Nalakhar Festival

Nalakhar Tshechu Festival 2026

Nalakhar Tshechu, also known as Nga Lhakhang Zhi, is a 3-day religious festival to honor the founder of the Ngang ...
Ngala Lhakhang

Ngang Lhakhang, the “Swan temple” in Bumthang

Ngang Lhakhang, also known as the “Swan temple”, is a private temple founded by Lama Namkha Samdrupa in the 15th ...
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 2026

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 one of the eight sacred lings of Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa) founded by Longchenpa in 1352 in ...