Tango Monastery

Tango Monastery is a Buddhist monastery 12KM north of Thimphu, Bhutan.  It was founded by Lama Gyalwa Lhanampa in 12th century and in 1616 the Tibetan, Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, meditated in its cave.  

The Guru Rimpochey

Gold image that lights your way to a favourable verdict

There are five temple buildings in the complex.  One of the five temples housed stones, which contained imprints of the footprint of Guru Rimpochey and the hoof of his horse. Another holy relic was a black stone looking box that contained a  key - a long thin strip of metal that slid out of the stone. They key has been used many times in order to help dumb babies speak. Allegedly if the key is pressed against their tongue and then they journey to another location nearby in the valley to drink of the holy water found there, then they will speak. We were assured that this had worked on many occasions and that many dumb babies had found their voice in this way.

Passing along the valley road, we saw a large gold painting of the Guru Rimpochey, painted onto the rock cliff face. Supposedly if you have a dispute or court case pending and pass the picture at midnight then you will find out what the outcome of your dispute will be. If the road is pitch black and you can see nothing then the outcome will be against you, however if the road is lit up in all directions with light emanating from the picture, then the outcome will be in your favour.

Web site for a short history of Tango Monastery

http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/jbs/pdf/JBS_02_01_05.pdf