I have heard a lot about 15th-century Drukpa master Lama Ngawang Chogyel’s contribution to the propagation of Drukpa Kagyu in Bhutan and was the 15th throne holder of Druk Ralung. Accordingly, he was known for building first model dzong in Bhutan i.e., Doggar Dobji Dzong in 1531, built Chimi Lhakhang in 1499 and Pangrizanpa Lhakhang in 1529. With that inspiration, I always wish and thought to meet present reincarnation. It…
Author: Sangay Phuntshog
Sangay Phuntshog is a lecturer at Trongsa's College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS). He has more than nine years of experience teaching in higher education. He has also served as a program leader for the BA in Bhutan and Himalayan Studies Program for the past four years. He teaches in Himalayan Studies, with an emphasis on oral history, basic research methodologies, history, politics, cultural heritage, GNH, and historiography.
He is an anthophilous and religious person who enjoys playing games and hiking with friends and family outside of work.
Trips to Golden Temple, Punjab
Amritsar, most popularly known as Golden Temple is the holiest Gurdwara of Sikhism, located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab (India). It is two hours’ drive from Lovely Professional University (LPU). During my stay at LPU, I took an opportunity to visit Golden Temple, in Amritsar which is most reverence site of the Sikhism. Personally, to visit Golden Temple became one of my utmost hopes and desires, on hearing it’s…