Yiga Choeling Monastery
Yiga Choeling Monastery is a Buddhist temple in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Yiga Choeling Monastery is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Sakyacholing Gompa, as well as near Ghoom Temple.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ghum railway station and Ghum Monastery.
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 720 metres east of Yiga Choeling Monastery.
Ghum Monastery
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. Ghum Monastery is situated 620 metres northeast of Yiga Choeling 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 1 km north of Yiga Choeling 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 Yiga Choeling 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 Yiga Choeling Monastery.
Yiga Choeling Monastery
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Categories: building, temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjeeling, North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.00751° or 27° 0′ 27″ northLongitude
88.24635° or 88° 14′ 47″ eastOpen location code
7MVC265W+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 480694730OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=temple
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