Karthok Monastery

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Kartok Monastery
Kathog Monastery alias Kartok Monastery at Pakyong in East Sikkim 14.jpg
Karthok Monastery
Religion
Affiliation Tibetan Buddhism
Sect Nyingma
Location
Location Sikkim, India
CountryIndia
Karthok Monastery
Geographic coordinates 27°14′27″N88°35′17″E / 27.2408°N 88.5880°E / 27.2408; 88.5880
Architecture
FounderChogyal Thutob Namgyal

Kartok Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Pakyong, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas located in the East Sikkim district of the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. [1] It is considered the sixth oldest monastery of Sikkim and this monastery follows the Nyingma Order of Tibetan Buddhism. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Emerging tourist trails". The Statesman (New Delhi). Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Sikkim Karthok Monastery". India Mapped: Monasteries in India. Retrieved 25 September 2014.


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