{"id":39133,"date":"2026-01-18T11:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/guru-vajradharas-birthday\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T09:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:43:05","slug":"guru-birthday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/visit\/calendar\/guru-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2b73de-366e823af6ec3f7c50bdfcaa78b99e1d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-2b73de-366e823af6ec3f7c50bdfcaa78b99e1d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-2b73de-366e823af6ec3f7c50bdfcaa78b99e1d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-2b73de-366e823af6ec3f7c50bdfcaa78b99e1d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-2b73de-366e823af6ec3f7c50bdfcaa78b99e1d av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Guru Vajradhara\u2019s birthday<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mkjkvgua-6328cbe5a2be6a8d210e801b4cc14196\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mkjkvgua-6328cbe5a2be6a8d210e801b4cc14196 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mkjkvgua-6328cbe5a2be6a8d210e801b4cc14196 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mkjkvgua-6328cbe5a2be6a8d210e801b4cc14196 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-3630 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3630 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Indien-2014.jpg\" alt='' title='Indien-2014'  height=\"402\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Indien-2014.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Indien-2014-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Indien-2014-450x302.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mkjl28sc-d594f19561e83788d454198eba08bc4a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/about-us\/chamgon-kenting-tai-situ-rinpoche\/\">Guru Vajradhara HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa<\/a>&#8216;s birthday traditionally is on the <strong>8th day of the first month<\/strong> according to the Tibetan calender.<\/p>\n<p>Our celebrations start with an offering of Sang, followed by Tara puja for Guru Vajradhara&#8217;s long life. 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