Chökhor Düchen · Chokhor Duchen

Culture of origin: Buddhist · Cultural

Holiday sources: Buddhism

Chökhor Düchen, on the fourth day of the sixth Tibetan month, celebrates the day the Buddha first "turned the wheel of the Dharma", teaching the Four Noble Truths at Sarnath: the same event that Theravada Buddhists keep at Asalha Puja. It is one of the four Tibetan festivals of the Buddha's life.