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August 25, 2010 | Gangtok locals celebrate Pang Lhabsol festival |
Gangtok:Residents of Gangtok are celebrating Pang Lhabsol, one of the state's biggest festivals, that marks a pact of brotherhood inked between the Lepcha and Bhutia
chieftains, Thekuntek and Khwa Bhumbsha. The pact was signed at Kabi Lungchok,
17 km from modern-day Gangtok. Sikkim's famed Mount Kanchenjunga is also honoured
during the festival as it stood witness to the pact between the two, and is regarded
as the state's guardian deity. "Kabi Lungchok holds significance for the treaty
of blood and brotherhood signed by Khye Bhumsa and Thekong Tek in the presence
of the guardian deity. Today is special to offer prayers for unity, prosperity
and lasting peace for the Sikkimese people," said Mingma Tshering Bhutia, an elderly
local. During the festival, prayers are offered to Mount Kanchenjunga in the Chuk-la-khang
royal chapel to ensure peace and unity in the state. Guru Rimpoche had visited
Sikkim and hidden Holy Scriptures and religious items at different places. Monks
and other holy men chanted prayers and reaffirmed the bonds of brotherhood and
unity. They also took out a religious procession around the chapel. |
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