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    A thongdrel (མཐོང་གྲོལ།) or throngdrel is a large appliqué (གོས་དྲུབ།) religious image normally only unveiled during tsechus(ཚེ་བཅུ།), the main religious...
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    in between the plays. Most tshechus also feature the unfurling of a thongdrel - a large appliqué thangka typically depicting a seated Padmasambhava...
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    relics and statues were burnt, except for the Thongdrel (20x20 metre-wide). Paying homage to the Thongdrel it is believed that the faithful can attain Nirvana...
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    Kesang Choeden Wangchuck ( Bhutan: ཨ་ཞེ་སྐལ་བཟང་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།) funded a thongdrel(མཐོང་གྲོལ) for the monastery in 2015, which took one year to complete...
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    thongdrel, is unfurled in the courtyard of the dzong for several hours. The mere sight of it is believed to bring spiritual liberation. The thongdrel...
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    prime minister, government officials, and thousands of people in Samtse. Thongdrels of Guru Rinpoche and Zhabdrung were unfurled for the ceremony, to sanctify...
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    thangkas are called gos ku, goku, gheku, kiku (cloth image) in Tibetan, and thongdrel in Bhutan. The thangka wall stands on a hillside from where it overlooks...
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    stored in a box behind the altar in a temple hall. They compare with the thongdrels of Bhutanese and Tibetan art. These are made from applique silk, and in...
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    and perhaps twenty or more high. In Bhutan at least these are called thongdrels. There are also larger than average thankas that were designed for altars...
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    The school has produced several notable thangka embroideries, notably Thongdrel (large thangkas hanging from the roof tops of monasteries and dzongs)...
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    beam attached to one end, like a gigantic hanging scroll, or the huge thongdrel thankas of Tibetan Buddhism (usually in silk appliqué). As a result of...
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    (religious painting) on cloth of Guru Rimpoche and other figures called the thongdrel. A fire blessing in the form of people running through "an archway of...
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    The Tshechu reaches its climax with the unveiling of the Guru Tshengey Thongdrel. Motanga Industrial Park, situated in Samdrup Jongkhar, is a pivotal initiative...
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    inside a monastery or a Dzong. However, dranyens are often depicted on thongdrels (Tibetan: thankas) and given as offerings to deities. The guardian king...
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  • "About". www.kezangdorji.com. 20 April 2016. "Sherubtse graduates to donate thongdrel of Jamyang to college". May 12, 2013.[permanent dead link] Archived at...
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  • Suicide in Bhutan Tamzhing Monastery Tashi Peljor Tashichho Dzong Thimphu Thongdrel Tibetan Buddhism Transport in Bhutan Trashigang Trashiyangtse District...
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  • performed. The Tshechu concludes with the unfurling of the Neten Chu Druk Thongdrel. Pema Gatshel Tshechu was conducted for the first time in the courtyard...
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