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According to a 2012 report by the Pew Research Center, 74.7% of Bhutan's population practices Buddhism. Buddhism is the state religion of Bhutan, supported financially by the government through annual subsidies.
Although Buddhism in Bhutan originated in Tibetan Buddhism, it differs significantly in its rituals, liturgy, and monastic organization. Most Bhutanese Buddhists follow the Drukpa subsect of the Kargyupa school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Je Khenpo heads the monastic hierarchy in Bhutan, assisted by five lopons or masters, each responsible for religious tradition, liturgy, lexicography, or logic and study. Before 1907, the highest Buddhist leader was the Zhabdrung, a tulku regarded as the reincarnation of Bhutan's founder.
There were some 12,000 monks in Bhutan in the late 1980s. Around 1,000 belonged to the Central Monastic Body in Thimphu and Punakha, while roughly 4,000 belonged to district monastic bodies.
The Buddha Dordenma Image Foundation was founded in 2004 by Trizin Tsering Rimpoche under the patronage of Truku Jigme Chödrag Rinpoche. Its aim is to fulfill a prophecy from a terma of Guru Padmasambhava concerning world peace and happiness through the Buddha Dordenma Project.
Bhutanese Buddhists observe holy days on the 8th, 10th, 15th, 25th, 28th, and 30th day of each month according to the Bhutanese calendar. On these days, common people visit holy places and persons as part of their religious practice.