Bumchu festival

March 16, 2023

Recently, Bumchu Festival was celebrated in Tashiding Monastery, located in Sikkim.
Bumchu festival commemorates a supernatural occurrence that took place in 18th century under Chogyal Chakdor Namgyal. Bumchu means “pot of sacred water” in Tibetan.
The vase is opened during the event, and water inside is thought to have healing qualities shared among the worshippers.
Celebration takes place on 14th and 15th of first lunar month, which often falls in February or March.
Tashiding Monastery is one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
It is believed that during his journey to Sikkim in the eighth century, Guru Padmasambhava, better known as Guru Rinpoche, the great Buddhist guru who brought Buddhism to Tibet, blessed the location of the monastery.
A Nyingma teacher named Ngadak Sempa Chempo Phunshok Rigzing later founded the monastery in the 17th century on top of a hill between two rivers, Rangit and Rathong.