Yiga Choeling Monastery, Darjeeling, India
Details of the main statue, Maitreya Buddha or Future Buddha, inside the Yiga choeling Monastery, Ghoom, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Yiga Choeling Monastery, located at Ghoom, 8 Km from Darjeeling at an elevation of 8000 feet, is the first Tibetan monastery to be built in Dajeerling region. It was constructed in 1850 by mongolian monk and astrologer Sokpo Sherab Gyatso.
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