Ghoom Monastery ( Yiga-Choling Monastery)

Ghoom Monastery or Yiga-Choling Monastery is the oldest Monastery in  this area. This famous monastery was established by a Tibetian Astrologer Lama Sherab Gyantso in 1875 and it belongs to the Yellow Sect of Buddha who worship 15 ft. tall ‘Coming Buddha” or “Maitreya Buddha”. The monastery has preserved some of the rare handwritten Buddhist Manuscripts.

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