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The COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Bhutan on 6 March 2020, when a 76-year-old American tourist who had travelled from India tested positive for COVID-19 .
5 July – Sun Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche; 28 July – First Sermon of Lord Buddha; 23 September – Sun Blessed Rainy Day; 2 October – Sat Dashain Festival; 1 November – Coronation of His Majesty the King; 11 November – Birth Anniversary of Fourth Druk Gyalpo; 11 November – Descending Day of Lord Buddha; 17 December ...
British mission to Thimphu offers Bhutan a treaty providing for the extradition of Bhutanese officials responsible for incursions into Assam, free and unrestricted commerce between India and Bhutan, and settlement of Bhutan's debt to the British. In an attempt to protect its independence, Bhutan rejected the British offer.
Upon arrival, the saint requested a Tantric consort (Zungma), and in reply the king offered his daughter Lhachig Bumden Tshomo (Menmo Tashi Kyeden), who possessed twenty-one marks of a dakini. [6] After capturing the demon and converting it to Buddhism, Guru Rinpoche cured the Bumthang king. The king himself also converted to Buddhism.
He visited Bhutan three times. Guru Rimpoche first came to Bhutan in 810 A.D. from Nepal via Nabji Korphu in the Trongsa District. The second and third visits were from Tibet. [43] The most famous site of Guru Rinpoche is Paro Taktsang or "Tiger's Nest" monastery which is built on a sheer cliff wall about 900m above the floor of Paro valley.
Rinpung Dzong, sometimes referred to as Paro Dzong, is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body as well as government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO ...
Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38, [1] [3] it is the second oldest and second-largest dzong in Bhutan and one of its most majestic structures. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The dzong houses the sacred relics of the southern Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism , including the Rangjung Kharsapani and the sacred ...
The Tang Rimochen Lakhang is located in the Tang Valley on the west bank of the Tang Chuu river, famous for trout fish. [10] The rock wall behind this temple rises vertically and it has attained fame due to the historical link with the Guru Rimpoche and Pema Lingpa (known as the Terton or the treasure finder).