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Rumtek Monastery
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Managed byKarma Kagyu lineage
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A major Tibetan Buddhist monastery rebuilt in the 1960s by the 16th Karmapa after fleeing Tibet, now the principal seat of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet.
Did you know? Rumtek was rebuilt far from its original 1740s monastery in Tibet because the 16th Karmapa fled after the Chinese takeover in 1950, making it the first and largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery established in exile.