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Rancho’s School (Druk Padma Karpo School or Druk White Lotus School), which is also known as 3 Idiots School, is a Buddhist cultural school located in Shey village, close to Shey palace and monastery, on Leh-Manali highway, in Ladakh, India. The school rose to prominence after the climax scenes of 3 Idiots Bollywood movie were shot in the school. Now a famous tourist spot, the school came in limelight after shooting of Bollywood super hit film 3 Idiots was held here in September 2008. The movie was released in December 2009, showcasing the Druk White Lotus School and Pangong lake in the second half of the movie. Superhit on the box office, the movie proved out to be a blessing for Ladakh tourism as thousands of people thronged Ladakh to see the high altitude cold deserts and lake as were seen in the movie. Tourists started reaching the school searching for “Rancho School” or “3 Idiots School”. The building wall where "Chatur" was given an electric shock by young students is now famous as Rancho Wall. Interestingly, the school administration now calls it Rancho School as a nickname. School premises has a “Rancho’s Cafe” as well. Aamir Khan had come back to the school in 2010 after a cloudburst had wreaked havoc in Leh. Locally the school is known as Druk Padma Karpo School as Padma means Lotus and Karpo means White in local dialect and is named after Mipham Pema Karpo (1527-1592), who is revered as a great scholar. The school is said to be opened on the request of local people who wanted a school in Ladakh that can maintain rich cultural traditions based on Tibetan Buddhism in their children while giving them rich education to match the 21st century as well. The Rancho’s School is honoured with several