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Buddhism
was a religion that was born in India but spread its
wings all around the world, especially in the east.
Being the country of Gautam Buddha, the Buddhist pilgrimage
centers in India are abundant, which attract devotees
from India and abroad. India was the center of Buddhist
learning in the ancient times, and religious sites
of those times have become the places of monumental
importawwnce today.
Buddhist monasteries, known as vihara.
The monastery also has a Centre for Buddhist Cultural
Studies where young monks are taught Arithmetic,
English, and Hindi besides traditional monastic
education.
The Indian state of Bihar, being the focal point
of Buddhism, boasts of several major Buddhist religious
monument centres such as Bodh Gaya and temples like
Maha Bodhi temple. Then there are monasteries such
as Tabo and Namgyal in Himachal Pradesh, which have
a lot of Tibetan influence on them. Similarly, hilltop
buddhist monasteries of Ladakh are one of the best
living traditions of Tibetan Buddhism in the world
today. Also visit the Monasteries of Sikkim, which
are one of their kind. Some of the northeastern
states of India like Aunachal Pradesh also prides
in housing some very ancient and largest monasteries
in India.
In brief, this monastery is simply awe-inspiring
and majestic in its appearance and grandeur. |
