TODAY(20th APRIL 2010)A GRAND MONLAM PUJA WAS ORGANISED AT THE NGORPA CENTER IN MANDUWALA FOR THE DEATH VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN CHEGHU-DO IN TIBET.THE MONLAM WAS HEADED BY THE SAKYA DOMA PHODRANGS DUNGSEY RINPOCHE RATNA VAJRA AND GYANA VAJRA AND H.E. LUDING KHENCHEN RINPOCHE .THE MONKS FROM NGORPAL EWAM CHODAN(MANDUWALA)SAKYA CENTER(RAJPUR) SAKYA COLLEGE( MUSSORIE ROAD)GHONKAR CHUDEH(KHARA CAMP-NEAR HERBERTPUR)SAKYA INSTITUTE (PURUWALA-H.P.)AND THE SAKYA NUNNERY (DECKYILING)GETHERED HERE FOR THE GRAND MONLAM FOR THREE DAYS. DUNGSEY RATNA VAJRA RINPOCHE ARRIVES AT NGORPA CENTER.
THE NGORPA MONASTERY IS HEADED BY H.E. LUDING KHEN RINPOCHE.THE LAND FOR THE MONASTERY WAS DONATED BY LINGTSANG SOCIETY IN THE TIME WHEN LINGTSANG SOCIETY WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1972.IT IS SAID THAT YARLING WANGYAL HAD REQUESTED H.E. LUDING KHEN RINPOCHE TO BUILD THE MONASTERY WHERE HE WOULD HAVE THE LINGTSANG SOCIETY(IT WAS ONLY THROUGH VERBAL SAYING AND THEY BOTH KEPT THE PROMISE)THIS IS HOW THE NGORPA MAONASTERY WAS BUILT IN LINGTSANG-MANDUWALA.
This blog is maintained by Kunzang Dorjee Barling of Tibetan Kham Lingtsang Society. The society is based in Manduwala, near Dehradun, the capital city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Society represents a small Tibetan refugee settlement named after Lingtsang Kingdom of the Kham region of Tibet. The purpose of this blog is to share information and news updates about our settlement with friends and family members all over the world.