Trakar Lhakhang

Prakhar Lhakhang, the Temple built by White Monkeys in Bumthang

Prakhar Lhakhang, also known as Trakar Lhakhang, is a temple and a mansion founded by Tenpe Nyima, with the help ...
Jakar Yugyal Dzong

Jakar Dzong, the Fortress of White Bird in Bumthang

Jakar Dzong, also known as Jakar Yugyal Dzong, the ‘Fortress of White Bird’, was founded by Ngagi Wangchuk in 1549 ...
Thangbi Goemba

Thangbi Lhakhang, the Temple on a Site Resembling a Garuda

Thangbi Lhakhang is a two-story temple founded by the 4th Shamar Rinpoche according to the prophecy of Karmapa to spread ...
Tamzhing Lhakhang

Tamzhing Lhakhang, the Temple of Good Message of Pema Lingpa

Tamzhing Lhakhang, meaning the “temple of good message”, is a small single-story temple founded by Pema Lingpa in 1501 in ...
Nimalung festival

Nimalung Tshechu Festival 2025

Nimalung Tshechu is a 3-day annual festival held from the 8th to the 10th day of the 5th Bhutanese month ...
Nimalung Dratshang

Nimalung Monastery, the Temple in the Sun Valley of Bumthang

Nimalung Monastery, also known as Nyimalung Dratshang, is a two-story temple founded by Doring Trulku in 1938. It is located in Chumi ...
Dur Hot Spring

Dhur Tshachu, a Hot Spring revealed by Guru Menlha in Bumthang

Dhur Tshachu, also known as Dur hot spring, is a hot spring revealed by Guru Menlha in Bumthang, renowned for ...
Tharpaling Goenpa

Tharpaling Monastery, a Temple on the Land of Liberation with a Phallus

Tharpaling Monastery is a Nyingma monastery complex located in the land of liberation in Chumey founded by Longchenpa in the ...
Jamphel Lhakhang

Jambay Lhakhang, one of the Oldest Temples in Bhutan founded in 659 CE

Jambay Lhakhang is a one-story temple of Jowo Jampa founded in 659 CE to pin down an ogress to earth who ...
kurje drubchu

Kurje Drupchhu, the Holy Water that Cures all Diseases

Kurje Drupchhu is a holy water created by Guru Rinpoche to heal the ailing Sindhu Raja in the 8th century ...