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Visit to Kalu Rinpoche's
Stupa Temple in Salagara

  
H.E. the 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche with
Very Ven. Kalu Rinpoche

On October 28, 1997, His Eminence arrived at Bagdogra airport in Siliguri. He was warmly received by the Very Ven. Kalu Rinpoche and the Very Ven. Bokhar Rinpoche, monks, and devotees. They escorted him to Kalu Rinpoche’s Stupa Temple in Salagara, where many more monks and devotees had gathered to welcome His Eminence. A traditional procession by the monks dressed in ceremonial attire and playing the drums, gyalings (Tibetan Buddhist trumpets) and other Buddhist ritual instruments, escorted His Eminence and the entourage into the temple.

  
Welcoming ceremony at Salagara Stupa

In a ceremony of offerings and prayers, Kalu Rinpoche and Bokhar Rinpoche presented His Eminence with the mandala offering and that of the body, speech and mind, and made supplications to him to live long for the benefit of beings. His Eminence granted blessings upon everyone present, and spent a night at the temple with Kalu Rinpoche and Bokhar Rinpoche.