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Rumtek Monastery
Rumtek Monastery
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectKarma Kagyu
Location
LocationNear Gangtok, Sikkim, India
CountryIndia
Rumtek Monastery is located in Sikkim
Rumtek Monastery
Location within Sikkim
Geographic coordinates27°17′19″N 88°33′41″E / 27.28861°N 88.56139°E / 27.28861; 88.56139
Architecture
FounderWangchuk Dorje, 9th Karmapa Lama
Wangchuk Dorje
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Rumtek Monastery (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: rum theg dgon pa), also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. It is the seat-in-exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a focal point for the sectarian tensions within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism that characterize the 17th Karmapa controversy.

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