Bhrikuti
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Bhrikuti Devi, known to the Tibetans as Bal-mo-bza' Khri-btsun, Bhelsa Tritsun or simply Khri-btsun, was a Nepali princess from the Licchavi dynasty, and the first queen of King Songtsen Gampo, King o
Bhrikuti Devi
Jowo Mikyo Dorje moved to the Ramoche Temple
Bhrikuti's legacy—Jokhang Temple in Tibet—founded to house a statue of Buddha Akshobhya which she brought to Tibet
From right to left: Bhrikuti Devi, Songtsen Gampo and Wencheng, Gyantse
Princess Wencheng
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Princess Wencheng was a princess and member of a minor branch of the imperial clan of the Tang dynasty, who married King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire in 641. She is also known by the name Gyas
Bhrikuti
…Bodhisattvas and located at Ramoche. Bhrikuti is usually represented as Green Tara in Tibetan iconography. Songtsen Gampo also married the Chinese Princess Wencheng in 641, who is considered to be another incarnation of Tara, of White Tara. As queens, Bhrikuti and Wencheng are said to have worked together to establish…
Princess Wencheng
Ramoche Gonpa, Wencheng's legacy, built originally to house the statue Jowo Shakyamuni Rinpoche