May 26, 2019 · The major relics the Future Buddha as well as Jowo Jampa (Maitreya) were named following the present name of the temple. Furthermore, the Lhakhang, today, is home …

Dec 4, 2017 · The other Lhakhang is Jampa Lhakhang derived from the temples main relic, Jowo Jampa. Jampa Lhakhang is located in Bumthang valley. In 1885, Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck, …

Jambay Lhakhang is one of the oldest temples in Bhutan, built in 659 AD by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo in one day to pin down the left knee of a giant ogress whose body lay across …

Inside the temple, you can see the statue of future Buddha, Jowo Jampa (Maitreya) from which the temple got the name. The Temple also got a hundred statues of the Gods of the Kalachakra.

At Kurjey, the Guru, in the form of a Garuda, defeated the native deity Shelging Karpo who had commandeered the king’s spirit, thereby saving Sendha Gyalpo’s life. The main relics include …

May 29, 2020 · Most people mistake the Dzongdrakha Lhakhang for the iconic Tiger’s Nest Monastery as it is also located on the steep cliff overlooking the valley. There are 4 shrines …

The main relics include the future Buddha, Jowo Jampa (Maitreya) from whose name the present name of the temple is derived. The lhakhang also houses more than one hundred statues of …

The main relics include the future Buddha, Jowo Jampa (Maitreya) from whose name the present name of the temple is derived. The lhakhang also houses more than one hundred statues of …

The main relics include the future Buddha, Jowo Jampa (Maitreya) from whose name the present name of temple is derived. The annual Jambay Lhakhang festival is hosted here to …

The Two Jowo Statues are the Jowo Mikyo Dorje of Buddha Akshobhya, and the Jowo Shakyamuni Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཇོ་བོ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།, Wylie: jo bo rin po che) of Shakyamuni Buddha.