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Not far from Chowrasta is this colorful monastery, with
Kanchenjunga providing a spectacular backdrop. Originally a
branch of the Nyingmapa sect's Phodang monastery in Sikkim, it
was transferred to Darjeeling in 1879. The shrine here
originally stood on Observatory Hill. There is a library of
buddhist texts upstairs which houses the original copy of the
Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Situated at the back drop of Kanchenjunga range, it is a branch
of the Nyingmapa sect’s Phodrang monastery in Sikkim. Decorated
tastefully, the monastery also has a library which have a copy
of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. |
