English: Nubchen Namchak Monastery, also known as Ewam India Buddhist Monastery, is the primary monastic seat for all Ewam Namchak centers of the Early Translation School. On the twenty-eighth day of the second month in an earth rat year from the sexagenary cycle (corresponding to the year 2008), work on the monastery’s foundation began with the rituals to appropriate the site, including the burial of a treasure vase and other articles. Nowadays the entire structure and its contents are complete, constructed in the following elegant array.

Outwardly, the shape of the monastery is the complete layout of an immeasurable mansion, with four walls and four gateways with covered porches. In the corners of the courtyard are eight stupas of enlightenment. The monastery is completely surrounded by replica of a ring of fire and a palisade of vajras. On the ground floor are a dining hall and a kitchen for general sangha which are called the “Vast Peace Pavilion.” Above the ground floor rises the great temple of Orgyen Dhumatala, in the center of which is the primary support, a 38-foot statue of the master of the teachings—the Teacher, the perfect Buddha—surrounded by the seven successive generations of buddhas. To his right and left, respectively, are nine-foot-high statues of Mañjushri (the lord of sublime wisdom) and the Lord of Secrets Vajrapani (the lord of spiritual power and might). These make up the main three figures, the central one and retinue.

In alcoves to the right and left of the temple’s walls are the rooms for the preparation of tormas and for storing the garments for the ritual dances. To the right and left in the front part of the middle story of the temple are some fourteen personal chambers for lamas, named Jalandhara, Rameshara, Oddiyana, Gaudhavari, Devikota, Kamarupa, Lampaka, Trishakuney, Kosala, Himalaya, Nagara, Kulanta, Suvarnadvipa, and Sindhu. To the rear of the middle story, on the right side is the Chamber enshrining the supports for the dharma protectors named Rapjik Utsala Düdpung Zilnön Ling (“Utterly Terrifying Place of Ustala, Overwhelming the Hordes of Maras with Splendor”). On the left side is the palace of Jambhala, named Gödöd Künjung Ling (“Place of the Source of All that is Needed and Wanted”). Above these is the Nalanda Library, housing a complete collection of texts concerning all fields of knowledge. At the pinnacle on the upper floor is the temple of Amitayus, named Chimed Ngadrey Zhing-kham (“Pure Realm of the Drumbeat of Immortality”).