Coordinates: 27°14′27″N 88°35′17″E / 27.2408°N 88.5880°E / 27.2408; 88.5880

Karthok Monastery

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Kartok Monastery
File:Kathog Monastery alias Kartok Monastery at Pakyong in East Sikkim 14.jpg
Karthok Monastery
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectNyingma
Location
LocationSikkim, India
CountryIndia
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Architecture
FounderChogyal Thutob Namgyal

Kartok Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Pakyong, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas located in the East Sikkim district of the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.[1] It is considered the sixth oldest monastery of Sikkim and this monastery follows the Nyingma Order of Tibetan Buddhism.[2]

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