Beginning on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the Wood Dragon year (February 20, 2025) at Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat in India, His Eminence Chungpo Gyalton Rinpoche, along with the tulkus, lamas, khenpos, and the entire monastic assembly performed the extensive Gutor Mahakala ceremony. This sacred ceremony, conducted day and night without interruption, was performed for the benefit of the Buddha's teachings of all traditions and countless sentient beings. Its primary purpose was to invoke the glorious wisdom protector Mahakala, along with Mahakali and retinue, to dispel outer and inner adversities such as disease, warfare, famine, and natural disasters affecting both the world and its inhabitants.

On the February 26, the preliminary Gutor Mahakala vajra dances that bring liberation upon seeing were performed without masks. On the following day, the main masked sacred dances were conducted, followed in the afternoon by the ritual for averting obstacles, which included casting out the torma and performing a supplementary fire offering ritual. On the 28th, the Wood Dragon year's Grand Gutor Mahakala Puja was concluded with the ritual for receiving siddhis and a ganachakra feast.

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