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{{Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery
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|location=[[Sikkim]], [[India]]
|founded_by = Chogyal [[Thutob Namgyal]]
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'''Karthok 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Emerging tourist trails|work=The Statesman (New Delhi)|publisher=Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|date=March 20, 2009}}</ref> It is considered  the sixth oldest monastery of Sikkim and this monastery follows the [[Nyingma]] Order of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sikkim Karthok Monastery|url=http://www.indiamapped.com/monastries-in-india/sikkim-karthok-monastery/|website=India Mapped: Monasteries in India|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref>

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{{Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim}}

[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim]]
[[Category:Nyingma monasteries and temples]]


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