September 30, 2014 His Holiness the 17th Karmapa has made his first visit to the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, a Drukpa Kagyu lineage nunnery which was founded by senior nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and under the guidance of His Eminence the 9th Khamtrul Rinpoche Shedrup Nyima. His Holiness will spend 2 days at the nunnery for conferring Mahamudra teaching and initiation.
His Holiness arrived by road in the morning, this is the very first time for the people of the Khampagar community at nearby Tashi Jong to have the rare opportunity to meet and receive blessing from His Holiness, they were so happy and excited to lined up the roads at early morning to welcome His Holiness. Thousands of villagers, outsiders, and including the nuns as many of them have never had the opportunity to meet His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, many of them can be seen joyful yet with teary eyes on their faces.
His Holiness was given a warmest welcome to the nunnery, a group of nuns had performed the joyful sound of long horns with a ceremonial procession according to the Drukpa Kagyu tradition. The ceremonial retuals was performed by nuns dressed as Darkinis. Nuns performing three sacred dances of the five classes of dakinis , which included the sacred dances of 16 female deities for auspiciousness , blessing to His Holiness.
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