Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of the Sampten Choling Monastery located at Ghoom at an elevation of 8,000 feet, 8 kms from Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal, India. The monastery belongs to the Yellow Sect of Buddhists. There is a 15-feet high statue of "Coming Buddha" (Maitreya Buddha) in the monastery. It contains images of Buddha’s disciples, Chenrezi and Chongapa. It was built in 1875 by Lama Sherab Gyatso and is largest of the three monasteries in Ghoom. Amongst the Buddhist texts available are the Kangyur, the Buddhist Tibet gospel running into 108 volumes. The monks fly prayer flags in the Tibetan tradition.

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Ghoom is a small hilly locality in the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region of West Bengal, India. Ghoom railway station of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is the highest rail-station in India. It is situated at an altitude of 2,225.7 metres (7,407 feet). The place is the home of the Ghoom Monastery and the Batasia Loop, a bend of the Darjeeling Himalayan railway.

Visiting Hours: 1030 to 1230 hours and 1430 to 1630 hours on weekdays and 0930 to 1215 hours on weekends