Darjeeling India Travel Guide and Travel Information

Dali Monastery or Dali Gomba is also known as the Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery and is about 4 kilometers away from Darjeeling town. The monastery was built in 1971 by the late Thuksey Rinpoche and the new building was completed in 1992.

This is one of the famous monasteries belonging to the Kargyupa sect. The pioneer of this monastery was Thuksey Rimpoche whose reincarnation was enthroned in the monastery. He died in 1983 and his incarnate was born in 1986 at Ladakh. This monastery forms the headquarters of Drukchen Rimpoche, the XII, the supreme head of the Kargyud lineage.

Map of Dali Monastery

Dali Monastery

Nepali is the most widely used language in Darjeeling and its neighboring areas. Examples of basic social conversation in Nepali are as follows:

1. What is your name?
   Tapai ko naam kay ho?
2. My name is _______________.
   Mero naam _______________ ho.
3. Are you from here?
   Tapai ko ghar yaha ho?
4. Who is he/she?
   Waha ko hunuhuncha?
5. What is this?
   Yo kay ho?
6. Do you speak English?
   Tapai English bolnu huncha?
7. I am from _______________.
   Ma _______________ bata ayeko.
8. May I have your number/address/email?
   Malai tapai ko number/address/email dina saknu huncha?