About Us
Having realized the need to keep the spirit of Khar, Labar, Bongman, and Yajur (collectively Kharpa) community alive, the people of these communities have collectively decided to form a welfare Group which will be apolitical and non-profit oriented group in February 2013 to construct a Drasha at Dungkhar to start monastic education institution.
The Drasha construction has been successfully completed and was inaugurated by His Eminence Gangtey Trulku and His Excellency Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, Chief Justice of Bhutan (and also the Patron for the Construction Project) on 12th and 13th October, 2014. The event took place with a grand ceremony participated by large number of people from Khar, Labar, Bongman, Yajur and other nearby villages.
With the completion of Drasha, 11 enthusiastic monks from Khar, Labar, Bongman and Yajur villages enrolled themselves spontaneously to start their monastic learning at Dungkhar. A Khenpo has been appointed by His Eminence Gangtey Trulku to teach the monks. Other young people from villages within Khar and other areas have also expressed their interest to join the monkhood at Dungkhar. Currently, there are 24 monks with a Khenpo and a Lopen. It is anticipated that, in future, the number of monks in Dungkhar will be increasing.
The construction project has completed and the financial support for the monks is not yet arranged. There is no other sponsors who has come forward as of date to fund the monks. It has now become imperative for the people of Khar, Labar, Bongman and Yajur to arrange the funding mechanism of our Shedra at Dungkhar until we have a noble sponsor.
In this context, under the kind guidance of Hon’ble Chief Justice, it is proposed to form a group of Kharpa who are willing to contribute to sustain monks at Dungkhar Shedra and any other initiatives.
The Drasha construction has been successfully completed and was inaugurated by His Eminence Gangtey Trulku and His Excellency Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, Chief Justice of Bhutan (and also the Patron for the Construction Project) on 12th and 13th October, 2014. The event took place with a grand ceremony participated by large number of people from Khar, Labar, Bongman, Yajur and other nearby villages.
With the completion of Drasha, 11 enthusiastic monks from Khar, Labar, Bongman and Yajur villages enrolled themselves spontaneously to start their monastic learning at Dungkhar. A Khenpo has been appointed by His Eminence Gangtey Trulku to teach the monks. Other young people from villages within Khar and other areas have also expressed their interest to join the monkhood at Dungkhar. Currently, there are 24 monks with a Khenpo and a Lopen. It is anticipated that, in future, the number of monks in Dungkhar will be increasing.
The construction project has completed and the financial support for the monks is not yet arranged. There is no other sponsors who has come forward as of date to fund the monks. It has now become imperative for the people of Khar, Labar, Bongman and Yajur to arrange the funding mechanism of our Shedra at Dungkhar until we have a noble sponsor.
In this context, under the kind guidance of Hon’ble Chief Justice, it is proposed to form a group of Kharpa who are willing to contribute to sustain monks at Dungkhar Shedra and any other initiatives.