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THE ENTIRE SCHOOL PAID RESPECTS TO OUR KIND ROOT GURU

The Very Venerable Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche ( Founder, Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School ) 1933 – 2023 Read the Short Biography of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Paying Respect to the Kudung of our beloved founder, Kyabje Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Our kind founder, the Lord of Refuge Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche passed into parinirvana on May 5, 2023, the fifteenth day of …

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SMD School Autumn Update

After COVID-19, So Happy To Be Together Again Basanta Budha (grade 5) was so eager to get back to SMD that he walked four days straight from his village. “I love to stay in school for many reasons such as, when I go to my home in the village, I have to work. To be honest, I don’t have friends …

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Everyone is back at SMD

They’re All Back! Everyone is back at school and we are running normally again, though we are quarantined. Here, our new little kids playing on the colourful play station sponsored by our US-based foundation, Himalayan Children’s Fund. 24th Batch Graduated in February A joy-filled graduation was held – everyone so glad to be back together again! Thirty-eight SMDers finished Class …

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SMD School is Closed Again!

SMD Closed Again! With COVID-19 on the rise in Kathmandu, the government has ordered all schools to close again and for all in person exams to be postponed. So we had to send all our children home, including the Grade 8s and 10s who were supposed to take their National Board exams in the coming weeks. As of April 28th, …

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SMD Graduation Day

SMD Graduation Day 2017

SMD alumna, Sangita Tamang, her friends and the SMD administrative team, organized a ‘SMD Graduation Day’ on July 15th for the grade ten graduating class (SMD school is unfortunately too crowded to offer grades 11 and 12). The program opened at ten o’ clock with Thrangu Rinpoche’s long live prayer. Among the honorary guests were representatives from Rinpoche’s monasteries and …