Bjagay Menchu in Paro, also known as Bjagoe Menchu, is a popular medicinal spring water blessed by Lama Drukpa Kunley, which heals fractured bones and arthritis. The Menchu is located in Jieu Dado of Lungnyi Gewog under Paro Dzongkhag at 2110 masl and is well-known as the bone-healing Menchu.
Chimi Lhakhang is a fertility temple of Drukpa Kunley, the Divine Madman, perched on a round hillock that resembles a “woman’s breast” in Lobesa village under Barp Gewog of Punakha Dzongkhag at an altitude of 1300 meters. Lam Ngawang Chogyal built the Chimi Lhakhang temple in 1499, where Divine Madman subdued a demoness of Dochu La Pass using his phallus as a “flaming thunderbolt”. Therefore, Chimi Lhakhang means “No Dog Temple”.
Tsheringma Drupchhu is a holy spring water of the goddess Tsheringma in Zalamchu, Tshangkha of Tangsibji under Trongsa Dzongkhag at an altitude of 2300 meters. The common belief is that if Tsheringma Drupchu is the first drop of water a child drinks, the child will have a melodious voice.
The 4 sacred cliffs of Guru Rinpoche entrusted to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo are Dechen Drak, Gomdrak, Thujidrak, and Tshechudrak. Guru Rinpoche visited Bhutan three times in the 8th century and blessed the land as Beyul. Today, the blessed places have become sacred sites for Buddhist pilgrimage in Bhutan.
Dechen Draphu, or Dechendrak, the “Cliff of Great Bliss,” is one of the “four cliffs” of Guru Rinpoche entrusted to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo in his prophetic vision. This sacred cliff is located in Sha Khotakha of Bjena Gewog under Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag at 3053 meters above sea level.
Kyichu Lhakhang is one of the oldest temples in Bhutan, built by Songtsen Gampo in 659 CE. It was built as part of the 108 temples constructed in a single day to pin down an ogress who was opposed to the spread of Buddhism. Paro Kyichu Lhakhang Temple is located in the north of Paro town under Lamgong Gewog of Paro Dzongkhag.
Dokhachu Goenpa or Chapcha Dargay Choeling Goenzin Dratshang is an Ekajati Lhakhang in Bhutan near a boulder cave pointing to the sky. Lama Choeje Thinley Jamtsho, a grandson of Phajo Drugom Zhigpo, founded Dokhachu Goenpa in 1650. It is located in Chapcha Gewog under Chukha Dzongkhag at an elevation of 3048m overlooking the village of Rin Thangkha.
Chador Lhakhang, also known as Sangdag Gyepailing Monastery or Bartsham Chador Lhakhang, is a sacred Lhakhang that houses a thumb-sized replica of the Chador Statue discovered from the Yuetsho Lake. The Lhakhang is located in Nangar-Tsho of Bartsham Gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag at 2900 meters above sea level.
Yongla Goenpa, also known as Yongla Riwo Pelbar Dargeychholing Goenpa, is one of the oldest and most revered Goenpas in eastern Bhutan, founded by Kheydrup Jigme Kuendrel in the 18th century. It is located on a mountaintop that resembles a Phurba or ritual dagger in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag. Dorji Jamtsho, the second Yongla Lam, built Yongla Gonpa to honor Kheydrup Jigme Kuendel, who founded and meditated on this holy site in 1736.
Jambay Lhakhang is a one-story Temple of Maitreya founded by the 33rd Tibetan King, Songtsen Gampo, in 659 CE. It is one of the oldest temples in Bhutan, built as part of the 108 temples constructed on a single day to pin down an ogress to earth that was obstructing the spread of Buddhism.
