Ghum Monastery is also know as Samten Choling Gompa. It is located below Hill Cart road and Ghum.railway station. It enshrines an image of the Maitreya Buddha. This monastery built in 1875 belongs to the Yellow sect of the Buddhists who worship a 15 feet statue of the ‘Coming Buddha’.Its' located about 8 km from the city and has an an image of Maitreya Buddha (meaning coming Buddha).
