Ghum Monastery

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Ghum Monastery is the popular name of the Sampten Choling Monastery located at Ghum at an elevation of 8,000 feet, 8 km from Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal, India.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The monastery belongs to the Yellow Sect of Buddhists. There is a 15-feet high statue of "Coming Buddha" (Maitreya Buddha) in the monastery. It contains images of Buddha’s disciples, Chenrezi and Chongapa.^[1]

It was built in 1875 by Lama Sherab Gyatso and is largest of the three monasteries in Ghum. ^[1]

Amongst the Buddhist texts available are the Kangyur, the Buddhist Tibetal canon running into 108 volumes. The monks fly prayer flags in the Tibetan tradition.^[1]^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Agarwala, A.P. (editor), Guide to Darjeeling Area, 27th edition, p. 78, ISBN 81-87592-00-1.
^ Religious shrines around Darjeeling. darjeelingnews.net. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
^ ^a ^b Monasteries in Darjeeling. exploredarjeeling.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.