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Bhutia Busty Monastery :
The Bhutia Busty monastery is located just 1.5 kilometres from Chowrasta. With a long and colourful history, the monastery belongs to the Red Sect of Buddhist Lamas.The origin of name Darjeeling is linked to this monastery 'Dorjee', means thunderbolt in Tibetan and 'Ling' means resting place, thus 'Place' of the 'Thunderbolt' which was the name of the Monastery, originally located on the Observatory Hill before it was sacked by the Nepalese in the 19th century and rebuilt on the present site.


Japanese Temple (Peace Pagoda) :
The Shanthi Stupas in India were established by Fuji Guru, a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, for World Peace.There are six beautiful stupas in India . The Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist temple , Charlimont , Darjeeling is one of them. The Stupa was started in the year 1972. The Peace Pagoda opened on 1st November 92 , commands a panaromic view of Darjeeling and the Kanchenjunga range.

Makdhog Monastery :
At a distance of three kms from Chowrasta, in the village of Aloobari on the eastern incline of Jalaphar Hill, stands the Yolmowa Buddhist Makdhog Monastry. The monastry was built by Sri Sangay Lama, a highly revered religious head of the Yolmowas- a small ethnic group hailing from north-east of Nepal and later settled in Darjeeling .


Tenzing and Gombu Rock:
Tenzing and Gombu rock also commonly known as " monkey rock" was named after late Tenzing Sherpa and Nawang Gombu respectively. It is a challenging masterpiece of nature's oddity for the rock climbers. It is where Tenzing Sherpa climbed the Tenzing rock in the presence of Late Prime minister Jawaharlal Nerhu without a belay.

 
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