The Hermitage
Kalimpong, India · 1956 – 1957
27.05930°N, 88.46680°E
Key Facts
- ◆ Lived here from 1956 to 1957.
- ◆ Situated at a bend of the road a few hundred yards short of Ninth Mile.
- ◆ The bungalow had been built twenty years earlier by an Englishman and was vacant when suggested to Sangharakshita by a local acquaintance.
- ◆ The owners renamed it The Hermitage in Sangharakshita's honour after he moved in.
- ◆ The main room featured Tibetan thangkas and a summerhouse in the garden where he meditated.
“So far as I was concerned, it would more than do. In fact, I fell in love with the place as soon as I saw it.”
The Hermitage sits at a bend of the road near Ninth Mile, a few hundred yards below the junction. The bungalow had been built some twenty years earlier by an Englishman and stood vacant when a local acquaintance suggested it to Sangharakshita. Its owners, pleased to have him as a resident, renamed it The Hermitage in his honour.
The property included a small summerhouse in the garden where Sangharakshita regularly meditated. Pilgrims visiting today can see this summerhouse still standing, along with the main bungalow with its characteristic wooden eave carvings and the carved mask mounted above the entrance.
— Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
Source: Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
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