Rangjung

Rangjung is a town on the Gamri River in the Radhi Gewog of Tashigang District, East Bhutan.

Rangjung

རང་བྱུང་
Town
Stupas at Rangjung, E. Bhutan
Rangjung
Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 27°21′43″N 91°40′41″E
Country Bhutan
DistrictTashigang District
Elevation
3,670 ft (1,120 m)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)

The town is the location of Rangjung Oesel Choeling Monastery, established by Dungse Garab Dorje Rinpoche in 1989; and the Rangjung Vocational Training Institute (VTI) which offers certificate level courses in electrical engineering, computer hardware & networking, and furniture making.[1] It is also the location of a small hydro-electric project.[2]

Rangjung in Tibetan and probably as much in Dzongkha expresses the concept of a self-arisen manifestation. All over the Tibetan cultural sphere there are sacred seed syllables, mantras or depiction of deities that a presumed not to be man-made, but "rangjung", self arisen or autogenic. For example, in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa is a rangjung goats head in a side chapel protruding out of a big rock.

References
  1. "Vocational Training Institute, Rangjung". Tashigang Dzongkhag Administration. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  2. "Evaluation of Small Hydro Projects in Namche Bazaar (Nepal) and Rangjung (Bhutan)" (PDF). final version. Austrian Development Co-operation. March 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2009-03-18. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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