- It belongs to the Red Sect of Buddhist Lamas.
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| Karmaa Dorjee |
Tourist Attraction :
- Originally a branch of the Nyingma sect's Phodang Monastery in Sikkim, it was transferred to Darjeeling in 1879.
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Buddhist Monastery in Darjeeling, 1870 |
- The original location was on the Observatory Hill.
- It was destroyed by a Gorkha invasion in the 19th century. The monastery was relocated to its present location in Bhutia Busty. However, the monastery in the new location was also destroyed by an earthquake in 1934.
- The Chogyal of Sikkim helped rebuild it. The monastery has a collection of old Buddhist scripts.
- Ging-Lamahatta Goompa is another branch of this age-old monastery funded by the Sikkim Government.