Yiga Choling Gompa
Yiga Choling Gompa
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This Gompa houses splendid antique murals and more than 300 Tibetan texts with highly artistic bindings.
Built in 1850, the Yiga Choling Gompa is located a little to the west of the town of Ghum, and is the region’s most famous monastery, patronised by monks of the yellow-hat sect. Apart from the five-metre-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha, it also houses splendid antique murals and more than 300 Tibetan texts with highly artistic bindings. A quick 10-minute-long walk off Hill Cart road, it’s definitely worth a visit.
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