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English: Statue of the Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), the patron saint of Sikkim. This is situated at the top of Samdruptse Hill, Namchi in Sikkim. This is the largest statue of Guru Padmasambhava in the world.
Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), [note 2] also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru), was a semi-legendary [1] tantric Buddhist Vajra master from India who fully revealed the Vajrayana in Tibet, circa 8th – 9th centuries.
The slate-roofed temple over a deep well is dedicated to the 'Princess of the Well' and celebrates the time when, according to legend, Princess Mandarava (man da ra ba me tog), the Princess of Zahor (or Sahor), which is usually identified with Mandi, though some scholars place it in eastern India), [1] became a consort of Padmasambhava (Tibetan: Guru Rinpoche).
Statue of Padmasambhava above Rewalsar Lake (Tso Pema). On April 1, 2012, a monumental statue of Padmasambhava, measuring 37.5 m (123 ft), was consecrated, blessed and inaugurated by the 14th Dalai Lama. The building project was spear-headed and overseen by Wangdor Rinpoche and funded by donations. It took nearly 10 years to complete, with the ...
Statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) and pilgrims at Hemis Hemis Monastery, a Buddhist Monastery of Drukpa Order. Hemis Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis on the bank of the Indus River, Ladakh, India. Situated 45 km from Leh, it was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal.
Statue of Buddha is the main inner monument in the new Tshokhang on ground floor. Guru Rinpochey. Padmasambhava Zhabdrung Rinpoche Ngawang Namgyal ཞབས་དྲུང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཁྱེན་ནོ། ། The Current Spiritual Minister. Tshogki Lopen. Khenchen Sangay Khandu.
Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpoche, is said to have dwelt for five years in the small 'Gamshot Lhakang' squeezed between the main building and the corridor, to the right of the Kanika chorten. Inside may be seen a figure of Guru Rinpoche and historical scenes in half relief on both sides of the statue. [6]
[5] [6] To the right of it are statues of Padmasambhava and Tara (Devi), and in the back, one of Tagden Shakyashree, guru of Lama Kunga. 103 volumes of the Kangyur are kept here, while behind are 64 tantra books on various subjects. The second room is the main Prayer Hall with an eleven-headed statue of Avalokitesvara. On a high pedestal at the ...