Kurjey Tsechu in Bumthang

From the archive record

People of Jakar and Kurjey attend the Kurjey Tsechu in Bumthang, Bhutan's central green pasturage valley, to pay obeisance to Guru Rimpoche / Rinpoche, who brought Buddhism to Bhutan. On his birthday, the thankha / thanka / thangka / thangkha is unfurled at the Kurjey Tsechu or festival.Buddha meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one.Gautama, also known as Śākyamuni or Shakyamuni "), is the key figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to Gautama were passed down by oral tradition.Buddha and his monks spent four months each year discussing and rehearsing his teachings, and after his death his monks set about p