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Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery

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Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery

Kalimpong, India

Photo: Genbai, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery is a Gelugpa monastery situated at the top of Tirpa hills in Kalimpong, India. The monastery was founded by Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang in 1912.
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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Kalimpong" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary from the Wikipedia article "Tharpa Choling Monastery", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia
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GPS coordinates: 27.07900, 88.48200

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