Bhutia Busty Monastery - Buddhist monastery in Bhutia Busty in the Darjeeling district of India
Bhutia Busty Monastery Bhutia Busty Monastery or Karmaa Dorjee Chyoling Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutia Busty in the Darjeeling district of India. It belongs to the Red Sect of Buddhist Lamas. Originally a branch of the Phodang Monastery of the Nyingma sect in Sikkim, it was moved to Darjeeling in 1879. The original area was on Observatory Hill. Monastic activity was forcibly interrupted around 1788 when Nepalese troops overran the country, destroyed the monastery and converted Dotsug into a place of worship dedicated to Mahakala. The overseas troops were expelled by the British East India Company for the duration of the Anglo-Nepal War and the area was returned to the Chogyal of Sikkim in 1817. In the 1860s, the monastery was moved to its gift territory in Bhutia Busty. However, the monastery at the new site was also destroyed by an earthquake in 1934. The Chogyal of Sikkim helped to rebuild it. The monastery has a number of ancient Buddhist scriptures. One of the authen...