As the Global Peace Prayer Festival continues in Thimphu, the second day of the festival saw several side events being organised as part of the grand gathering.

The ceremony combines peaceful offerings with wrathful protection rituals to heal, cleanse, and purify the body, speech, and mind of negative karma.

The Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025 began on Tuesday at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, with visuals from the venue showing Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in attendance.

The Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025 began at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, with Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in attendance.

The festival, being held in Thimphu, features sacred rituals, a non-sectarian Global Peace Prayer, the mass recitation of Bazaguru, public blessings, and the Kalachakra Empowerment. It aims to unite spiritual leaders and practitioners from all traditions of Buddhism to...

As the world grapples with growing conflict and division, Bhutan's capital city, Thimphu, is gearing up to welcome the world for the Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025, a grand celebration of unity, compassion, and spiritual harmony.

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