Rumtek monastery combines conventional Tibetan design with latest construction techniques. It is located at a height of 5,500 feet above ...
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Paintings of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas, the Kagyu lineage, the Genduk Chogngi (Shakyamuni Buddha and the eight greatest scholars of ...
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On each side of the door of the main shrine there are life-size images of the Four Guardians of the ...
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Initially, the monastery was built under the supervision of Wangchuk Dorje, the 9th Karmapa Lama in the mid-18th century. Rumtek monastery served ...
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There are some stupas in the monastery. A thirteen feet tall stupa, made of gold and copper, has been created ...
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