Islands of reeds in the lake with the holy Tibetan buntingsĪfter climbing the small hill, one has to undertake these steps (62 of them) to reach the first stage of the shrine:Īs you reach the top, on the right side of the shrine, somewhere near the steps is the commemoration stone of the shrine. The king, in repentance, married his daughter to the Guru. After this period, a lake (Tso Pema) appeared at the spot and the Guru appeared as a young boy, sitting on a lotus in the middle of the lake.
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Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche’s pyre burnt for a full week with billows of smoke. This belief has its origin in the legend that the king of Mandi had Padmasambhava burnt alive after rumours that he had tried ‘Tantras’ with his daughter. There is a local belief that the islands of reed found in the lake are the ones in which his soul resides. It is, thanks to him, that Buddhism spread to Tibet. He was and is known as Rinpoche (the Precious one). Why is this place so important to the Tibetans that they would go about erecting an 123 feet high statue of Padmasambhava at this sight that was inaugurated by the Dalai Lama on and also go about making an impressive and ornate shrine for him? Padmasambhava was an Indian ‘Tantric’ who left from here for Tibet to spread Buddhism. Unfortunately the sun was against me even though I tried various angles. Here is a picture of these taken by me from the Gurudwara:Īnd then a closer picture from the lake. The first one is the shrine and the statue of Padmasambhava on the hill opposite to the Gurudwara Hill. Right now, the most prominent and most impressive structures are the ones put up by the Tibetans. The local name for Rewalsar (called Tso Pema by the Tibetans) is Trisangam (confluence of three). I had then just embarked on the Buddhist shrines when I ended the article to be covered in this part. I had covered the Guru Gobind Singh Gurudwara of the Sikhs and the three main temples of the Hindus: the temple of the Lomush sage, the Shiv temple and the Krishna temple. I had also brought out that Rewalsar is a confluence of three religions: the Hindu, the Sikh and the Buddhist. In my earlier article: ‘Himachal The Beautiful State, Part I – Rewalsar’, I had brought out the journey to this beautiful lake town, 24 kms from Mandi.