Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be participating in Kalachakra Empowerment ceremony being organised at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimpu on the second day of his visit to Bhutan. The festival is a three days of Kalachakra empowerment, a complex and extensive ritual in Tibetan Buddhism that grants empowerment conferring the power to undertake specific meditative practices for achieving enlightenment. The Kalachakra Initiation symbolises the union of time, cosmos, and human experience. 

 

 

Kalachakra empowerment ceremony is being presided over by his holiness Je Khenpo. Alongside the Global Peace Prayer Festival, there will be an exhibition of Kalachakra art and artefacts as well as scholarly seminars on Kalachakra.

Mr Modi received an audience with the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Thimpu yesterday. The two leaders exchanged views to further enhance and strengthen bilateral ties. They also held discussions on regional and global issues of mutual interest. 

 

 

They prayed before the Holy Piprahwa Relics of Lord Buddha from India, currently enshrined at the Grand Kuenrey Hall, Tashichhodzong. Both the leaders jointly inaugurated the 1020 MW Punatsangchuu-II Hydroelectric Project, a milestone in energy partnership between India and Bhutan.

 

 

They also witnessed exchange of three MoUs in the fields of renewable energy, mental health services, and healthcare to further strengthen bilateral cooperation. The Government of India has announced a concessional Line of Credit of four thousand crore rupees for Bhutan to fund energy projects in Bhutan.