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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...
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  • Rumtek Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Sikkim. "THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950" (PDF). Archived from...
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    Dubdi Monastery, Enchey Monastery, Pemayangtse Monastery, Ralang Monastery, Rumtek, Tashiding Monastery, Tawang Monastery, Zang Dhok Palri Phodang Himachal...
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    Karmapa's seat built during the Tibetan diaspora is the Dharma Chakra Centre at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India. The international monastic seats are Karma Triyana...
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    Sikkimese nobility and was of Bhutia origin. Dorji Khangsarpa entered the Rumtek monastery at the age of 6 years. His uncle, Tshurfuk Lama Rabden Dorji was...
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    Karma Kagyu lineage holder. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche was born in 1965 at Rumtek Monastery (Dharma Chakra Center) in Sikkim, India. His birth was prophesied...
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    Lamas Home School at Dalhousie in north India, Bedi also spent time at Rumtek in Sikkim, the seat of the Karmapa in exile. In 1966, she took sramaneri...
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  • Martam–Rumtek Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim a north east state of India. Martam-Rumtek is part of Sikkim Lok...
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    Year, Losar. The festival is preceded by masked dance at the Phodong and Rumtek Monasteries in Sikkim. Losoong is celebrated not only in India but also...
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    downtown Gangtok city from Crown Prince Tenzing Kunzang Namgyal Walkway. Rumtek Monastery, located on the outskirts of Gangtok, is one of Buddhism's holiest...
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