Present at the stamp release function were diplomats representing various countries, ministers, followers of the Drukpa Lineage, monks and nuns, along with Arjun Pandey, Director of Strategy and ...

Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the Drukpa Lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism, arrived in Hanoi on Thursday to begin his two-week spring visit, marking his return after a four-years absence due to the impact of ...

Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (PTI) A unique 140 km ‘eco pad yatra’ by over 100 monks and nuns of the Drukpa lineage to raise awareness on environmental preservation was launched here Wednesday. The 8-day ‘Eco ...

Gyalwang Drukpa and his Sangha arrive at Noi Bai Airport, Hanoi on Wednesday. From Friday to Saturday, His Holiness and Drukpa’s monks will perform blessings for the spring festival in the Great Stupa ...

In Nepal, nuns are practicing kung fu in order to achieve better physical and mental health, as well as to strengthen their community. In 2008, the spiritual leader of the Drukpa lineage of Himalayan ...

Drukpa Buddhists celebrated the legendary Hemis Festival with great enthusiasm. The festival duration is marked as a local public holiday, and involves the entire city. Locals dressed up in their ...

Nuns defied a centuries-old ban on exercise for nuns and adopted the martial arts Leh: Kung fu nuns of the Drukpa lineage based here have been awarded the prestigious Asia Game Changers Award by the ...

"Kung Fu Nuns" is the intriguing title of a documentary film which will be telecast on BBC World News on Saturday, 3rd September at 10:00 am and 11:00 PM with repeat telecasts on Sunday 4th of ...

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If all of Ladakh was agog with this festival it’s not without reason. In the celebration of the 800th year of the Drukpa Kargyud lineage this July, the remote Himalayan outpost — widely seen as a ...

Forget “Kung Fu Panda” — meet the ninja nuns. Nuns of the Buddhist Drukpa Order outside of Kathmandu wake up before dawn each day to perfect their craft of Chinese martial arts. “We wake up at 3 a.m., ...