{"id":766,"date":"2023-03-16T09:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T09:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2023-03-17T05:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T05:03:07","slug":"kagyu-thekchen-ling-monastery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/kagyu-thekchen-ling-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"766\" class=\"elementor elementor-766\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b8706d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b8706d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56d6573\" data-id=\"56d6573\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d4c827 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"8d4c827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f86cca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f86cca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, also known as Ratnarishi Bihar Buddhist Gumpa or simply Lava Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery situated in Lava, West Bengal, India.\n\nHistory\nIn the 1980s, the local Buddhist community of Lava offered Karma Lodr\u00f6 Ch\u00f6kyi Senge (1954\u20131992), the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, four acres of land to establish a Buddhist monastery in the hamlet, with the aim of preserving local religious and cultural tradition. The offer was accepted in 1987 and construction work commenced in April, 1988. The monastery was opened on June 6, 1990, on the occasion of Ch\u00f6khor D\u00fcchen.\n\nIn 2001, the Dalai Lama opened Mane Lhakhang, a community temple next to the monastery. Today, over a hundred monks practise Buddhist philosophy at the monastery.\n\nLocation\nThe monastery is located in Lava, Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It sits just beside the Neora Reservoir, and serves as a gateway to the Neora Valley National Park. It is at a distance of about 32 km (19.9 mi) from Kalimpong. The nearest railway station is New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station and the nearest airport is Bagdogra Airport in Bagdogra, Siliguri.\n\nDescription\nThe monastery resembles elements and styles of Tibetan architecture, and is built of brick and concrete. It has several prayer halls, lawns, sitting areas, and houses a large Buddha statue. It is properly maintained.\n<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous Next Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, also known as Ratnarishi Bihar Buddhist Gumpa or simply Lava Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery situated in Lava, West Bengal, India. History In the 1980s, the local Buddhist community of Lava offered Karma Lodr\u00f6 Ch\u00f6kyi Senge (1954\u20131992), the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, four acres of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/kagyu-thekchen-ling-monastery\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-766","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolakhamsilentvalley.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}