Rumtek Monastery
Rumtek Monastery, 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.
- Monastery
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,250 metres (4,100 feet)
- Description: building in India
- Also known as“Dharmachakra Centre”“long de si”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paljor Stadium and Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
Paljor Stadium
Paljor Stadium is a football stadium located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Paljor Stadium is situated 1 km east of Rumtek Monastery.
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is a Tibet museum… Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is situated 2 km south of Rumtek Monastery.
Do-drul Chorten
Do-drul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. Do-drul Chorten is situated 2 km south of Rumtek Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gangtok and Ranipool.
Rumtek Monastery
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Latitude
27.33194° or 27° 19′ 55″ north
Longitude
88.60194° or 88° 36′ 7″ east
Open location code
7MVC8JJ2+QQ
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Rumtek Monastery” goes by many names.
রুমটেক মঠBengali
རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་Bengali
荣定寺Chinese
隆德寺Chinese
RumtekDutch
RumtekkloosterDutch
રુમટેક બૌદ્ધ મઠGujarati
रुमटेक मठHindi
Wihara RumtekIndonesian
Monastero di RumtekItalian
ルムテク僧院Japanese
रुम्टेक गुम्बाNepali
RumtekPolish
РумтекRussian
ரும்டெக் மடம்Tamil
རུམ་བཏེགས་དགོན་པ།Tibetan
རུམ་བཏེགས་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཀུན་ཁྱབ་འོད་སྟོང་འཁྱིལ་བའི་གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།Tibetan
Монастир РумтекUkrainian
РумтекUkrainian
رومٹیک خانقاہUrdu
RumtekWelsh
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