Rumtek Monastery

Summary

Rumtek Monastery is a vihara^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of vihara entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rumtek Monastery's religion is recorded as Kagyu^[3].
• Rumtek Monastery is located in East Sikkim district^[4].
• Rumtek Monastery is in the country of India^[5].
• Rumtek Monastery's image is recorded as Rumtek Monastery 04.jpg^[6].
• Rumtek Monastery's instance of is recorded as vihara^[7].
• Rumtek Monastery's instance of is recorded as Tibetan Buddhist monastery^[8].
• Rumtek Monastery's Commons category is recorded as Rumtek Monastery^[9].
• Rumtek Monastery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.288611111111, 'lon': 88.561388888889}^[10].
• Rumtek Monastery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.331944, 'lon': 88.601944}^[11].
• Rumtek Monastery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wz40^[12].
• Rumtek Monastery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rumtek Monastery^[13].
• Rumtek Monastery's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7602041^[14].
• Rumtek Monastery's BDRC Resource ID is recorded as G1PD110071^[15].
• Rumtek Monastery's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of Rumtek Monastery^[16].

Why It Matters

Rumtek Monastery ranks in the top 5% of vihara entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]