2024

MONASTÈRE DE RIGSUM GOMPA

Trashigang
Abbey monastery and convent
Highly venerated by the Bhutanese, the Rigsum Gompa monastery ("gompa" ... Read more
2024

CHORTEN KORA

Trashigang
Temple to visit
Whitewashed with lime, this monastery would have been built around 1740, ... Read more
2024

DZONG DE LHUNTSE

Lhuntse
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Several times renovated, this dzong is located on a hill overlooking the ... Read more
2024

DRAMETSE LHAKHANG

Lhuntse
Religious buildings
This is the largest Nyingma monastery in eastern Bhutan. Legend has it that ... Read more
2024

KURJE LHAKHANG

Jakar
Temple to visit
This is one of the holiest temples in the kingdom of Bhutan. Guru Rinpoche ... Read more
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JAMPA LHAKHANG

Jakar
Abbey monastery and convent
The Jampa Lhakhang monastery, like the Kyichu Lhakang monastery in Paro, is ... Read more
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DUNGKHAR NAKTSHANG

Lhuntse
Abbey monastery and convent
A few tens of kilometres from Lhuntse (at the end of a winding but ... Read more