Aja Ney is one of the three sacred sites of Guru Rinpoche, where he imprinted one hundred repetitions of the sacred syllable “Aa” on the cave after meditation. This holy site of Aja Ney, Bhutan, is located in Ngatsang village of Sherimuhung Gewog under Mongar Dzongkhag in Eastern Bhutan at an altitude of 3,500 meters above sea level.
Baylangdra Ney is a sacred place where Guru Rinpoche meditated and conquered the local spirit Lhatsen Langdra. The Baylangdra Nye is located in Kazhi Gewog under Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag at an altitude of 2989 meters above sea level.
Gom Dra is one of Guru Rinpoche’s Four Cliffs, which he entrusted to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo in his prophetic vision. This sacred cliff is located in Paro Dzongkhag at an elevation of more than 2,200 meters above sea level.
Khandro Tashi Wangmo from Chang-Namka village extended the centuries-old Drupkhang into a small temple. Later, Prostration Man Chimi built a beautiful temple complex in the meditation cliff cave of Phajo.
Gongza Ney is a sacred place where Khandro Yeshey Tshogyal offered tea to Guru Rinpoche at noon while he was on the way to Gomphu Kora to subdue a demon. The Ney is located on the banks of Gongri (Drangme Chhu) in Toedtsho Gewog under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag at an altitude of 927 masl.
Hot springs or Tshachu are natural springs of geothermally heated groundwater that emerge onto the Earth’s surface. They are formed when water is heated by shallow bodies of magma or by circulation through faults to hot rock deep in the Earth’s crust.
Tshelung Ney is the second Draphu Maratika where Guru Rinpoche received life empowerment (Tse Ngedrup) from Tsepakme. It is located in Tshaluna village, west of Thimphu Dzongkhag, at an elevation of 3063 masl. Guru Rimpoche and Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal blessed Tshelung Nye and concealed many sacred religious treasures in the 8th century.
Buddha Dordenma Statue at Buddha Point in Bhutan is one of the world’s largest and tallest sitting Buddha statues. The Buddha statue in Bhutan stands 169 feet (52 meters) tall and sits atop a large meditation hall. The hall contains 100,000 eight-inch-tall and 25,000 twelve-inch-tall gold-gilded bronze Buddhas.
Buddha Point was built between 2006 and 2015 to fulfill a prophecy from Guru Rinpoche and yogi Sonam Zangpo foretelling the construction of a Buddha statue to bestow blessings of peace and happiness on the world.
Kurje Drupchhu is a holy spring water created by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century near Kurjey Lhakhang in Bumthang Dzongkhag to heal the ailing Sindhu Raja. According to locals, the holy water cures all sorts of diseases.
Tshechu Dra is one of the “four cliffs” of Guru Rinpoche entrusted to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo in his prophetic vision. This sacred cliff of longevity is located in the Panikong village of Khamaed Gewog under Gasa Dzongkhag at an elevation of 2335 meters above sea level.
RaGoe Ney is a sacred place blessed by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century, where the Guru Sungjoen Statue, brought by a goat and a vulture from Punakha, was destined. The Ragoe Monastery is located in Doteng Gewog under Paro Dzongkhag at about 2839 meters above sea level.
