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IMPORTANT DATES & CEREMONIES

05 February - Losar - Tibetan New Year07 February - Anniversary of His Holiness Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen13 February - Commencement of Seven Day Thukje Chenpo Drubchen marking the parinirvana of Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen.19 February - Chotrul Düchen - the great Occasion of Great Miracles30 March - Commencement of Ten Day Kagyed Drubchen07 April - Anniversary of Terdag Lingpa14 April - The Great Tse Chu Ceremony and Ritual Dances06 June - Commencement of Seven Days Vajrasattva Drubcho.10 June - Newly admitted monks join the monastery. 17 June - Saga Dawa -Day of Buddha Shakyamuni’s Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana01 July - Anniversary of Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche02 July - Anniversary of Khenchen Ngawang Khyentse Norbu06 July - Birthday of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama09 July - Commencement of three-day Tel-da Tse Chu Ceremony16 July - Dzam Ling Chi Sang - Universal Prayer Day04 August - Celebration of the Buddha’s First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma15 August - Commencement of the 45 day Yarne Retreat15 August - Independence Day of India02 September - Tibet Democracy Day24 September - Commencement of Three Day Drubcho of the Dharmapalas10 November - Sacred Ritual Dance of Tsa Cham14 November - Commencement of Seven Day Ka Ma'i Tshogchen Düpa Drupchö19 November - Lha Bab Dü Chen - Day of Buddha’s Descent from Devaloka Commemoration of the Inauguration day of the World Peace Stupa02 December - Commencement of Five Day Drubchö of the Three Great Protectors Gyalpo, Lha and Tsan06 December - Founder’s Day of the Mindrolling Shedra-Do Gyüd Lekshe Ling10 December - Commemoration day of the Nobel Peace Prize to H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama21 December - Commencement of Three Day Guru Drakpo Tordok23 December - Commencement of Three Day Vajrakilaya Tordok28 December - Anniversary of Minling Chung Rinpoche01 January - New Year 202001-02 January- Ngenpa Gu Dzom: Nine Bad Omens occurring together06 January - 55th Founder’s Day of Mindrolling Monastery in India17 January - Commencement of Seven Day Kagyed Throrol Drubchö 26 January - Republic Day of India26 January - Commencement of thr 31st Ten Day Great Nyingma Monlam at Bodh Gaya11 February - Anniversary of the Omniscient Longchen Rabjam16 February - Commencement of Seven Day Yamantaka Tordok

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