Tharpa Choling Gompa (Tirpai Gompa)
Kalimpong, India · 1950–1964
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27.06240°N, 88.47090°E
Key Facts
- ◆ Gelugpa order; founded by Tomo Geshe Rimpoche (also founder of the Ghoom Monastery and teacher of Lama Govinda).
- ◆ The abbot and Sangharakshita held philosophical discussions through interpreter Thubden Tendzin.
- ◆ The Sacred Relics delegation was accommodated in a stone building within the gompa compound, formerly the residence of Tomo Geshe Rimpoche himself.
- ◆ A new throne for the Dalai Lama was installed here during the Sacred Relics visit.
- ◆ Dr Graham's Homes stands above it on the Dailo hillside.
“With two or three others I accordingly made my way to the Tharpa Choling Gompa, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong.”
— Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
“I was taken by Thubden Tendzin up to the Tharpa Choling Gompa, where in the upstairs room of the stone building … the old eagle-abbot and I … carried on our discussions.”
— Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
Source: Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
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