Phodong Monastery
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9th Karmapa was invited by the king of Sikkim, where he founded three monasteries : Rumtek, one of the most important monastery of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, Phodong and Ralang Monastery.[2]
It was reconstructed by Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal,[3] who was recognized as the reincarnation of his uncle, Sidkeong Namgyal, the abbot of the monastery.[4] The line was to be continued by Palden Thondup Namgyal
The monastery has a residence of approximately 260 monks and has a numerous collection of some ancient murals.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1556 - 1603)
- ↑ Kuldip Singh Gulia, Mountains of the God
- ↑ Mahendra P. Lama, Sikkim: society, polity, economy, environment
