Today, the whole assembly of the Chodeypung Monastery in Bumthang is celebrating Rinpoche’s birthday with prayers at the Dolma temple.
Inauguration of the Dolma temple
At 5am, ceremonies have been inaugurated in the new Dolma lhakhang, led by His Holiness Tang Rinpoche. The ritual started with the traditional mandala offering.
Installing Tara statues in the temple
On the auspicious day of Guru Rinpoche, Kyabje Tang Rinpoche was leading the ceremony of installing the statues of White Tara (Tib. སྒྲོལ་དཀར་), Green Tara (Tib. སྒྲོལ་མ་) and Red Tara (Tib. རིག་བྱེད་མ་) in the new lhakhang near the monastery.