Ghum Monastery
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ghum-monastery-265-8879273
title:
Ghum Monastery
text:
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. In 1909, Kyabje Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang, popularly called Lama Domo Geshe Rinpoche, succeeded Sherab Gyatso as the head. It was he who
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Popular name of Yiga Choeling
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghum_Monastery
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2024-01-03T12:13:42Z
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