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Binayaka, 毘那夜迦), Vighnāntaka, or Gaṇapati (Jp: Ganabachi, 誐那鉢底; Tibetan: tshogs bdag) is a Buddhist deity venerated in various traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the Buddhist equivalent of the Hindu god Ganesha. In Tibetan Buddhism he is also known as the Red Lord of Hosts (Tibetan: tsog gi dag po, mar po). [1]
The Tibetan calendar (Tibetan: ལོ་ཐོ, Wylie: lo-tho), or the Phukpa calendar, known as the Tibetan lunar calendar, is a lunisolar calendar composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average Tibetan year is equal to the solar year ...
In one Tibetan form he is shown being trodden under foot by Mahākala, a popular Tibetan deity. [12] [13] Other depictions show him as a Buddhist deity, the Destroyer of Obstacles, sometimes shown dancing. [14] Ganapati, Maha Rakta (Tibetan: ཚོགས་བདག tsog gi dag po, mar chen.
The Buddhist calendar is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in Tibet, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam as well as in Malaysia and Singapore and by Chinese populations for religious or official occasions.
This is a category for observances set by the Tibetan calendar. Pages in category "Observances set by the Tibetan calendar" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The holiday is celebrated on various dates depending on location (Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India) tradition. [3] [4] The holiday is a new year's festival, celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar, which corresponds to a date in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. [1]
Date Festival Notes 1st Month: 1st-7th: New Year Festival Losar: A week-long drama and carnivals, horse races and archery: 1st Month: 4th-25th: Monlam Prayer Festival: The Great Prayer Festival, a tradition begun by Tsong Khapa. Many pilgrims gather at Jokhang in Lhasa: 1st Month: 15th: Lantern Festival: Commemorates Buddha's miracle at Sravasti.
Galdan Namchot is a festival celebrated in Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and many regions of Himalaya, particularly in Ladakh, India.It is to commemorate the birth as well as parinirvana (death) and the Buddhahood of Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419 AD), a famous Scholar/teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.