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All you need to know about Bhutan
15
Sep

Dzongsar Khyentse’s new film premiers in Switzerland

The fourth and latest film from Bhutanese Buddhist teacher, lama, and filmmaker, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait, premiered last month at the Locarno Film...
11
Aug

Botanical Park

A Park Where Rhododendrons are in Bloom Opened only a few years ago, the Royal Botanical Park congregated hordes of people from near and far this year too. Strolling around...
29
Apr

The Great Guru’s journey to Bhutan

With the completion of the world’s tallest statue of Guru Rinpoche in Lhuentse, eastern Bhutan, many people’s attention has turned to this great yogi. What is his connection to Bhutan?...
15
Feb

Bhutan gets a Crown Prince!

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen gave the Bhutanese people a special gift as the kingdom was celebrating its New Year (Losar) holidays. The gift – the...
07
Jan

Monlam Chhenmo (The King of all Prayers)

There are prayers, and there are prayers. Buddhism in Bhutan is a way of life where prayers permeate every occasion or activity. And the great prayer of the Monlam Chhenmo...
24
Dec

The Abominable Snowman

As fictional as the yeti may seem to a westerner, to the Bhutanese it still exists. Known as the migyo in Bhutan, the Bhutanese believe that sighting one is inauspicious....
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