THE BOARD EXAM RESULT OUT--

1--MR PHUNTSOK DORJEE XII STD(WYNBERG ALLEN MUSSORIE)PASSED WITH 77 PERCENT AND HE NOW PLANS TO FURTHER STUDY JOUNALISM IN DELHI,HE IS IN DELHI AT PRESENT TRYING HIS ADMISSION,,,
2- KUNGA WOSER X STD(LOWER TCV-CHAUTRA-BIR)PASSED,,HE NOW IS GOING TO BELLAKUPEE-MYSORE(TCV) FOR FUTHER STUDIES IN COMMERCE
3- SONAM DHONDUP X STD(CST-MUSSORIE) PASSED,,
4-TSERING WANGDU X STD(NEHRU MEMORIAL SCHOOL-CLEMENT TOWN)PASSED,,

MY MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE LINGTSANG BOYS FOR PASSING THE BOARD EXAM, AND WISH THEM LOTS OF SUCCESS IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS..

THE CHORTEN--NYINGMA MONASTERY--

I VISITED THE CHORTEN WITH MY WIFE KALSANG DICKYI AND MY SECOND SON KUNGA JURME ON TSEPA 15 OF SAGA DAWA,WITH OTHER LINGTSANG COUSINS.

SAGA DAWA--TSEPA 15,,,

SAGA DAWA--TSEPA 15--AT NYINGMA MONASTERY--CLEMENT TOWN,THE MONASTERY DISTRIBUTED HALWA AND COLD DRINKS TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME AT THE CHORTEN,PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT TIBETAN SETTLEMENT COME HERE ON SAGA DAWA TSEPA 15 FOR PUJA.

THE POPULAR AND OLD GAME--CHAPPA COAT

THE HOT SUMMER IN MANDUWALA----AND THE PEOPLES WAY OF FIGHTING THE HOT HOT WEATHER IS BY PLAYING CHAPPA COAT EVERY AFTERNOON AT CHULLAS HOUSE.. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS GAME FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS,,THE TIME WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED IN SIKKIM FROM TIBET AFTER THE CHINESE INVASION IN TIBET,,THESE LINGTSANG PEOPLE ARRIVED IN SIKKIM AND WORKED AS LABOR--IT IS SAID THAT THEY LEARNED THIS GAME IN SIKKIM,,IT WAS A VERY GOOD TIME PASSING GAME AFTER BREAK FROM THE WORK,,,,,STILL TODAY THEY PLAY AND ENJOY THE GAME OF CARDS....

THE PEOPLE IN ACTION ARE--MR.TSULTRIM TASHI, MRS.NAMGYAL DOLMA,MR.KARMA CHANGCHUP,AND MR.KUNCHOK CHOPHEL( BOMBEE).
THE AUDIENCE--MR.KARSING,MRS.CHULLA, AND TSECHOE..NEEDS ONE MORE PERSON FOR THE GAME,,IF SOMEONE DOES APPEAR THEY WOULD MAKE A ANOTHER GROUP FOR THE GAME...

scorchy hot weather

The last two days have been scorchy hot and humid with 6-8 hours power cut daily,and after noons has been worst,,,,the temperature recorded has been 40 plus,,,lets all hope for some long hours showers by the grace of INDRA BHAGWAN.

Tsering Thundup

Tsering Thundup and his mother Pema.(Kunzang enjoy your kid's video)

"History of Lingtsang" by Tashi Tsering of Amnye Machen Institute

I am pleased to share this copy of "History of the Gling-tshang Principality of Kham: A Preliminary Study" by Tashi Tsering, published in Proceedings of the 5th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, NARITA 1989. Readers may also be interested in a copy of the Royal Genealogy of Lingtsang (གླིང་ཚང་རྒྱལ་རབས་) that I posted earlier.

KUNGA--S/O PHUCHUNG AND YANGKYI

KUNGA GETTING READY FOR HIS SCHOOL..

PEMA YANGCHEN AND SONAM NGODUP-- KIDS OF TEMPA RABGYAL AND TSERING YANGKI

PEMA YANGCHEN AND SONAM NGODUP PASSED OUT FROM OUR LING GESAR SCHOOL AND GOT ADMISSION TO GRD SCHOOL IN BHAUWALA-A BRANCH OF GRD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN RAJPUR.ALONG WITH THE KIDS IS THE MOTHER TSERING YANKYI,, WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL BUS..

MRS,YOGA AND TSERING DOMA...

MESSAGE FOR PHUNTSOK DOMA, FROMHER MOTHER TSERING DOLMA AND GRANDMOTHER YOGA,,