Ranipool
Ranipool is a small suburban town located in the bank of river Ranikhola at the junction of National Highway 10 and National Highway 717A in Gangtok District of the Indian state of Sikkim.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rumtek Monastery and Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
Rumtek Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Rumtek Monastery is situated 3 km west of Ranipool.
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Museum
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Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is a Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Tashi Namgyal. The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to document the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer. Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is situated 3 km northeast of Ranipool.
Do-drul Chorten
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Do-drul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. Inside this stupa is a complete set of Dorjee Phurba, Kangyur and other religious objects. Do-drul Chorten is situated 2½ km northeast of Ranipool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gangtok and Pakyong.
Gangtok
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gangtok is a bustling, friendly hill station, and the capital of the Himalayan state of Sikkim. The name "Gangtok" is derived from the Tibetan word for 'hillside,' and the city has a population of around 100,000 being a mixture of indigenous Sikkimese and people of Nepalese and Tibetan ancestry.
Pakyong
Town
Pakyong is a Municipal city and district headquarters of Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. Pakyong Airport is the only airport of Sikkim. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" is also located here. Pakyong is situated 6 km south of Ranipool.
Takchang
Village
Takchang is a village near Pakyong in Pakyong District, India. Takchang is 30.7 km from Gangtok and the population of the village is nearly 550-600. Ethnic Nepali and Lepcha are the main settler of this village. Takchang is situated 10 km southeast of Ranipool.
Ranipool
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in India
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.29416° or 27° 17′ 39″ northLongitude
88.58963° or 88° 35′ 23″ eastOpen location code
7MVC7HVQ+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 342098668OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q15271826
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Oriya—“Ranipool” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ranipool”
- Hindi: “रानीपूल”
- Irish: “Ranipool”
- Nepali: “रानीपुल”
- Nepali: “रानीपूल”
- Oriya: “ରାଣୀପୁଲ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rumtek and Kelsang’s House.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ranipool Women Police Station and College of Agricultural Engineering and Post Harvest Technology - CAEPHT.
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