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Pang Lhabsol festival is unique festival popularised by the third Chogyal of Sikkim, Chakdor Namgyal. In this festival dedicated to Mt. Khangchendzonga, the guardian deity of Sikkim and to Yabdu, the supreme commander of Mount Khangchendzonga. It is staged in front of the Tsuklakhang monastery in the former palace compound in Gangtok. This festival also marks the signing of the treaty of blood brotherhood between the Lepchas and Bhutias by Khye Bumsa and Tetong Tek when the local deities were invoked to witness the occasion.
In fact Phang means witness. On this day, the guardian deity is portrayed by masked Lama dances as a fiery red-faced deity with a crown of five skulls, riding a snow lion. To lighten the mood of the spectators, jesters called ‘Atchars’ play antics during the Chaams. The third Chogyal of Sikkim, Chakdor Namgyal is credited for choreographing the Pang-Toed dance performed by monks on this day.
The rituals associated with the festival of Pang Lhabsol in many ways tell the story of harmony with nature and about human bonding of brotherhood in Sikkim. The legends associated with Pang Lhabsol include stories of the Bhutia community and also of the Lepchas. In Sikkim, the Nyingma sect, which is one of the oldest four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism is followed.
There are legends associated with the festival and it involves both the Lepcha and Bhutia in Sikkim. In one of the legends, it is believed that in the second half of the eighth century before his sojourn to Sikkim, Guru Padma Sambhava was invited to Tibet to construct the Shamyeh Gumpa (monastry). The Tibetan royal family was facing difficulties in the form of evil spirits and it is said that Guru Padma Sambhava used his tantric mantras to ward off the spirits.
After Tibet Guru Padma Sambhava came to Sikkim and he declared it as the most sacred of the seven hidden land. It is believed that he secretly hide many religious scriptures and many other things of religious items in Sikkim, so that in future when people would refuse to accept religious teachings, these scriptures would guide humanity. Guru Padmasambhava also used his tantric knowledge and brought many demons and spirits to his control and conferred them the duty of protecting Sikkim and these demons and spirits assumes the role of Gods and Goddesses. These Gods and Goddesses as guardians were entrusted to maintain good harvests and plenty of rainfall and also to protect the state from natural calamities. These guardian deities were promised to be worshipped on an annual basis and these laid the tradition of Pang Lhabsol.
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