Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling

Name: Peace Pagoda
Address: Darjeeling, India

#4 among attractions in Darjeeling

Top attraction, Buddhist temple, Buddhist architecture, Pagoda

Gallery (12)

Map

Gallery

Photo details 1. Wikipedia / CC BY 2.0 / Ankur P / URL • 2. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 / Bodhisattwa / URL • 3. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Sujay25 / URL • 4. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 / Thesupermat2 / URL • 5. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 / Shahnoor Habib Munmun / URL • 6. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 / SteinsplitterBot / URL • 7. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 / Shahnoor Habib Munmun / URL

Facts and practical information

Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling or Darjeeling Peace Pagoda is one of the Peace Pagodas designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds to help unite them in their search for world peace. It is located in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Like most of the other Peace Pagodas, it was built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii, a Buddhist monk from Japan and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order. ()

Coordinates: 27°1'39"N, 88°15'32"E

Address

Darjeeling India

ContactAdd

Social media

Facebook

Darjeeling

Day trips

Peace Pagoda – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ghum Monastery, Lloyd's Botanical Garden, Dali Monastery, Batasia Loop.

1.2 miSW
Buddhist architecture, Monastery
Ghum Monastery, Darjeeling
32 min walk • Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.
1.2 miN
Botanical garden, Park
Lloyd's Botanical Garden, Darjeeling
31 min walk • Lloyd's Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.
~1970 ftSW
27°1'25"N • 88°15'17"E
Dali Monastery, Darjeeling
10 min walk • Temple
1.1 miSW
27°1'0"N • 88°14'50"E
Batasia Loop, Darjeeling
27 min walk • Park
1.6 miNW
Park
Arya Tea Estate, Darjeeling
42 min walk • Arya Tea Estate is a tea garden in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal...
1.3 miNE
Historic walking areas, Square
Chowrasta, Darjeeling
34 min walk • Chowrasta is a historical public square in the Victorian era hill resort town of Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal, India. Located in the heart of the town it was the fashionable place of assembly for residents and visitors in the 18th Century.
0.9 miN
27°2'25"N • 88°15'54"E
Mahakal Market, Darjeeling
25 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
0.7 miN
Famed steam train from the late 1800s
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Darjeeling
19 min walk • The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or the Toy Train, is a 2 ft gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about 88 km long.