VA 1967 Music from the Himalayas – Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya
Lama Chhopa in worship of the Buddha. This is a Tibetan Mahayana Buddhist prayer in which chants are alternated with instrumental music. The word of the chant tell of Lord Buddha's glory. Instruments: jaling (conical shawm), tangar (conch-shell), ngah (drum), singyen (cymbals), thibu (bells) and damaru (a double-headed drum with a cord wound around its narrow waist. The knotted ends of the cord strike the heads when the drum is shaken). Prayer by Thupten Jungnes Lama and four other Tibetan Lamas of the Tibetan temple, Sarnath.