Kumbu Lhakhang

The epithet Kumbu could have been derived from Kumbu Bja which is the name of a cliff above the village. The name “Kumbu” have been a derivative name from “Kubum” meaning a hundred thousand statues. The local people have a strong belief that the cliff actually contains a thousand statues. The Kumbu Lhakhang is located on the northern side of the Gangteng Gonpa. The temple was originally built as a bonpo temple by Zhabdrung Tshanden Dulwa in the thirteenth century. He was a bonpo lama. Another temple was founded by him at Sewagang in Nyisho in Wangdue Phodrang. The temple is believed to be the residing place of the Ma Sripa Gyalmo, the Bonpo religious protectress.

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