The national flower of Bhutan is called Blue poppy. In dzongkha it is called ཚེར་སྔོན་མེ་ཏོག། For bhuatanse the flower signifies pursuit of happiness, compassion, purity, friendship, harmony and endless peace, and finding happiness in simplest of things.The flower is found in alpine region across the country. As a teacher this picture will help me to introduce the national flower to the students and students can have a look at the visual image of the flower. The children will also be able to give description on natonal flower of Bhutan.
The history o the Lhakhang Pangbisa Ugyen Guru Lhakhang has the Kudung's head of Terton Sherab Mebar. Terton Sherab Mebar came to Ha valley from Kham (Tibet) in the 15th century. Above Ha valley there is a lake called Nuptshonapatra. From the bed of that lake Terton Sherab Mebar took out a trumpet, a drum, and a pair of cymbals by putting entire water of the lake into his mouth through his miraculous powers. Along with those items he also found a golden pillar which Terton wants to offer to Paro Dzong. He asked some carpenters to cut out for him and as a reward the carpenters were asked to take the shavings of the pillar. The carpenters became very greedy and started cutting the pillar in such a way that whole chunks dropped off from it. Watching their greediness Terton signaled with his head and warned them to stop as he could not talk but the carpenter paid no heed and took out more shavings of gold from the Pillar. The Terton ultimately could not hold anymore, so h...
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