Tharpa Choling Gompa, perched on the Tirpai Hills, is one of the oldest monasteries in the Kalimpong region. Belonging to the Gelug sect and headed by the Tibetan spiritual leader – Dalai Lama.The monastery was founded by Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang in 1912. History says that Domo Geshe Rinpoche lived in Kalimpong in 1906 when he came to India for pilgrimage and to collect medicinal plants from India, Nepal and Bhutan. At the request of the Tibetan merchants and some Bhutanese leaders living in Kalimpong to establish a monastery there, Rinpoche instituted this monastery.
Embraced by towering Himalayan ranges from all sides, this place is bound to give you mental peace.
