Drowai Gonpo aGro bai mgon po 1508 1548 was a king who wielded power in parts of Central Tibet from 1524 to 1548. He belonged to the Phagmodrupa dynasty which reigned over Tibet or parts of it from 1354 to the early 17th century. br br Drowai Gonpo was a son of the ruler Ngawang Tashi Drakpa d. 1564 , the last important leader of the dynasty and known by the Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso Fifth Dalai Lama as the King of Tibet . ref Giuseppe Tucci , Tibetan Painted Scrolls . Rome 1949, p. 45. ref His mother was a lady of the Rinpungpa family, which was dominant in the Tsang region of West Central Tibet. In 1524 Drowai Gonpo was established as sub ruler in Gonggar County Gongri Karpo to the west of the N dong palace where his father dwelt. ref Giuseppe Tucci , Deb t er dMar po gSar ma . Rome 1971, p. 232. ref Like his father he received the royal title gongma , the high one . He married a lady from Chontse who gave birth to Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen . The move of a part of the Phagmodrupa family to Gongri Karpo caused serious internal feuds in the dynasty, some years after the death of Drowai Gonpo 1548 . This led to the complete eclipse of Phagmodrupa power in Central Tibet. ref His death is indicated in Per K. Sorensen & Guntram Hazod, Rulers on the Celestial Plain . Wien 2007, p. 763. According to Ya Hanzhang, Biographies of the Tibe tan Spiritual Leaders Panchen Erdenis . Beijing 1994, p. 384, Drowai Gonpo succeeded his father on the Phagmodrupa throne and reigned 1571 1618. This, however, is gainsaid by the sources quoted by Giuseppe Tucci , 1949, pp. 641, 693. ref After the demise of Drowai Gonpo, a stupa decorated with jewels was erected at Gongri Karpo to contain his remains. ref Ya Hazhang, 1994, p. 384. ref See also Tibet during the Ming Dynasty History of Tibet References Reflist Category Phagmodrupa dynasty nl Drowey G npo ... more details
Image Yutog Yontan Gonpo.jpg right 260px Yutog Yontan Gonpo was an 8th century high lama and the physician of Tibet . For further discussion see Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo . External links http www.himalayanart.org image.cfm 185.html Gonpo at Himilayan art.org DEFAULTSORT Gonpo, Yontan Gonpo Category Lamas Category Tibetan medicine Category Tibetan physicians tibet stub de Yuthog Nyingma Y nten G npo fr YutokYontenGonpo nl Yutog Y nten G npo ... more details
Cleanup date December 2008 Nofootnotes date December 2008 Image Lama Gonpo Hat.jpg thumb 350px Lama G npo Tseten Rinpoche, photo taken circa 1979 1980 in the U.S.A. Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche , 1906 1991 , Dzogchen master, author, painter, sculptor, and teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism . Biography G npo Tseten was born in 1906 in Amdo , the eastern province of Tibet, into a family heritage of ngakpa s. At the age of seven he was sent to Sangchen Mingye Ling, a Nyingmapa monastery. At the age of 15, having shown great promise as a future teacher, he studied with Kargi Tert n and accomplished the preliminary practices of Tibetan Buddhism . At Sangchen Mingye Ling, G npo Tseten continued his Dharma studies and the traditional Tibetan arts and sciences. It was at this time that he began to display great skill in drawing, painting, and sculpture. In 1925, at the age of 18, he completed two images of Thousand Armed Avalokiteshvara , each standing over six feet high. About the age of twenty he married and had a son, Pema Rigdzin. However, after two years he and his wife separated. He later married again, this time to Drolma Chi with whom he happily spent the remainder of his time ... Choje Longchen Rabjam , Kunkhyen Jigme Lingpa , and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo , Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche ... writings of Lama G npo Tseten Rinpoche published under the name Gonpo Tseten Dorje Phurba Developing ... of the Tsog Offering 1981 , Kye Rim A Developing Stage Practice of Rigdzin Dupa, and Yonten Tso a Comprehensive ... Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche. References Immortal Protector of Beings A Brief Biography of Lama Gonpo Tseten, 1992 Lama Gonpo s published Curriculum Vitae, 1979 and 1980 Long Life Prayer of Rigdzin Trinley Ozer Lama Gonpo Tseten by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, 1979 Booklet on the Vajrakilaya Empowerment which includes a biography of Lama Gonpo Tseten, 1980 The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism by Jigdral ... Persondata . NAME Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lama Gonpo Tseten SHORT DESCRIPTION Tibetan ... more details
Image Yutog Yontan Gonpo.jpg right 260px The Portrait of Yutog Yontan Gonpo is an 17th century Buddhism Buddhist depiction of the lama and the physician Yutog Yontan Gonpo of Tibet . This style of Tibetan thangka painting is called tsal thang with gold on a vermilion ground. The figure of Yutog Yontan Gonpo is often portrayed surrounded by the five buddhas above, the eight Medicine Goddesses at the sides, his special yidam Black Hayagriva accompanied by four goddesses below. The protector Mahakala Shanglon Dorje Dradul typically placed at the bottom center is accompanied by eight fearsome wrathful protector deities with one face and two or four hands, each riding a vahana . Four of the retinue figures ride atop wild animal or zombie mounts and each of those has nine heads. The portrait depicts a clean shaven Gonpo as he stretches the right arm forward across the knee in the mudra of generosity while holding the stem of a pink lotus flower blossoming over the shoulder supporting the wisdom book attribute wisdom book and sword attribute sword . The left placed at the heart holds the stem of another lotus, blossoming over the left shoulder, supporting a gold vajra and medicinal nectar vase topped with precious cintamani jewels . With a headdress of red flower blossoms, he wears a long flowing garment typical of a layman, trimmed with blue and tied with a red sash. He is surrounded by a blue orange nimbus and dark green areola . In front, an ornate table supports a large bowl of myrobalan fruit and precious jewels. At the top center is the buddha Akshobhya with one face and two hands holding to the heart with the right a vajra sceptre and with the left a skullcup in the lap. Seated in vajra posture he embraces the consort. At the left is thr Ratnasambhava holding a jewel to the heart and embracing the consort. Below is buddha Vairochana holding a wheel to the heart. At the right ... references References ? External links http www.himalayanart.org image.cfm 185.html Gonpo at Himilayan ... more details
Infobox Dalai Lama name Yonten Gyatso title 4th Dalai Lama image 4DalaiLama.jpg caption imgw 200 reign 1601 1617 predecessor 3rd Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso successor 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso chinese hindi pinyin tibetan wylie yon tan rgya mtsho pronoun transprc Yoindain Gyaco THDL father mother birth date 1589 birth place Mongolia death date 1617 death place Tibet Tibetan Buddhism Yonten Gyatso or Yon tan rgya mtsho 1589 1617 was the 4th Dalai Lama , born in Mongolia on the 30th day of the 12th month of the Earth Ox year of the Tibetan calendar. ref name Tibet p. 87 Thubten Samphel and Tendar 2004 , p.87. ref Other sources, however, say he was born in the 1st month of the Earth Ox Year . ref Mullin 2001 , p. 167. ref As the son of the chieftain of the Chokur tribe, Tsultrim Choeje, and great grandson of Altan Khan of the T med Mongol s and his second wife PhaKhen Nula, ref name yontengyatso http www.dalailama.com page.51.htm Yonten Gyatso Yonten Gyatso , Dalai Lama website. ref Yonten Gyatso was a Mongolian, making him the only non Tibetan to be recognized as Dalai Lama other than the Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama 6th Dalai Lama , who was a Monpa &mdash .... ISBN 0 8047 0806 1 cloth ISBN 0 8047 0901 7 paper . ref Yonten Gyatso left for Tibet in 1599 when ... of a monk from him. ref name Mullin, Glen H. 2001 p. 181 Mullin 2001 , p. 181 ref Yonten Gyatso became ... the Mongol cavalrymen out. When he was twenty one warriors attacked Drepung monastery and the Yonten ... Lobsang Gyatso end Dalai Lamas Buddhism topics DEFAULTSORT Gyatso, Yonten Category 1589 births Category 1617 deaths Category Dalai Lamas 4 ar bo ca Yonten Gyatso cs J nt n Gjamccho co Yonten Gyatso de Y nten Gyatsho es Yonten Gyatso eo Yonten Gyatso eu Yonten Gyatso fr Yonten Gyatso it Yonten Gyatso mk nl Y nten Gyatso ja 4 pt Yonten Gyatso ru IV sv Yonten Gyatso tl Ikaapat na Dalai Lama ng Tibet zh ... more details
figures in its development was the renowned 8th century physician YutokYontenGonpo , who produced ... Tibetan medicine and the essences of medicines in other places. YutokYontenGonpo s descendant, Yuthok Sarma YontenGonpo, further consolidated the tradition by adding eighteen medical works. One ... more details
first Yonten title History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan 12th to 17th Century A.D. year ... disciples of Tsangpa Gyare, such as Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje 1189&ndash 1258 , onto the path of realization ... master last1 Dargye first1 Yonten authorlink last2 S rensen first2 Per last3 Tshering first3 Gy npo ... last Dargye first Yonten authorlink title History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan 12th to 17th ... more details
Gonpo Dorje rgod tshang pa mgon po rdo rje 1189 1258 Lorepa Wangchug Tsondru lo ras pa dbang phyug ... bras mo ba founder of myang stod bras mo dgon Terkungpa Sources cite book last Dargye first Yonten ... more details
Nyang Ral Nyima zer 1124 1192 nyang ral nyi ma od zer Tert n Yuthog YontenGonpo the Younger 1126 1202 ... b. 1954 ngag dbang bzang po Gangteng Tulku b. 1955 Dzogchen Pasang Yonten b. 1955 pa sangs yon tan ... rgyal Rigdzin Dorje Gonpo, Vajranatha rig dzin rdo rje mgon po John Myrdhin Reynolds Rigdzin Shikpo ... more details
Sonam Rapten , also Sonam Choephel was regent in Tibet from 1642 tot 1658. Soon after his nomination as a regent, he was appointed Ganden Podrang as well. According to the 14th Dalai Lama he was the chief attendant of the 4th Dalai Lama , who discovered the incarnation of the 5th Dalai Lama . During the youth of the 5th Dalai Lama, Rapten requested the aid of Gushi Khan , a powerful Mongol military leader, in order to end the Gelug prosecution and establish this order as the lead order of Tibet. References cite web last Staff first authorlink coauthors title The Dalai Lamas Yonten Gyatso publisher The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama date url http www.dalailama.com biography the dalai lamas Yonten Gyatso accessdate 2010 02 04 Office web site of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Kapstein, Matthew 2007 The Tibetans, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pag. 135, 141 164 ISBN 0 631 22574 9 Mullin, Glenn H. 2008 The Fourteen Dalai Lamas , ISBN 978 1574160925 Tibet stub DEFAULTSORT Rapten, Sonam Category Regents in Tibet de S nam Ch phel nl S nam Ch pel pl Sonam Czopel ... more details
, the raven represents the deity Gonpo Jarodongchen, the raven headed Mahakala , one of the country ... . ref cite book last Dargye first Yonten title History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan 12th ... more details
, Yonten. History of the Drukpa Kagyud in Bhutan . Thimphu 2001. pg. 58 ref The Ngok branch of the Marpa ... Jigten Gonpo Rinchen Pal Jigten Sumgon sent Chenga Drakpa Jungne bo t w spyan ... from Drigung Monastery Drikung Thil Monastery founded by Jigten Gonpo Rinchen Pal Jig rten dgon ... and the Upper Drukpa founded by Gyalwa Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje . This branch further gave rise to several ... stod brug or Upper Drukpa sub school was founded Tsangpa Gyare s disciple Gotsangpa Gonpo ... reflist 2 Sources cite book last Dargye first Yonten authorlink title History of the Drukpa ... 9993661600 Dargye, Yonten and S rensen, P.K. 2001 The Biography of Pha Brug sgom Zhig po called The Current ... more details
Tibetan Buddhism The Battle of Five Lamas was a battle in 1634 in which Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal prevailed over the Tibet Tibetan and Bhutan Bhutanese forces allied against him. As a result Bhutan was united, as today, into a single country. Sources cite journal format dead link date July 2010 last Ardussi first John authorlink John Ardussi coauthors title Formation of the State of Bhutan Brug gzhung in the 17th Century and its Tibetan Antecedents journal Journal of Bhutan Studies volume 11 issue pages publisher location date 2004 url http www.bhutanstudies.org.bt admin pubFiles v11 2.pdf doi id accessdate http www.thdl.org texts reprints jbs JBS 11 02.pdf , http www.bhutanstudies.org.bt admin pubFiles v11 2.pdf , http www.digitalhimalaya.com collections journals jbs pdf JBS 11 02.pdf cite book last Dargye first Yonten authorlink Yonten Dargye title History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan 12th to 17th Century A.D. publisher date 2001 location Thimphu pages url doi id isbn 9993661600 cite book last Dorji first Sangay Dasho authorlink coauthors Kinga, Sonam translator title The Biography of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal Pal Drukpa Rinpoche publisher KMT Publicaions date 2008 location Thimphu, Bhutan isbn 9993622400 Category History of Bhutan Category 1634 in Bhutan Category Conflicts in 1634 bhutan stub ru ... more details
Zugne is a village in Bumthang District in central Bhutan , located south of Jakar and east of Gyetsa on the Chume River in the Chume Valley. The village is noted for its weavers with scarves tied to their heads in the Bumthang District Bumthang style. They weave woolen yatra s on pedal looms and also make belts. It has two notable workshops along the main road, the Thogmela and the Khampa Gonpo which make brightly colored textiles. The village has a small temple, Zugne Lhakhang, with a statue of Vairocana and the temple is said to have been established by the great Tibetan Emperor Songsten Gampo in the 7th century. ref http www.bhutanculturalatlas.org 80 culture sites structures monastries temples zugne lhakhang Bhutan Cultural Atlas ref Additional paintings were added to the temple in 1978 by Lam Pemala, a venerable monk of Zugne. References reflist citation author Pommaret, Francoise title Bhutan Himlayan Mountains Kingdom 5th edition publisher Odyssey Books and Guides date 2006 page 224 Bhutan geo stub Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan coord 27 30 29 N 90 44 16 E region BT type city 800 source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Populated places in Bhutan Category Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan ru ... more details
, Vol 11 2004, Centre for Bhutan Studies , Thimphu. Dargye, Yonten and S rensen, P.K. 2001 The Biography ... books.html National Library of Bhutan . ISBN 9993617008 cite book last Dargye first Yonten authorlink Yonten Dargye title History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan 12th to 17th Century ... more details
Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery name Drigung Monastery image Drigung monastery.jpg image size 250px alt caption Drigung Monastery t w to ipa z thdl e tc s p pushpin map China Tibet latd 30 latm 06 lats 23 latNS N longd 91 longm 12 longs 18 longEW E map caption Location within Tibet mapsize 250 location country China location Lhasa Prefecture , Tibet , China coordinates display founded by Drigung Kyobpa Jigten gonpo rinchenpel founded 1179 date renovated 1980 sect Kagyu lineage Drigung Kagyu dedicated to head lama no. of monks colleges architecture footnotes Drigung Monastery is a notable monastery in the Lhasa Prefecture , Tibet , known for performing sky burial s. The monastery actually Drigungtil Ogmin Jangchubling Monastery Wylie transliteration Wylie Bri gung mthil Og min byang chub gling also Drikung Thil Monastery is named after its location in a valley about 150 km east from Lhasa, in Drigung district, and is the mother monastery of the Drigung Kagyu Drigung Kagyu Drikung Kargyu tradition. It was founded in 1179 by the founder of that tradition, Drigung Kyobpa Jigten gonpo rinchenpel Wylie transliteration Wylie Bri gung sKyob pa Jig rten dgon po rin chen dpal, also called Kyobpa Rinpoche , 1143 1217 . The tradition emphasizes on its founders tantra tantric meditation and Phowa practices. After destructions by the Communists, after 1959, reconstruction works began in 1980. Drigung Kagyu traditions are nowadays also kept at the Jangchubling Drikung Kargyu Institute at Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh , India , founded in 1985. External links http www.berzinarchives.com history buddhism brief history drigungtil monastery 20.html A Brief History of Drigung Monastery http dharma media.org media exhibits DrikungThil 2005 index.html Drigungtil high resolution photographs http www.drikung.org www.drikung.org Tibet stub Buddhism monastery stub coord 30 06 23 N 91 12 18 E region CN 11 type landmark source dewiki display title Lhasa Prefecture Buddhist monasteries in Tibet C ... more details
Buddhism John Myrdhin Reynolds , whose initiated name is Vajranatha or Rigdzin Dorje Gonpo was born in 1942 and is a scholar, linguist, author, translator, mystic and initiated ngagpa of the Nyingma pa. Reynolds has made a special study of Dzogchen and the Buddhist Tantra s, both in their own context and in comparison with Gnosticism and other Western mystical traditions. This has fruited in Reynolds translating many original Tibetan texts of the Nyingmapa and Kagyupa into English. He has also studied the B n traditions of Dzogchen and has translated some B n literature as well. Education Reynolds studied History of Religions, Anthropology , Arabic , Sanskrit , Tibetan language Tibetan , and Buddhist Studies at Columbia University , at the University of California at University of California, Berkeley Berkeley , and at the University of Washington at Seattle . At Columbia University Reynolds pursued Islamic Studies under Arthur Jeffrey along with Iranian Studies under J. Duchesne Guillemin. Reynolds did his PhD research in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Buddhist Philosophy under Edward Conze , the lauded scholar of the Buddhist Prajnaparamita literature. Field research and experience Post PhD, Reynolds spent circa ten years in India and Nepal doing fieldwork research at a number of Hindu Ashrams in South India and at Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Darjeeling , Nepal and Kalimpong . At these Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, Reynolds studied and researched the rituals, literature and meditation practices of the Kagyu pa and Nyingma pa. Reynolds Lama teachers included Dezhung Rinpoche , Kangyur Rinpoche , Chatral Rinpoche , Dudjom Rinpoche , Kalu Rinpoche , Gyalwa Karmapa , and Lama Gonpo Tseten amongst others. In Nepal , Reynolds researched the techniques and folklore of Himalayan shamanism , including rite s of soul retrieval and exorcism , employed and practiced among ngakpa lamas ... Yogin of the Nyingmapa order, receiving the name Vajranatha Rigdzin Dorje Gonpo . With the direction ... more details
sect, headed by the Fourth Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso 1589 1616 and the Fourth Panchen Lama ... of Yonten Gyatso declined the request on the pretext that their spiritual lord was in deep meditation ... died. ref Ya Hanzhang, 1994, pp. 31 32 says that Yonten Gyatso s death was followed by a war between ... of Yonten Gyatso. The pro Gelugpa troops attacked the Tsangpa soldiers who were pushed back to Jangtanggang ... were unable to remedy. As a reward the ruler lifted the ban to search for the reincarnation of Yonten ... more details
, p. 26. ref Tsangpa expelled the Mongol troops which assisted the Fourth Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso , himself a Mongol prince by birth. Yonten Gyatso had to flee and the Tsangpa ruler was close to become .... After Yonten Gyatso s death, his successor as Dalai Lama Lozang Gyatso 1617 1682 received help from ... more details
Image Karmapa9.jpg right 260px Tibetan Buddhism Wangchuk Dorje 1556 1603 was the ninth Gyalwa Karmapa , head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism . Wangchuk Dorje was born in Treshod, Kham . According to legend, he said after being born I am Karmapa. ref http www.kagyu asia.com l kar9.html HH9 Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje ref Other sources say that soon after his birth he sat cross legged for three days and declared he was the Karmapa. ref http www.kagyu.org kagyulineage lineage kag25.php The ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje ref He received his education from Shamar K ncho Yenlak, the fifth Shamarpa , in a nomads nomadic camp which traveled through Tibet but also passed through present day Mongolia and Bhutan . During his travels many monasteries were founded. Wangchuk also wrote many classic Buddhist texts, many of which are still being taught today. Wangchuk Dorje was not only a spiritual leader, but was also a mediator in conflicts. He was invited by the king of Sikkim to settle a dispute and while there he founded three monasteries one of them being in Rumtek which is currently the most important monastery of the lineage after the China Chinese occupation of Tibet . The other two are Phodong Monastery Phodong and Ralang Monastery ref http www.kamalashila.de index.php?option com content&view article&id 503 3A9karmapa&catid 146 3Agoldenrosary&Itemid 177&lang en 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje 1556 1603 ref Near the end of his life, Yonten Gyatso was installed as the fourth Dalai Lama by the Mongolia ns. Wangchuk Dorje tried to reconquer the power of Lhasa together with monks of the Gelugpa sect who didn t recognize the fourth Dalai Lama. The conquest was violent and monasteries were conquered by force. During this time Yonten Gyatso died under suspicious circumstances. This ultimately resulted in Ch ying Dorje the next Karmapa having to flee Tibet during the civil war which followed. The Chariot for Travelling the Path to Freedom , the principal Karma Kagyu ngondro thereafter ... more details
BLP sources date July 2010 Wang Fuzhou zh s p W ng F zh u born 1935, in Xihua County , Henan is a Chinese mountain climber. Fuzhou graduated from the China University of Geosciences Beijing Institute of Geology in 1958. He was elected to the Chinese Mountaineering Team . On 25 May 1960, Wang Fuzhou, Qu Yinhua and Gongbu Duoji Gongbu became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest via the north face. ref cite news url http www.nytimes.com 1987 05 18 us how high is everest climbers seek answer.html title How High Is Everest? Climbers Seek Answer date 18 May 1987 work New York Times accessdate 28 July 2010 ref ref cite news url http www.cctv.com english special tibet 20091014 103993.shtml title Gonpo first Chinese atop Mount Qomolangma date 14 October 2009 publisher China Central Television accessdate 28 July 2010 ref Achievements 1958 Ibn Sina Peak 1959 Muztagh Ata 1960 Mount Everest first ascent via the north face 1964 Shishapangma first ascent References Reflist Use dmy dates date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wang Fuzhou ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wang Fuzhou Category 1935 births Category Chinese mountain climbers Category Summiters of Mount Everest Category Living people climbing bio stub PRChina sport bio stub fr Wang Fuzhou zh ... more details
Image Chorten Kora 080720.JPG thumb 300px Chorten Kora, Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan Chorten Kora is an important stupa next to the Kulong Chu River in Trashiyangtse District Trashiyangtse , in East Bhutan . Nearby is a town of the same name. The stupa was built in the 18th century by Lama Ngawang Lodr , the nephew of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in order to subdue a harmful demon believed to have been living at the site where the chorten is now located. The stupa is modeled after the famous Boudhanath Boudhanath stupa in Nepal popularly known as Jarung Khashor. citation needed date October 2010 Chorten Kora took twelve years to construct and was consecration consecrated by Je Yonten Thaye , the demon that had harmed the people of the valley was apparently subdued and banished. Thereafter, it is said that the people of the valley continue to live in peace and harmony. citation needed date October 2010 Chorten Kora Festivals There is an annual Dakpa Kora circumambulation of the Chorten by the Dakpas festival held on the 15th of the first lunar month, and a Drukpa Kora circumambulation of the Chorten by the Bhutanese festival held at the end of the first lunar month which celebrate the stupa. These festivals are attended by Dakpa people of the neighboring Tawang District of Arunachal Pradesh in India , and Bhutanese from Tashiyangtse, Trashigang District Tashigang , and Kurtoe. A popular belief is that when the stupa was constructed, a pious Dakini princess from neighboring Arunachal Pradesh in India entombed herself within, as the Yeshe Semba, to meditate on behalf of all beings. A popular Bhutanese Dzongkha Dzongkha language film Chorten Kora is based on this legend. See also Chendebji Chorten , another Nepalese style chorten in Bhutan References Lam Kezang Chhophel. A Brief History of Rigsum Goenpo Lhakhang and Choeten Kora at Trashi Yangtse. Journal of Bhutan Studies vol.6, pp. 1 4. http himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk collections journals jbs pdf JBS 06 01.pdf ref ... more details
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