Bhutan Festival

Amankora Luxury Lodges

2010-05-27T22:12:00.000-07:00

The combination of love, the Sanskrit word for peace and Kora and means circular pilgrimage 'in Dzongkha, the Bhutanese language Amankora a number of luxury villas in the central and western valleys of Bhutan.

These small houses, individually owned and internationally renowned Aman Resorts, the epitome of luxury in Bhutan and a Level 5 + stars operate. You can ride one of seven nights or Amankora complement their traditional base of Bhutan hotels a few nights of luxury.

Mountain Echoes: A Literary Festival

2010-05-12T04:35:00.000-07:00

Bhutan festivals have always been a chief attraction for the tourists traveling to Bhutan. To add to the traditional festivals in Bhutan, the India-Bhutan Foundation brings a unique Bhutan literary festival – Mountain Echoes which will be held in Thimphu, Bhutan from the 17th to the 20th May at the Tarayana Foundation. If you are planning a trip to Bhutan, then this is a wonderful opportunity to attend a new Bhutan festival which will bring Bhutanese and Indian authors, poets and storytellers together on one platform.

The aim of the literary festival is to promote Bhutan tourism through literature and cultural dialogue. The Mountain Echoes literary festival will focus on the writings from the Himalayan Region. Bhutan Mountain Echoes literary festival has been patronized by HM The Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. This first-ever Bhutan literary festival is organised in association with Siyahi, a literary consultancy based in Jaipur, India.

Mountain Echoes Cultural Festival Bhutan

2010-04-28T06:21:00.000-07:00

Mountain Echoes is a cultural Festival for a unique literary and cultural experience in the pristine beauty of Bhutan. On this occation India-Bhutan presents to all book lovers - Mountain Echoes – a literary festival, in association with Siyahi. Bhutan Festival event will provide a platform for authors from India and Bhutan to get together and engage in a cultural dialogue and understand Indian and Bhutanese literature in all its myriad forms and dimensions. The event will also bring some international authors, poets and performers together - Pavan Varma who is currently the Indian Ambassador to Bhutan; Namita Gokhale; His Excellency Jigme Yoser Thinley, the Prime Minister of Bhutan; Kunzang Choden; Patrick French; Karma Ura; Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi of Bollywood comedy‘3 Idiots’ fame, cult classics ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ and ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ fame; Omair Ahmad; Gulzar, an accomplished poet, filmmaker and writer; Kynpham Sing; Chetan Bhagat, the author of four blockbuster novels like ‘Five Point Someone, ‘One Night the Call Center’; Kinley Dorji; Sampurna Chattarji; Sonam Kinga; Shekhar Pathak; Tshering Wangyel; Sarnath Bannerjee, an Indian graphic novelist, artist, and filmmaker; Dr. M S Gill; Mamang Dai; Leila Seth, the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India; Temsula Ao; Samten Dorji will be there among many others

Bhutan Festival

2010-04-20T23:42:00.000-07:00

Festivals are religious events. The country in which the behavior of purified and consecrated by lamas, so when you at a festival that look essentially within the perimeter of outdoor religious ground. The behavior of the viewer in this sense must be executed. The dancers, whether monks or laymen are in a meditative state. They become gods, or the dance floor. They generate a spiritual power, which cleanses, purifies, enlightens and blesses the spectators. I am sure you love to join Bhutan festival. If you want to know more about Bhutan Festival please visit Bhutan-festival.lpti.in