Tibet China India Old RP Postcard Tibetan Buddhist Monastery at Ghoom Darjeeling

Vintage British Indian Old Real Photo Photograph Photographic Post card, Tibet China India, Yiga Choeling Monastery, The Large Buddhist Monastery at Ghoom, Darjeeling. Tibetan Buddhism. Fountain. Dog Puppy (at right).

Publisher: Commercial Row & Mount Pleasant Road Darjeeling
Faults: Minor wear, marks, trimmed, size : 7.9cm x 12.5cm
Background: Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet (4.6 m)-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha. The external structure of the building was established in 1850 by the Mongolian astrologer and monk Sokpo Sherab Gyatso, who was head of the monastery until 1905.

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