Maam Gang's, Yangs n maam zarim :P |
Yesterday on 31st
of July was the Dup choe zhi or the first sermon of Lord Buddha. It has been
declared a national holiday by the government.
Dub choe zhi is
generally seen by the Bhutanese to be a very religious day for dedicating oneself
towards honest deeds. It was the first day where Bhuddha taught after his
enlighten.
The benefits are multifold for every good action on this day. Almost all Bhutanese find a way to break away from normal life and dedicate themselves towards the spiritual. Monastries, dzongs and drztshanhgs around the country were swamped with devotees.
Toliest labey :P |
So, yesterday we
premeditated to visit the nearby lhakhangs(temple) to offer the butter lamp.
So finally we visited two oldest temples in Trongsa Dzongkhag. The one was the
palace of our second queen. The next was the oldest monastery in Bhutan, which
was built during the time of guru rinpochoe.
Entertaining bumchu |
Both the temples looked
strong and beautiful. Inside the palace we could see a lot of weapons, we also saw a pair of zhab lham(shoes) of our late second
king, who died in the year of 1952…
Umm we stand equal :P |
It is said that second
king had two wives so, it was said that; one of the late her majesties resided
in this palace. It was beautifully designed and still we could see the work of
olden architecture.
Next, we visited the Rayphey lhakhang which was built by Ugyen guru Rinphochoe in the 8th
century. The main effigy (toen) inside this temple was the statue of Buddha (ku
sung thug gi sangay rinpochoe).
Me n bumchu <3 |
We visited both the
lhakhangs, eight of us were there. We packed our lunch and went; we had lunch,
saw the entertainment from labey’s bumchu(daughter), we snapped photo and came
back home with heartful of satisfaction.
I have few shaped of the day... have a look...
Happy day
thanks for reading my scribbles.