Ghoom Monastery

Ghoom Monastery is a monastery in , , . Ghoom Monastery is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ghum Monastery and Ghum railway station.

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.

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. is situated 490 metres southeast of Ghoom Monastery.

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. is situated 640 metres northwest of Ghoom Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darjeeling and Sonada.

Photo: Anilbharadwaj125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hill station in the northern region of . It used to be a lovely Victorian town built among the Himalayan foothills, the remnants of which are still visible around the Chowrasta.

Town
is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in , . is situated 6 km southeast of Ghoom Monastery.

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 8 km west of Ghoom Monastery.

Ghoom Monastery

Latitude
27.01171° or 27° 0′ 42″ north
Longitude
88.25032° or 88° 15′ 1″ east
Open location code
7MVC2762+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 480692460
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
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