24/06/2026
Copper Colored Mountain/ Zangdok Palri: This video has Bhutanese pilgrims praying to Padmasambhava's palace. Zangdok Palri is a mispronunciation of ‘Jaynagar Do Pahari’. Tibetans call it the “Copper Colored Mountain.” The topography tallies with what is depicted in thanka paintings with rivers and lakes around it. The country of ‘Camara’ is simply a mispronounciation of Kabaiya village which is next to the mountain. Most of the land here is owned by people of Kabaiya village. Zandok Palri is a mispronounciation of ‘Jaynagar Pahari.’ Jaynagar is another village at the base of the hill. Tibetans call it ‘The Glorious Copper Colored Mountain’. Jay of Jaynagar means glorious. On top of the mountain is a newly excavated structure which is ditto that of Thangka paintings of Zangdok Palri or the Lotus Light Palace. The structure is in the shape of a giant Mandala. Tibetan texts say that it was in the country of Camara and surrounded by the Mule river. Camara is a mispronunciation of Kabaiya village and Mule river is a mispronunciation of Kiul river which surrounds the mountain.