1.Taktsang (Tiger’s Nest) Monastery The Tiger’s Nest is without a doubt the most visited and the most photographed of all the monuments in Bhutan. Nestled on the edge of a 3,120m-tall cliff, above a beautiful forest of blue pine and rhododendrons, overlooking the Paro valley, the monastery is of … [Read more...]
Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup Lhakhang (Nunnery)
Posted on August 2, 2014 ·
Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup Lhakhang The Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup Lhakhang is a temple plus nunnery perched on a ridge overlooking Toebesa, Punakha and Wangduephodrang valleys. The lhakhang comprises a double storied temple, a chorten resembling Nepal’s boudhanath stupa and a nunnery … [Read more...]
Chimi Lhakhang
Posted on April 26, 2013 ·
The fertility temple is visited by couples who have problem conceiving and they have been blessed miraculously with children. Couples are blessed by a replication of the iron bow and arrow of Drukpa Kuenley, his scriptures and the phallus. Some couples stay overnight at the monastery. Chhimi … [Read more...]
Khamsum Yueling Monastery
Posted on April 20, 2013 ·
The temple was built by the Queen Mother to promote world peace and for the sound health and long life of the King. It is elaborately built and contains some of the finest spiritual artworks painted on the inner walls. The temple exhibits paintings of Buddhist teachers and tutelary deities of … [Read more...]
Punakha Dzong
Posted on April 19, 2013 ·
Built at the junction of Phochhu and Mochhu by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, it stands as the symbol for a unified Bhutan. It was built in 1637 to serve as the religious and administrative seat of the region. Presently it serves as the winter residence for the central monk body and administration … [Read more...]
