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Kyichu Lhakhang is believed to have been a smaller structure when the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo erected this sacred building in the year 659, but a number of Buddhist saints and gurus added to the site until it became the spectacular temple it is today. Kyichu Lhakhang is situated between Tenchen Choeling nunnery, Taktsang and Sangchoekhor.
Rinpung Dzong, sometimes referred to as Paro Dzong, is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body as well as government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO ...
Trashiyangtse covers an area of 1,437.9 square kilometres (555.2 sq mi). At an elevation of 1750–1880 m, Trashi yangtse dzongkhag is rich of culture filled with sacred places blessed by Guru Rimpoche and dwelled by Yangtseps, Tshanglas, Bramis from Tawang, Khengpas from Zhemgang and Kurtoeps from Lhuentse.
Mongar (Dzongkha: མོང་སྒར) is a town and the seat of Mongar District in eastern Bhutan. [1] The population of Mongar Dzongkhag in 2022 was estimated at 36,383, comprising 17,498 males and 18,886 females.
The pool in the Tang Valley, near Bumthang in central Bhutan [3] is known locally as the Burning Lake, because according to legend, Pema Lingpa had a dream urging him to go to that particular spot in the Tang Chuu river. After standing on the rocks looking into the depths he discerned there was a temple at the bottom with many doors, one of ...
Chendebji Chorten is a stupa in Bhutan, located 41 kilometres (25 mi) west of Trongsa at 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) in elevation. According to legend, Chendebji Chöten covers the body of an "evil spirit". [1] Chendebji Chorten is constructed in the style of Nepalese stupas such as Boudhanath. [2]
Kurjey Lhakhang – one of Bhutan's most sacred temples ... Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest) – perched on a 1,200 meter cliff, this is one of Bhutan's most ...
The site on which the nunnery is built is considered sacred - the original Gonpa was founded in the 14th century by Kecho Barawa Gyeltshen Pelzang, said to be a supreme being. The site is considered one of the abodes of the five long-life sisters or dakinis. [2] Tenchen Choeling nuns at a Dzongkha Wikipedia edit-a-thon in October 2023.