Cultural experts and tourism entrepreneurs stressed on identifying the route travelled by Padmasambhava – a Buddhist religious leader, who travelled from Nepal to Tibet in the eighth century – before the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign starts.
The route will help attract Buddhist pilgrims from across the world to Nepal, they said during an interaction ‘Barbara Adams talk series -VI’, organised by Barbara Foundation, here today.
Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche in Buddhist religion, was one of the prominent followers of Buddhism, who spread Buddhist teaching in Tibet. He is also revered as the second Buddha.
Cultural expert and Buddhist historian Ramesh Dhungel, presenting his paper on ‘The Unique Spiritual Route of Padmasambhava from Nepal Mandal to Walung Valley’, on the occasion, said that at least three South to North routes travelled by Padmasambahava from Nepal to Tibet could be identified. “The first route was far-western range from Dang Valley to Tibet through Dipayal-Doti-Tinker and Kakra Khat bypass, whereas the second route originated from Kathmandu and through Nuwakot-Rasuwa-Kerung-Mustang-Sikachhe-Lasha, leading to Tibet,” he said, adding that the third and the most important route also started from Kathmandu and passed along Namo Buddha in Kavre-Dolakha-Ramechhap-Okhaldunga-Diktel-Taplegunj and Dipta-la pass ending inTibet. “There are hundreds of religious sites along the third route, which bears greater religious significance for Buddhists across the world.”
These places should be promoted for international pilgrims,” Dhungel added.
Likewise, tourism minister Yogesh Bhattarai said that establishing these routes will not only help achieve the goal of welcoming two million tourists in the country but also make tourists stay longer in Nepal. “We are exploring new destinations for tourists.”
The ministry will support and facilitate researchers to study about similar projects so that more routes could be identified, he added.
On the occasion, historian Tri Ratna Manandhar said that there are many things that needs to be discovered about the trails Guru Rinpoche had travelled. “Dhungel’s study is important as it combined history and geography,” he said, adding that the research has shed new light in Nepali academia as Nepali education system did not combine history with geography. “Himalayan ranges have been attracting saints and sages from across the world and combined study of history with geography could reveal trans-border movement in the ancient period.”
The route will help attract Buddhist pilgrims from across the world to Nepal, they said during an interaction ‘Barbara Adams talk series -VI’, organised by Barbara Foundation, here today.
Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche in Buddhist religion, was one of the prominent followers of Buddhism, who spread Buddhist teaching in Tibet. He is also revered as the second Buddha.
Cultural expert and Buddhist historian Ramesh Dhungel, presenting his paper on ‘The Unique Spiritual Route of Padmasambhava from Nepal Mandal to Walung Valley’, on the occasion, said that at least three South to North routes travelled by Padmasambahava from Nepal to Tibet could be identified. “The first route was far-western range from Dang Valley to Tibet through Dipayal-Doti-Tinker and Kakra Khat bypass, whereas the second route originated from Kathmandu and through Nuwakot-Rasuwa-Kerung-Mustang-Sikachhe-Lasha, leading to Tibet,” he said, adding that the third and the most important route also started from Kathmandu and passed along Namo Buddha in Kavre-Dolakha-Ramechhap-Okhaldunga-Diktel-Taplegunj and Dipta-la pass ending inTibet. “There are hundreds of religious sites along the third route, which bears greater religious significance for Buddhists across the world.”
These places should be promoted for international pilgrims,” Dhungel added.
Likewise, tourism minister Yogesh Bhattarai said that establishing these routes will not only help achieve the goal of welcoming two million tourists in the country but also make tourists stay longer in Nepal. “We are exploring new destinations for tourists.”
The ministry will support and facilitate researchers to study about similar projects so that more routes could be identified, he added.
On the occasion, historian Tri Ratna Manandhar said that there are many things that needs to be discovered about the trails Guru Rinpoche had travelled. “Dhungel’s study is important as it combined history and geography,” he said, adding that the research has shed new light in Nepali academia as Nepali education system did not combine history with geography. “Himalayan ranges have been attracting saints and sages from across the world and combined study of history with geography could reveal trans-border movement in the ancient period.”
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