Celebrating Sakya Pandita Day Posted on December 22, 2018March 27, 2019 by IBA_admin Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182 – 1251) was the fourth of the five founding fathers of the Sakya order. On Friday December 21 we celebrated the anniversary of his parinirvana at IBA with light offerings and prayer recitation around our stupa.