CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri SarbanandaSonowal laid the foundation stone of the new complex of National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR) at Saboo Thang area in Leh today.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved the establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH and to create the post of Director in Level -14 (Rs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sowa-Rigpa originated in India 2500 years ago and was introduced in the TransHimalayan region around the 8th Century CE. Since then, it has been propagated and transmitted through teacher-student-lineage (including family lineage) prevalent in the secular and monastic contexts of the Trans Himalayan region of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sowa Rigpa is one of the oldest and well documented medicinal traditions of the world. The people of the Himalayan region has been using this since time immemorial and its prevalence in treating & healing is still strong among this region as well as in Sikkim.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Yuthog Yonten Gonpo from Tibet is believed to be the father of Sowa Rigpa. In India, it is widely practised in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal’s Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Ladakh. The majority of theory and practice of Sowa-Rigpa is similar to “Ayurveda”.