Travel to Golden Temple, Namdroling

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The journey to Namdroling, Bylakuppe was spiritual journey within and outwardly, pilgrimage to the land where a great living Boddhisattva once lived, taught, guided and spread Buddhism after fleeing his homeland, Tibet. He is none other than the great omniscient H.H Penor Rinpochhe who entered into par-nirvana and he is now reborn in Tibet. The journey started from Bangaluru Satellite Bus Station and it took more than 5 hours to reach Kushalnagar Bus Station. It was during one of my training in Bangaluru that plan to visit Namdroling suddenly came into my mind and it was a perfect opportunity to visit blessed place which otherwise is literally not possible.

Main Relic from left: Guru Rinpochhe, Gautama Buddha, & Tsepamey
I was not alone, my friend and one friend from Myammer, who was a devout Buddhist decided to go there. We were in Kushalnagar Bus Station and my friends breathed a sigh of relief as they were able to spot few robbed monks and nuns in the town. They felt that we were heading to a wrong place but I already knew that we were heading on to a right direction as I saw numerous Tibetan mansions surrounded by prayer flags. I even saw engraved "Karmapa Kheno" on the huge flat rock by the stream. I was quite sure that we were close to Namdroling, our final destination. Our last mode of travel was in Auto Rickshaw and it was just five minutes drive from the nearest Bus Station.

We made it but I was worried about the lodging as I forgot to book a room and I didn't wanted my friends to worry about that either. I went to check room at Paljor Dhargay Ling Guest House and the in-charge told me casually that all rooms are booked by the visiting guests. He knew that I was from Bhutan and he told me he would adjust one room for us. After few minutes, he gave us a room key and we left our backpacks in our room. Finally, I was in the courtyard of Golden Temple and it was serene. I went straight into the old temple, prostrated and prayed their for few minutes. I walked around the Drolma Lhakhang and then to the site where funeral rites of Late Penor Rinpochhe was held. The monks were playing football, screaming for quick pass from their friends in Nepalese dialect. 

On the next day, the program was more detailed. We requested one Bhutanese monk who was running a grocery near the Guest House to be our guide. He accepted and visited all the monasteries in the vicinity of Golden Temple. In the evening I went to circumambulate stupa in which the relics of Terton Minjur Dorji are kept.
Stupa containing remains of Terton Minjur Dorji.
On the third day, I personally went to meet my new friend to thank him for his help and started our journey back to the busy world of Bangaluru.  


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