Padmasambhava Mahavihara — Jirang Monastery.
Taptapani guides talk about the sulphur springs and rarely mention that 50 km away sits the largest Buddhist monastery in Eastern India — inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in January 2010WHY NOBODY KNOWS
Jirang/Chandragiri is "Little Tibet of Odisha" — a Tibetan refugee settlement granted land in 1963 (Phuntsokling, "Land of Happiness"), now home to the Ripa Lineage's main monastery. The gold-finialled Mahavihara holds prayer halls, monk dormitories and visitor accommodation — see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmasambhava_Mahavihara_monastery



