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The Ghoom Monastery, built in 1875 by a lama called Sherab Gyatso, is the largest in Ghoom (8 kilometres from the city of Darjeeling) and holds the statue of the Maitreya Buddha, believed to be ‘The Buddha to Come’. The statue is a whopping 15 feet in height. Also known as the Yiga Choeling Monastery, Ghoom Monastery preserves some rare, handwritten Buddhist manuscripts. The monks of Ghoom Monastery follow the Gelugpa order of Buddhism.
@ 01 Feb, 2020
Wonderful and beautiful Buddhists temple. This place is very clam, clean and peaceful. One can think to meditate once enter to this temple. A huge Budha sculpture in the temple which beautiful to see. The monks in the temple are view clam and helpful to talk, explaining their culture and meaning of life. They have little shop inside the temple where you can buy their traditional material like bells, small laughing Buddha sculpture etc...
@ 20 Jan, 2020
Really calm and peaceful place, is a happy place. It will not take more than 20 mins for you to explore it but it's worth going there. It's near clean and also had washrooms for both men and women, nice place for pictures because of the vibrant colours. Overall great experience and Darjeeling is a must visit place for any person.
@ 05 Feb, 2020
What else one wants when you can see monks playing badminton with such high spirits.. Beautiful place to worship and to buy some beautiful souvenirs and take along with you... Overall a nice place to visit..
@ 12 Jan, 2020
Loved and lived the serenity for a while, it will follow you for a long way. The smell, sound and the whole experience of being there is just plain amazing. PS: meditate there for a while
@ 03 Feb, 2020
A monastery after all. You have to remove your shoes and head to top and there are many things that many historians might get interested in. Other that, next to this, there is a big monastery or a temple. Which I haven't visited because it had many stairs. You may get tired after walking and walking off the stairs. The area around the monastery was covered up with the fog and the mist were so thick, that we could see. Good luck! Thank you!