The Gomphukora temple is a tribute to a sacred cave formed out of the rock face. Gomphu means ‘meditation cave’ while
Kora translates to ‘circumambulation’. The monastery is popular for the circumambulation festival where people go around the temple day and night. The monastery has many relics of Guru Rinpoche who visited the site in the 8th century.
The festival is one of the most popular gathering in eastern Bhutan and attracts visitors from Arunachal Pradesh in India, who walk for days to reach there.
The main highlight of the festival is to ‘circumambulate’ a holy black rock therefore Kora i.e. ‘circumambulation’ is a derivative and a tribute to Guru Rinpoche who subdued a demon at this site in the eighth century. Legend has it that the demon escaped from Tibet and fled to the site and hid inside a big rock that stands today where the festival takes place.
Guru Rinpoche meditated at the cave inside the rock for three days. The demon took the form of a big snake and Guru Rinpoche subdued him in the form of a garuda (a giant mystical bird). The demon was then converted into the guardian deity of the place.
The legacy stands to testify itself at the site where the fight between the garuda and the snake is imprinted on the rock. There is also Guru’s thumbprint indicating the subjugation. Such legends thrive all over the country. This festival also offers an oversight of a unique tradition of eastern Bhutan. The east has many couples who meet during the festival.
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