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Four Harmonious Friends Monday

2 paintings, 2 stories

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Dotty Holcomb Doherty
Aug 25, 2025
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We saw two different paintings of the Four Harmonious Friends in the dzongs. There are two versions of their story, which I relate below:

In the forest, four special animals were all close friends: a partridge, a hare, a monkey, and an elephant. They lived beneath a large banyan tree. Out of curiosity, they wanted to figure out who was the oldest among t…

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