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The monastery is situated at a distance of 24 kilometers from Gangtok and it takes about 45 minutes drive. This is the second most important monastery in the world (the most famous one is the original Kagyu headquarters situated in Tibet). The monastery is the seat of the Karmapa Lama, the head of one of the main four branches Tibetan Buddhist Sects. There is a huge collection of rare religious scripts and objects in the monastery.The new structure of the monastery was built in 1960. A thirty-minute downhill walk from the new building will take you to the older monastery that was built in 1730 anThe monastery is situated at a distance of 24 kilometers from Gangtok and it takes about 45 minutes drive. This is the second most important monastery in the world (the most famous one is the original Kagyu headquarters situated in Tibet). The monastery is the seat of the Karmapa Lama, the head of one of the main four branches Tibetan Buddhist Sects. There is a huge collection of rare religious scripts and objects in the monastery.The new structure of the monastery was built in 1960. A thirty-minute downhill walk from the new building will take you to the older monastery that was built in 1730 and was destroyed in a fire. In the existing monastery there is a stupa of the XVI Gyalwa Karmapa, which is inlaid with gold plates and precious stones.

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