Ghoom Monastery
- Ghoom Monastery interior
- Old Ghoom Monastery or Yiga Choeling Monastery is an important center for the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is famous for a huge 15 feet tall statue of Maitreya Buddha. It was built by a Mongolian astrologer and monk in 1850.
- There are several precious volumes of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy in the library collection. Two oil lamps in front of the Maitreya Buddha are kept burning all through the year.
- Where: Ghum, West Bengal