Christening Ceremony Held for Kalachakra Mandala of Shambbala in Shangri-La

The christening ceremony of the Kalachakra Mandala of Shambbala was held on 21 June in Shangri-La in the northwest of Yunnan Province.

The ceremony synchronised with the authentication of Guinness World Records for the number of Thangka scroll paintings exhibited at a single time.
 
The event was aimed to celebrate the 11th Panchen Lama who has consecrated the Kalachakra Mandala of Shambbala based in Shangri-La, and the Guinness World Records official Gulnaz Ukassova awarded the certificate.
 
The Kalachakra Mandala of Shambbala which is a 12-storey Tibetan style building has become a local landmark. As one of the major museums in Shangri-la, it has set more than a dozen of exhibition halls housing over 2,000 Tibetan relics and over 1,600 Thangka scroll paintings.