On 13th November, 2016, took a taxi and went around the local
sight seeing tourists spots in Sikkim.The drivers are real experts and can
negotiate in steep and narrow roads many of which have become very uneven due
to the rains. Went to the monastery at Rumtek also called the dharma chakra
centre and enjoyed the peace and calm and it was very difficult to get up from
there.Rumtek meaning God left the Dharma Chakra Centre was established in the year 1740. It is about 45
minutes drive from Gangtok (24 km), the seat of the Kagyud order of theTibetan
Buddhism.Rumtek, a Kagyu monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, was founded in the
sixteenth century by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje. It is the largest
monastery in Sikkim and the seat of the Kagyu tradition in Sikkim. It was
significantly rebuilt with patronage of the Sikkimese royal family by the
Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpai Dorje, who in 1959 left Tsurpu in central
Tibet and fled to Sikkim with his brother, the Sixth Dzogchen Ponlob, Jikdrel
Tsewang Dorje and other followers. Rumtek is the tradition's primary seat in
exile.The Sixteenth Karmapa's relics are installed at Rumtek. The monastery is
currently the largest in Sikkim. It is home to the community of monks and where
they perform the rituals and practices of the Karma Kagyu lineage. A golden
stupa contains the relics of the 16th Karmapa. Opposite that building is a
college, Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies.The largest
monastery in Sikkim, Rumtek Monastery is the seat of the Karmapa Lama, the
third highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism. It also serves as one of the most
important seats of the Kagyu (Black Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism outside of
Tibet and is also known as Dharmachakra Centre.
Ban jhakhari has a beautiful fall and nature around it .The flowers grow wild with very sharp colours. A lovely environment for nature lovers.
