-
drape that
covers and
protects it when not on display.
Thongdrels are
stored rolled up.
Thongdrels are displa**** once a year as the
highlight of the tsechu...
- in
between the plays. Most
tshechus also
feature the
unfurling of a
thongdrel - a
large appliqué
thangka typically depicting a
seated Padmasambhava...
-
prime minister,
government officials, and
thousands of
people in Samtse.
Thongdrels of Guru
Rinpoche and
Zhabdrung were
unfurled for the ceremony, to sanctify...
- and
perhaps twenty or more high. In
Bhutan at
least these are
called thongdrels.
There are also
larger than
average thankas that were
designed for altars...
-
relics and
statues were burnt,
except for the
Thongdrel (20x20 metre-wide).
Paying homage to the
Thongdrel it is
believed that the
faithful can
attain Nirvana...
-
stored in a box
behind the
altar in a
temple hall. They
compare with the
thongdrels of
Bhutanese and
Tibetan art.
These are made from
applique silk, and in...
-
Kesang Choeden Wangchuck ( Bhutan: ཨ་ཞེ་སྐལ་བཟང་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།)
funded a
thongdrel(མཐོང་གྲོལ) for the
monastery in 2015,
which took one year to complete...
-
inside a
monastery or a Dzong. However,
dranyens are
often depicted on
thongdrels (Tibetan: thankas) and
given as
offerings to deities. The
guardian king...
-
thongdrel, is
unfurled in the
courtyard of the
dzong for
several hours. The mere
sight of it is
believed to
bring spiritual liberation. The
thongdrel...
-
thangkas are
called gos ku, goku, gheku, kiku (cloth image) in Tibetan, and
thongdrel in Bhutan. The
thangka wall
stands on a
hillside from
where it overlooks...
