Losar ceremony 2019Lorsa, the Tibetan New Earth-Pig Year 2146 ceremony was held on 5th February 2019. The monastery's abbot with the discipinarian, tulkus, geshes, chant master, administrators and department heads convened early morning to offer scarfs and mandel to His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama's portrait, followed by the Lorsa ceremonial puja at the assembly hall.

Guthor ceremony 2019The annual Guthor Ritual Ceremony for the year 2019 (Tibetan Earth-Pig Year 2145) was held on the customary 29th day of the last Tibetan Calendar month, 3rd February 2019. The ceremony is a three day event of prayers and ritual ceremonies by a large team of monks, and finally burning the large Guthor Thorma on the thrid day. The ceremony is a ritual to remove all negative obstacles for a peaceful, healthy and prosperous New Year.