Title

Bumchu Sacred Worship Tashiding

Description

Every winter, the Bumchu or 'sacred water ritual' of Tashiding is held on the full moon night of the first month of the lunar calendar, usually falling in February or early March.On this occasion, pilgrims from all over Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal converge onto the monastery of Tashiding in West Sikkim with the hope of obtaining a few drops of the Bumchu water, held to be an elixir of long life and contain the seed to enlightenment.The ritual has been held by the monks of Tashiding since the year 1646.

editor

Dawa Tshering Lepcha and Phurba Tsheing Bhutia

Tag

Tashiding Monastery, West Sikkim, casket, Bumchu, monks, Khenpo Lha Tshering Principal, Sikkim Institue of higher Nyingma Studies

producer

Namgyal Insitute of Tibetology

distributor

Dawa Tshering Lepcha and Phurba Tsheing Bhutia

Language

Sikkimese

Location

Sikkim

Extent

00:34:08