Peace Pagoda
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.Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist stupa in Darjeeling
- Also known as: “Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darjeeling railway station and Batasia Loop.
Darjeeling railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darjeeling railway station is the main railway station in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Darjeeling railway station is situated 1¼ km north of Peace Pagoda.
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 1½ km southwest of Peace Pagoda.
Dhirdham Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Sumitsurai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dhirdham Temple is a Hindu temple located in Darjeeling, India. The temple was constructed in 1939 by Rai Saheb Purna Bahadur Pradhan from Nepal. The architectural design was done by Beg Raj Shakya and has a similar design to that of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. Dhirdham Temple is situated 1¼ km north of Peace Pagoda.
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 8 km south of Peace Pagoda.
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 10 km west of Peace Pagoda.
Peace Pagoda
- Categories: Peace Pagoda, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjeeling, North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.02757° or 27° 1′ 39″ northLongitude
88.259° or 88° 15′ 32″ eastOpen location code
7MVC27H5+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 348905527OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7157413
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Hindi—“Peace Pagoda” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শান্তি স্তুপ, দার্জিলিং”
- Burmese: “ဒါဂျီးလင်ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးစေတီတော်”
- German: “Friedenspagode Darjeeling”
- Hindi: “शांति स्तूप दार्जिलिंग”
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