Punakha Dzong, the Palace of Great Bliss on the Heaped Jewel
Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa Chhenbi Phodrang, is one of the 16 dzongs built by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in Bhutan as an “embodiment of Buddhist values”. The Punakha Dzong was built in 1637. It is the second oldest after Simtokha Dzong.
