༶ Every year, on the third day of Losar (Tibetan New Year) we provide the service of empowering and hoisting Lungta Prayer Flags in the sacred place of Pharping, Nepal. 
༶ The Prayer Flags have been blessed by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche! 
Order your Lungta Flags for the Tibetan New Year of the Fire Horse (Feb 18th, 2026)
༶ We use 100% Cotton Prayer Flags
༶ Traditionally, Lungtas are hung at the time of the Tibetan New Year (Losar) in order to promote health, harmony and prosperity for the year to come.
༶ Lungtas are good for harmonising the elements of the individual and the year, and you can also give them as a gift and dedicate them towards a friend who needs some good luck and good health.
Auspicious Connections for the Fire Horse Year
In the upcoming FIRE HORSE year (2153), hanging Lungta flags is especially beneficial for those born under the signs below. Offering Lungta helps harmonize your life force and clear obstacles for the new year.
🐀 RAT
1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
🐅 TIGER
1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
🐉 DRAGON
1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
🐎 HORSE
1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
🐒 MONKEY
1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016
🐕 DOG
1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018
Cost: 5£ /Set of Lungta flags
(One set is made up of 5 flags, it is customary to hang the number of Lungta corresponding to your age).
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Where will we hang the Lungtas this year? 🗺
This year exceptionally the majority of the Lungta flags will be hung in the sacred long life practice site of Maratika, in eastern Nepal. The rest will be hung in Pharping, near Kathmandu.
Maratika
The Halesi-Maratika Caves (also the Haleshi Mahadev temple) are located next to the village of Mahadevasthan, in the Khotang District of eastern Nepal, 3,100 ft. – 4,734 ft. above sea level. The cave and temple are about 185 km south west of Mount Everest. The temple is a venerated pilgrimage site for Hindus, Buddhists and Kirat. In Buddhism Mandarava and Padmasambhava realized a number of terma that had been elementally encoded in the cave by dakini Sangwa Yeshe. These terma numbers among the longevity teachings of Buddha Amitabha, and were given at the behest of Bodhisattva Avalokiteswara. It is here, at the cave, that Mandarava and Padmasambhava attained the Vidyadhara of longevity (or long life).
Pharping
Pharping is the sacred site where Guru Padmasambhava attained realisation of the level of Mahamudra Vidyahara. For this reason it is visited by pilgrims and is considered to be for Vajrayana practitioners as important as Bodhgaya because it is where the second buddha Guru Padmasambhava attained the state of enlightenment. For this reason, we have chosen Pharping as an auspicious place to hang your Lungtas for Losar.
There are two major practice caves in Pharping blessed by Guru Rinpoche: the Asura cave and the Yangleshö cave. Pharping has not only been blessed by the master of Oddiyana's practice with his consort Shakyadevi and his attainment of the vidyadhara level of Mahamudra, it has been also visited by many great beings, like long term resident Marpa Lotsawa, who practised, made offerings, ganachakra feasts, and aspiration prayers.
Lungta Tradition
Lungtas, or prayer flags, whose origin dates back to the pre-Buddhist Bonpo religion, are squares of cloth on which are printed four animals at the four corners; tiger (symbol of the wood or air element), snow lion (symbol of the earth element), garuda, (symbol of the fire element), dragon (symbol of the water element). At the center, as a symbol of the internal elements of the individual, one finds a wind horse which carries on its saddle a wish fulfilling jewel. Lungtas come in five colours - white, red, green, yellow, and blue - which represent the five personal elements and those of the year. These elements can be in conflict with each other, for example, when the element of life of a person is fire and the life element of the year is water. In these cases to avoid a year full of problems, it is best to prepare lungtas and empower them with mantras for harmonising the elements of the individual and the year. (Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Lungta)
Every year the prayer flags are blessed by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche.
If you would prefer to make your offering via bank transfer rather than by bank card, we kindly invite you to send an email to info@shangshunguk.org specifying your preferred currency and the total number of sets you wish to purchase; we will then personally get back to you with all the necessary bank details and instructions to complete your request, thank you for your kind support.
༶ We hang Losar Lungtas every year since 2012! ༶
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