Duenmang Tshachu is a renowned hot spring with “great healing power” blessed by Guru Rinpoche in Zhemgang at an elevation of 500 meters.
Drupchhu or Holy Spring Waters in Bhutan: Beliefs and Benefits
Drupchhu are the blessed water attributed to great spiritual power to bless and liberate anyone who drinks it from suffering.
Menchu or Medicinal Springs in Bhutan: Beliefs and Benefits
Menchu or medicinal waters are naturally occurring springs that have therapeutic effects used as a spiritual blessing and for bathing by the Bhutanese people.
Tango Choying Dzong, where Chenrizig revealed himself as “Wrathful Hayagriva”
Tango Choying Dzong is the most sacred site of Phajo Drugom Zhigpo where Yidam Tandin appeared before him and delivered precepts to him in the 13th century.
Phajo Drugom Zhigpo in Bhutan: The Sacred Sites of Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and his Descendants
Phajo Drugom Zhigpo is a religious master who first introduced Drukpa Kagyu to Bhutan in 1224 A.D. His Sacred Sites are in the Tentative World Heritage List.
Jomolhari, where Guru Rinpoche Meditated before flying to Tibet
Jomolhari is a sacred mountain blessed by Guru Rinpoche and located at an altitude of more than 4,600 metres above sea level under Thimphu Dzongkhag.
Aja Ney, a Sacred Site of a Hundred Inscriptions of the Syllable ‘Aa’
Aja Ney is a sacred hidden place of Guru Rinpoche where he imprinted one hundred repetitions of the sacred syllable “Aa” on the cave after meditation.
Baylangdra Ney, the Hidden Treasure of the Bull Cliff
Baylangdra Ney is a sacred place of Guru Rinpoche located in Kazhi Gewog under Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag at an altitude of 2500–3000 metres above sea level.
Gom Dra, the Great Meditation Cliff of Guru Rinpoche Prophesied to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo
Gom dra is one of the Four Great Cliffs of Guru Rinpoche prophesied to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo in Paro Dzongkhag at an elevation of more than 2200 masl.
Gongza Ney, a Sacred Place where Guru Rinpoche was Offered Midday Tea
Gongza Ney is a sacred place located at an altitude of 950 masl in Trashi Yangtse where Khandro Yeshey Tshogyal offered tea to Guru Rinpoche at noontime.