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Today started in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, the Tshechu, an annual festival honouring Guru Padmasambhava, an Indian saint who largely contributed to the diffusion of Tantric Buddhism in the Himalayan regions of Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan around 800 AD.

Tshechu is religious festival and by attending it, it is believed one gains merits. It is also a yearly social gathering where people, dressed in their finery, come together to rejoice.

The four-days Thimphu Tschechu was initiated by the 4th Desi (temporal ruler of Bhutan) Tenzin Rabgye, in 1687.