#RumtekMonastery also called the #DharmaChakraCentre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of #Sikkim near the capital #Gangtok. It is the seat-in-exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a focal point for the sectarian tensions within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism that characterize the 17th Karmapa controversy.