery” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ঘুম মঠ”
- Chinese: “古姆寺”
- French: “monastère de Ghum”
- French: “Monastère de Ghum”
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Highlights include Ghoom Monastery and Ghoom Temple.
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