Kalchakra Puja

The Kalchakra Puja is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the people belonging to the Hindu religion in Sikkim. To reach the state of nirvana, one has to be engaged in a variety of meditative and ritualistic activities. All these activities are supposed to be dedicated to the Kalchakra deity. Thees activities constitute the Kalchakra Puja at Sikkim.

The deity of Kalchakra Puja of Sikkim is generally shown united with Viswamata, who is the female form of Kalchakra. The Dalai Lama currently arranges for the Kalchakra Puja once in a span of 3 years. There is a history associated with the Kalchakra Puja in Sikkim.

If a person wants to reach the state of total enlightenment or nirvana, which means liberation from all kinds of sufferings, then he or she can choose from more than one methods. Tantrayana is one of the methods of reaching the state of total salvation from all the worldly ties. As the name suggests, this method is actually associated with the Tantric Buddhism.

The Tantric facet of Buddhism is associated with many difficult and complicated rituals and norms. Tantrayana can be classified into various divisions and the Supreme Tantra or the Anutara Yoga Tantra is one of them. Kalchakra Puja is associated with a deity related to this field of Tantrayana. This part of Tantrayana exhibits the combination of the female tantras and the male tantras.