An elephant on the rock and story behind the importance of the cliff You can see self created stone elephant on a rock cliff at Kharsumchi ( 4 km from Chuzom to Thimphu Highway). During the road widening between Thimphu to Paro, there was plan to cut and bull doze the cliff, as there was no other place to widen the road on the other side. When excavator operator tried to cut the cliff, three pythons hissed and watched furiously from the top of the cliff in disagreement. The operator fainted and all of sudden the place became dreadful. Luckily, as the cutting of cliff was stopped, the snakes also retreated back in cliff. People considered this as a good sign that warned not to destroy the cliff as it houses Jetsun Dema. Thereafter, people worshiped the snakes by offering milk. Many visitors continued to thronged the area to offer their prayers and milks. Later, when the widening of road was completed by raising huge retention wall on the other side without disturbing the cliff, the snake also disappeared. It is said that the Tara chorten on the adjacent, houses 21 Taras (Dem Neshu Chachi). During the consecration a count was made and found one Tara missing. When search was carried, a voice was heard from the cliff confirming she (Tara) was residing there.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 05:25:48 +0000
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