The Guru's cave Bhutan was blessed by many great Buddhist masters and Guru Rinpoche was the greatest and the first master to have visited Bhutan in the 7th century. The worldly pleasure History has it that Guru visited Bhutan for the first time, as invited by the local king of Bumthang, Sindha Gyalp (Sindhu Raja). According to the records, Guru Rinpoche came from Nepal to Tibet and then to Bhutan. However Mr. Tenzin (Son of Chakar Lam), from Chakar lhakhang in Bumthang believes that Guru Rinpoche was already in Bhutan when Sindhu Raja sent his two ministers to Nepal to invite Guru to cure him. The king sent 7 Dreys (1 drey equal appropriately 1.5kg) of Gold powders as offering. When the ministers reached the present Reotala, they met a monk meditating in a cave. The monk asked where they were heading, to which they shared that they were on their way to invite Guru Rinpoche from Nepal. The monk then insisted them to show the gift that they were carrying, but to their surpr
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