West Bengal
Darjeeling
Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

Ghoom

Ghoom is a village in , , . Ghoom is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the town .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ghum railway station and Ghum Monastery.

Railway station
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is situated at an altitude of 2,258 metres. The place is the home of the and the , a bend of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

Monastery
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
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.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Donvikro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in of West Bengal, India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sonada and Sukhia Pokhri.

Town
is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in , . is situated 5 km south of Ghoom.

Town
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the in the state of . It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to . is situated 9 km west of Ghoom.

Ghoom

Latitude
27.00835° or 27° 0′ 30″ north
Longitude
88.25859° or 88° 15′ 31″ east
Open location code
7MVC2755+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 830039230
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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