The largest monastery in Sikkim, Rumtek Monastery is the seat of the Karmapa Lama, the third highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism. It also serves as one of the most important seats of the Kagyu (Black Hat ...
A short drive away from Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, lies the mystical Rumtek Monastery, which is the seat of various relics of the ancient Buddhist world. I have come here before, especially for a ...
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang visited Rumtek Monastery and offered prayers on the birth anniversary of Ogyen Trinley Dorje. He said he prayed for peace, harmony and the welfare of all beings ...
A Reserve Bank Of India team on Monday began taking inventory of the fabulous wealth of Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, the global headquarters of Karma Kagyu sect of Buddhism headed by a Karmapa, amid ...
Novice monks spread freshly washed clothes out onto the cobblestone courtyard. Arthritic, bead-clutching Buddhist nuns shuffle around the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre, accumulating merit with every ...
GANGTOK/KOLKATA: Does anyone but 'Karmapa' Urgyen Trinley Dorjee has the right to touch the vajra mukut housed in the sacred Rumtek Monastery? gangtok/kolkata: does anyone but ''karmapa'' urgyen ...
RUMTEK: Followers of the 17th Karmapa claimant Urgyen Thinley Dorjee have decided to prevent a RBI official from entering Rumtek monastery to make a court ordered inventory of its wealth. RUMTEK: ...
The largest monastery in Sikkim, Rumtek Monastery is the seat of the Karmapa Lama, the third highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism. It also serves as one of the most important seats of the Kagyu (Black Hat ...