The People’s King Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was born on February 21, 1980. The day corresponds to the Iron Monkey year of the Bhutanese Lunar Calendar. The People’s King is the eldest of His Majesty Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Her Majesty the Queen, Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. Though the eldest son … More Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King
In keeping with the policy and to promote environment-friendly technologies, the government proposed to a major tax revision and duties on hybrid cars in Bhutan. To tap into the country’s hydro power potential and to reduce the dependency on the import of fossil fuels, the sale tax and custom duty on the import of hybrid … More Proposal to the Government-Tax on Hybrid Vehicles in Bhutan-Sonam Chophel
Dasai (ད་ཤའི) festival is being observed by the people of six southern districts of Bhutan. Dasai normally falls in the month of October every year. Dasai festival is commemorates a great victory of the goddess over the wicked demons. The story is called Lord Ram, where the Lord Ram after a big struggle slaughtered Ravana, … More Dasai Festival of Six Southern Region in Bhutan
The ritual called la gukni (བླ་འགུག་ནི) refers to retrieving the personal energy collectively called la, which is believed to be vulnerable to theft by one of the eight classes of spirits. When one’s la is taken, it can cause severe illness. In the la gukni or ‘summoning the la’, the priest conducting the ritual summons … More Yong ralé (ཡོང་ར་ལེ), La Gukni (བླ་འགུག་ནི): A Ritual to Gather Life Force
Sampa Lhundrup (Spontaneous Fulfiller of All Wishes) is a blessed teaching given by Guru Rinpoche. The Great Terton, Chokgyur Dechen Shikpo Lingpa revealed the hidden terma. This prayer is to Guru Rinpoche that Spontaneously Fulfills All Wishes, a prayer that forms the seventh chapter of Lue Dunma. It was given to the prince Mutri Tsenpo, … More ༄༅། །གསོལ་འདེབས་བསམ་པ་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་མ།The Prayer for Spontaneously Accomplishing Wishes
The lhakhang is located in Phongmey village in Trashigang, close to the road head. The local people said that Wogmin Ugyen Choeling lhakhang was founded by Phub Tshering in 1890 after his appointment as the Drungpa (administrative head of the sub-district) of Phongmey village. Without any written sources and in the absence of Karchag (Chronicles) … More Phongmey Wogmin Ugyen Choeling lhakhang
Lamju is a farewell gift for the journey. The little Lamju increases as they visit other host’s house. It eventually becomes difficult for them to carry their load. In the past, when the travellers reach their neypo’s house in other place, they receive a cordial welcome as if they were the family members. The hosts … More Farewell Gift called Lamju
Every year, men of Wang Tsochengyé (ཝང་ཚོ་ཆེན་བརྒྱད་) or the eight great blocks of Wang, take up the role of pazap (དཔའ་མཛངསཔ་), or noble warrior, and reenact war scenes from the era of Zhapdrung Ngakwang Namgyel (ཞབས་དྲུང་ངག་དབང་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; 1595-1651). Punakha Dromchö (སྤུ་ན་ཁ་སྒྲུབ་མཆོད) was first performed in 1639 by Zhapdrung Ngakwang Namgyel to hoodwink the Tibetan invaders. It … More Punakha Drupchöe/Dromchoe
The People’s King Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was born on February 21, 1980. The day corresponds to the Iron Monkey year of the Bhutanese Lunar Calendar. The People’s King is the eldest of His Majesty Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Her Majesty the Queen, Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. Though the eldest son … More Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King
Dawa Dangpa Losar (ཟླ་ཝ་དང་པ་ལོ་གསར) is falls in February month every year. The word Losar literally means “new year”. It is derived from two Tibetan words, “lo” meaning year and “sar” meaning new. The origin of Dawa Dangpa Losar can be taken back even before the Buddhism religion was established in Tibet. In early Bon tradition, … More ཟླ་ཝ་དང་པ་ལོ་གསར (Dawa Dangpa Losar)
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