Dochula Tshechu

Druk Wangyel Tshechu 2025

Druk Wangyel Tshechu, also known as the Dochula Tshechu, is a one-day festival held every year on 13 December at ...
Druk Wangyal temple

Druk Wangyal Lhakhang, a Memorial in Honor of Fourth King

Druk Wangyal Lhakhang is a memorial temple built in 2008 as a tribute to His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo ...
Changangkha temple

Changangkha Lhakhang, the Sacred Site of Guru’s Celestial Horse

Changangkha Lhakhang is a temple dedicated to Avalokiteshvara. It was founded by Nyima, one of the sons of Phajo Drugom ...
Simtokha Fortress

Simtokha Dzong, the First Fortress built by Zhabdrung in Bhutan

Simtokha Dzong, also known as Sangak Zabdhon Phodrang, is the first dzong built by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in Bhutan ...
Phajoding Sheydrup Ling Buddhist Institute

Phajoding Monastery, the Temple of Doctrine on the Vulture Peak

Phajoding Monastery is a Buddhist institute founded by Phajo Drugom Zhigpo in the 13th century at an altitude of 4,000 ...
Wangditse Lhakhang

Druk Wangditse Lhakhang, the Temple on the Peak of Conquest

Druk Wangditse Lhakhang, also known as Zabden Lhundrubtse Dzong, is a 3-story fortress-temple founded by Druk Rabgye in 1715 CE ...
Thimphu Memorial Choeten

National Memorial Chorten, the Stupa representing Buddha’s Mind

National Memorial Chorten is a memorial stupa built by Ashi Phuntsho Choden in 1973, in memory of the third king ...
Dochula Pass Stupas

Druk Wangyal Chortens, 108 Memorial Stupas at Dochula Pass

Druk Wangyal Chortens are 108 memorial stupas built on the Dochula Pass by Ashi Dorji Wangmo in 2003 to commemorate ...
Dechenphu Monastery

Dechenphu Lhakhang, an Abode of Geynyen, the Protective Deity of Bhutan

Dechenphu Lhakhang, or Dechenphu Geynyen Neykhang, is the abode of Geynyen Jagpa Melen, the powerful deity of Bhutan, founded by ...
Pangri Zampa Lhakhang

Pangri Zampa Monastery, a Temple near the Bridge on an Abandoned Ridge

Pangri Zampa Monastery, a College of Astrology, is a temple founded by Ngawang Chogyal in the 16th century, which later ...