West Bengal

Ghoom Monastery
The hilly hamlets of Darjeeling hill station is a home to many monasteries and revered gompas. Popular amongst them is Ghoom Monastery or Yiga Choling Gompa which is synonymous to the serene peace resting in the hilly retreat. The attractions in Ghoom include the statue of seated Maitreya, future Buddha, wonderful old murals and rare preserve of Buddhist manuscripts.

Bhutia Busty Monastery
Dedicated to red sect lamas in Darjeeling, Bhutia Busty Monastery is blessed with spectacular surroundings

Japanese Peace Pagoda
Japanese Peace Pagoda in Darjeeling is one of the 70 pagodas built by the Japanese Buddhist Nipponzan Myohoji organization around the world.

Malda District
Jagjivanpur in Malda District unearthed the excavations of Buddhist Monastery called Nandadirghika-Udranga Mahavihara.

Burdwan
Burdwan’s excavations in 1972 to 1974 revealed a Buddhist monastic complex at Bharatpur.

IMPORTANT BUDDHIST DESTINATIONS

-- Lumbini -- Bodhgaya -- Sarnath -- Kushinagar

BUDDHIST DESTINATION STATE WISE

-- Andhra Pradesh -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Bihar -- Chhattisgarh -- Goa -- Gujarat -- Haryana -- Himachal Pradesh -- Jammu and Kashmir -- Jharkhand -- Karnataka -- Kerala -- Madhya Pradesh -- Maharashtra -- Orissa -- Punjab -- Rajasthan -- Sikkim -- Tamilnadu -- Uttar Pradesh -- Uttarakhand -- West Bengal -- Nepal -- Lakshadweep

OTHER BUDDHIST DESTINATIONS

-- Ajanta Caves -- Alchi -- Bhaja Caves -- Dharamshala -- Dhauli Hill -- Ellora Caves -- Hemis Gompa -- Junnar Caves -- Kanheri Caves -- Kapilvastu -- Karla Caves -- Kaushambi -- Kesaria Stupa -- Ladakh -- Lalitagiri -- Leh -- Mathura -- Nalanda -- N. Konda -- Patna -- Pemayangtse -- Rajgir -- Ratnagiri -- Rumtek -- Sanchi -- Sankisa -- Sravasti -- Tabo -- Tawang -- Udaigiri -- Vaishali -- Varanasi