Pokhriabong (also spelt as Pokhribong or Pokhrabong) is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.
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Pokhriabong Lepcha Monastery, also popularly known as the "Boudha Terda Pema Lingpa Lepcha Community Gompa", is located in the Indian state of West Bengal, approximately 30 km from the town of Darjeeling at a place called Pokhriabong. The monastery follows the teachings and practices of the Nyingma school, which is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by the Vajrayana revealer Guru Padmasambhava. This was the first Buddhist monastery ever built in Pokhriabong.
Historically, the Lepcha people were deep rooted in the cult of "Mun or Munism" also called 'Bongthingism' which is highly devoted towards nature worshiping. The Lepcha people assimilation with the Buddhist religion can be traced back to late sixteen century CE to the first half of the seventeenth century CE when a monk named Lhatsun Namka Jigme of Nyingma Buddhist order traveled from the north to the Sikkim and played important role in spreading the Buddhist religion among the native people of Sikkim and the Darjeeling region. Henceforth, the Buddhist religion became the main beliefs for the many Lepcha people of the Eastern-Himalayan region until the arrival of the western missionaries who were successful in converting many Lepcha people into Christianity.
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Sungma Tea Garden is spread over two villages - Sangmaru Tea Garden and Tarzun Tea Garden in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Chamong Tea Garden is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Avongrove Tea Estate is a tea garden in the Mirik CD block in the Mirik subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.
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Sukhia Pokhri is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the indian state of West Bengal. It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to Mirik.