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Yiga Choeling (Ghum) Monastery ঘুম মঠ
Ghum, Darjeeling, West Bengal · 27.0118°, 88.2503°
Maitreya Buddha Gelug (Tibetan Buddhist) Gelug Tibetan monastic
Sacred since
1850 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
outer building 1850; monastery 1875
Gelug (Tibetan Buddhist)
History & significance The best known of the Ghum monasteries near Darjeeling, a Gelug foundation of 1875 housing a 4.6 m Maitreya Buddha and 108 volumes of the Kangyur, and a refuge for Tibetan monks since 1959.
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Sources Compact record · 6 of 9 fields sourced
Not yet sourced: how to reach it, its sthala katha and who paid for it.
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coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Gelug (Tibetan Buddhist)