Rangjung is a town on the Gamri River in the Radhi Gewog of Tashigang District, East Bhutan.
Rangjung
རང་བྱུང་ | |
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Town | |
 Stupas at Rangjung, E. Bhutan | |
  Rangjung Location in Bhutan | |
| Coordinates: 27°21′43″N 91°40′41″E / 27.36194°N 91.67806°E | |
| Country |  Bhutan |
| District | Tashigang District |
| Elevation | 3,670 ft (1,120 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+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 depictions 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
edit- ^ "Vocational Training Institute, Rangjung". Tashigang Dzongkhag Administration. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ "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.
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