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			{{Short description\|Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India}}
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	~~{{unreferenced\|date=November 2009}}~~

	'''Zang Dhok Palri Phodang''' is a [[~~Tibet~~]]an [[~~Buddhist~~]] [[~~monastery~~]] in [[Kalimpong]] in [[West Bengal]], India. The monastery ~~is located~~ atop [[Durpin Hill]], ~~one~~ of ~~the two hills~~ of the ~~town. It~~ was consecrated in 1976 by the visiting [[Dalai Lama]].		[[File:Zang Dhok Palri Phodang 01.jpg\|thumb\|Main Building]]
			'''Zangdok Palri Monastery''' or '''Zang Dhok Palri Phodang''' is a [[Tibetan Buddhism\|Tibetan Buddhist]] [[monastery]] of the [[Nyingma]] school, located at [[Kalimpong]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. The monastery was founded by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in 1957<ref name=McClellan>Joseph McClellan, "Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje", ''Treasury of Lives'', February 2024</ref> and built where Dudjom Rinpoche settled while in exile from Tibet, atop [[Durpin Hill]]. It represents [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s palace, the ''Glorious Copper Colored Mountain''.<ref name=McClellan/><ref>Tashi Deki, "Zangdok Palri, the Lotus Light Palace of Guru Rinpoche", ''The Bhutanese'', August 8, 2012</ref> In 1975, Dudjom Rinpoche then moved from Kalimpong to Nepal,<ref>Yeshe Thaye, "A Short Life Story of His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987)", ''Dudjom Buddhist International''</ref> and the monastery was additionally consecrated in 1976 by the visiting [[Dalai Lama]].

	The monastery houses many rare ~~scriptures~~ that were brought into India after the ~~annexation~~ of Tibet in ~~1959~~. It also houses the 108 volumes of the [[Kangyur]]. It is ~~also~~ popularly known as the Durpin Monastery~~. The view from the hill-top is breathtaking~~.		A series of important Nyingma school lineage transmissions given by Dudjom Rinpoche to the Tibetan exile communities were first held at Zangdok Palri in 1961.<ref name=McClellan/><ref>"Durpin Monastery", ''Treasury of Lives''</ref> The monastery houses many rare Tibetan Buddhist and specifically Nyingma lineage texts that were brought by Dudjom Rinpoche into Sikkim, India, then moved to Kalimpong<ref name=McClellan/> after the invasion of Tibet by China in 1949/1950. It also houses the 108 volumes of the Buddhist [[Kangyur]] translated into Tibetan. It is popularly known as the Durpin Monastery.

			Dudjom Rinpoche was gifted another monastery in Kalimpong, the '''Jangsa Dechen Choling Monastery''', where he trained lamas and students.<ref name= McClellan/> The Jangsa Gompa was built in 1692 by the government of [[Bhutan]],<ref>" Introduction to Kalimpong", GuruSambhava Tours and Treks</ref> when Bhutan controlled Kalimpong, and was gifted to Dudjom Rinpoche by Bhutan's Queen Mother [[Choying Wangmo]] in the 1960s.<ref name= McClellan/>
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			Chortens at Zang Dhok Palri Phodang alias Durpin Monastery, Kalimpong 05.jpg\|[[Chortens]]
			Prayer Wheels of Zang Dhok Palri Phodang alias Durpin Monastery, Kalimpong 06.jpg\|[[Prayer wheel\|Prayer wheels]]
			Zang Dhok Palri Phodang 13 - Interior.jpg\|Interior
			Durpin Padmasambhava.jpg\|[[Padmasambhava]]
			</gallery>

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'''Zang Dhok Palri Phodang''' is a [[Tibet]]an [[Buddhist]] [[monastery]] in [[Kalimpong]] in [[West Bengal]], India. The monastery is located atop [[Durpin Hill]], one of the two hills of the town. It was consecrated in 1976 by the visiting [[Dalai Lama]].

The monastery houses many rare scriptures that were brought into India after the annexation of Tibet in 1959. It also houses the 108 volumes of the [[Kangyur]]. It is also popularly known as the Durpin Monastery. The view from the hill-top is breathtaking.

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