Salugara Monastery

Salugara Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in Salugara on the outskirts of Siliguri, West Bengal. Founded by the Tibetan lama Kalu Rinpoche, it is best known for its 100-foot Great International Tashi Gomang Stupa. The complex serves as an important centre of the Kagyu lineage and attracts visitors for its Tibetan architecture, religious relics, and tranquil setting near the Sevoke Road.

Visitors can expect a peaceful monastic complex centered around a large white stupa with a golden spire, surrounded by prayer wheels, smaller stupas and monastery buildings. The main prayer hall displays Tibetan thangkas, statues and ritual objects. The grounds are open for circumambulation of the stupa, spinning prayer wheels, observing monks in prayer and meditation, and photography of the exterior architecture and landscaped surroundings.

The monastery and stupa were established by the Tibetan Buddhist master Kalu Rinpoche in the 1980s. The Great International Tashi Gomang Stupa was built by Tibetan lamas and followers to enshrine sacred relics and promote Buddhist teachings. It has since become a significant Tibetan Buddhist centre in North Bengal.

An important centre of Tibetan Buddhism of the Shangpa Kagyu and Karma Kagyu lineage in eastern India. It serves as a place of worship, meditation and learning for monks and devotees, and preserves Tibetan religious art, rituals and festivals for visitors and pilgrims.