| 1 | Mass demonstrations were organized both in Dharmsala and in Sikkim, the site of the Rumtek monastery. | |
| 2 | Cracking and crumbling occurred in Sikkim in the Himalayas. | |
| 3 | Among the monasteries receiving Chinese funding are those in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. | |
| 4 | He cannot travel to the Northeast, Jammu/Kashmir, or Sikkim, where Rumtek is located. [4] | |
| 5 | Kissing is apparently unknown among the Somalians, the Lepcha of Sikkim and the Sirono of Bolivia. |