Mindrolling Monastery
Mindrolling Monastery
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Debashis T
Dehradun, India2,296 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
The monastery is located at a distance from the main city, but regular autos are available nearby for convenient transportation. It opens from 10 am to 6 pm and offers a spacious area for strolling and meditation in its large hall. A prominent feature is a very large statue of Lord Buddha, which is quite impressive.
Additionally, there is a souvenir shop on-site. Outside the monastery, there are several small restaurants selling Tibetan foods, adding to the cultural experience. The parking space is quite large, accommodating visitors comfortably.
Overall, you can easily spend 1-2 hours at this beautiful monastery, capturing many photographs and immersing yourself in its serene ambiance.
Additionally, there is a souvenir shop on-site. Outside the monastery, there are several small restaurants selling Tibetan foods, adding to the cultural experience. The parking space is quite large, accommodating visitors comfortably.
Overall, you can easily spend 1-2 hours at this beautiful monastery, capturing many photographs and immersing yourself in its serene ambiance.
Written June 24, 2024
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macedonboy
Glasgow, UK186,803 contributions
Dec 2019
The Mindrolling Monastery in Dehradun is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma school of Buddhism. There’s an impressive 35 metre high gilded statue of a standing Buddha. There’s also several stupas which you can climb up to get a birds eye view of the whole complex. The monastery is outside of the centre of Dehradun, though straightforward with the local transport.
Written December 24, 2019
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Vijaya N
Dehradun, India27 contributions
Oct 2014 • Family
Visited this place with bunchful of my relatives. It was too crowded. Did not enjoy much. I have heard a lot of this place will defeintely go thr again to see what attracts so many people thr.
Written January 22, 2015
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Nihar N
Dehradun, India57 contributions
Jan 2015 • Family
It was my first visit to any monastery and liked it a lot...the main temple is very beautiful & big... prayer wheels, monks, neat & clean surrounding ... the big painting at the wall opposite the temple is very attractive... do remember that the prayer wheel is rotated clockwise direction only...overall its a peaceful place
Written January 8, 2015
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jojo
Navi Mumbai, India2,856 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
Architectural masterpiece is not only a tourist attraction but spiritual center giving peace of mind and tranquilly. Properly maintained the Stupas, gardens,monastery, greenery the complex and open space is a tribute to future generation contributing great ideals of Lord Budha.
Written July 11, 2019
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Shyam Sawhney
Vienna, Austria132 contributions
Mar 2013 • Friends
It's a vaery -very amazing place. But It is open only on Sunday for visitors. So be sure to plan accordingly. By it's roof you will feel you are in heaven
Written April 6, 2013
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Panchdeo
Mumbai, India9 contributions
Dec 2014 • Family
One of must visit places, for all the travelers to Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Mindrolling Monastery is a very fine Tibetan work of Art & a deep inside in there culture & tradition back in Tibet (now occupied by China
Written December 12, 2014
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anthonywilliams2016
New Delhi, India2 contributions
Jan 2016 • Family
I have been born in Doon and have been visiting the place since it was constructed. But, on 17th January 2016, took a friend for the first time and was shocked by the rude and cheating behavior of Lamas. Since, we are aware that shoes are not allowed in any temple, we took off our shoes in the car and went to the temple premises. Still, we were not allowed to enter the temple before taking "ticket". The ticket in question is for shoe-keepers. When we informed that we don't have any shoes to keep and have already kept our shoes in the car, we were still denied entry till we took the ticket from the shoe keeping area.
After being forced to take tickets for services which we didn't use, we enter the temple only to be faced by a rude Lama with an angry facing just shouting "move .. move".
I am aware of the principles of Buddhism and rudeness is not any of them, Compassion is. I have attended many seminars by His Holiness in Delhi and in Mc Leod Ganj and was shocked by the behavior I observed. This, cheating people and rudeness has never been a part of either Buddhism or even the culture of people of Dehradun.
I also went to complaint at the Administration office and was informed that it has been decided to impose this tax "of taking shoe ticket" on everybody because the administration could not manage the people who used to keep their shoes in the garden and enter the premises. The administration didn't like people leaving shoes in the grass (1 person looking for everybody's shoes) so they imposed this tax on everybody, which is equivalent to saying since they could not manage wrongdoers they decided to come up with a solution of punishing the right doers also.
My friend has got the impression that all Buddhists are such rude people and all the talk of compassion is complete nonsense. We should not encourage such rude behavior but Religious tolerance and encourage people and make them aware of Buddhism. I would hope next time around changes are made in the attitude of people in and around the temple premises.
After being forced to take tickets for services which we didn't use, we enter the temple only to be faced by a rude Lama with an angry facing just shouting "move .. move".
I am aware of the principles of Buddhism and rudeness is not any of them, Compassion is. I have attended many seminars by His Holiness in Delhi and in Mc Leod Ganj and was shocked by the behavior I observed. This, cheating people and rudeness has never been a part of either Buddhism or even the culture of people of Dehradun.
I also went to complaint at the Administration office and was informed that it has been decided to impose this tax "of taking shoe ticket" on everybody because the administration could not manage the people who used to keep their shoes in the garden and enter the premises. The administration didn't like people leaving shoes in the grass (1 person looking for everybody's shoes) so they imposed this tax on everybody, which is equivalent to saying since they could not manage wrongdoers they decided to come up with a solution of punishing the right doers also.
My friend has got the impression that all Buddhists are such rude people and all the talk of compassion is complete nonsense. We should not encourage such rude behavior but Religious tolerance and encourage people and make them aware of Buddhism. I would hope next time around changes are made in the attitude of people in and around the temple premises.
Written January 18, 2016
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Fairytale Studios
India276 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
Mindrolling monastery is located in Clement Town in Dehradun. It was built by Guru Rinpoche in 1960s to promote Buddhist culture. The World Peace stupa at Mindrolling monastery is the largest stupa in the world. In the complex, is a huge statue of Guru Rinpoche and Lord Buddha. The carvings and design of the monastery and the statues is very colorful. The entire temple complex is clean and well maintained. The gardens are well manicured with lots of flowering plants. There is no entrance fee to visit Mindrolling monastery. The area is very peaceful and calming. Must visit if you are in Dehradun. Read more about Mindrolling monastery and other places to visit in Dehradun in our article (Link in TripAdvisor profile).
Written April 7, 2019
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Piyush
Muzaffarnagar, India52 contributions
Apr 2015 • Family
Simply Worth a Visit.
That's All!!!
So Peaceful...
Misc Goods Shops and Good Tibet Food all around...
Nice place for photography too...
Check Temple timing before u visit.
That's All!!!
So Peaceful...
Misc Goods Shops and Good Tibet Food all around...
Nice place for photography too...
Check Temple timing before u visit.
Written April 5, 2015
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Hi,
Is the mindrolling monastry open now. AMost of my research said it is temporarily closed.
Thanks
Written June 3, 2022
Hi,
I wanted to know what are timings when the monastery is open from morning to evening or there are definite hours. Also how far it would be from Rajpur road.
Written June 6, 2016
I don't think there are any particular timings. I went thrice. One at 6 in the evening, then 8 in the morning and then 12 in the noon.
It will take about half hour to reach there from Rajpura Road
Written June 26, 2016
Its in Cleamntown , a part of Dehradun situated on bifurcation of Bye-pass road to FRI from ISBT.
Written November 10, 2015
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