Bhutan Pilgrimage

03/02/2025

Dokhachu Goenpa is an Ekajati Lhakhang in Bhutan near a boulder cave pointing to the sky. It is located in Chapcha Gewog under Chukha Dzongkhag at an elevation of 3048m overlooking the village of Rin Thangkha.

Dokhachu Goenpa is the chief abode of Lhamo Ekajati in Bhutan and houses the sacred statue of Ekajati discovered by Terton Drukdra Dorji from Tumdra Ami Nye.

02/02/2025

Tumdra Ami Ney is a chief abode of wish-granting goddess Lhamo Ekajati located in Darla Gewog under Chhukha Dzongkhag in Bhutan. The sacred site is said to have been visited and blessed by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century.

Tumdra Ami Ney is a chief abode of Lhamo Ekajati blessed by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century in Darla Gewog under Chhukha Dzongkhag.

01/02/2025

Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa Chhenbi Phodrang is a fortress built by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1637. The dzong is the second oldest and second largest dzong in Bhutan and houses the sacred relics of the nation, Rangjung Kasarpani, and the holy remains of Zhabdrung.

Read More: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/punakha-dzong-the-palace-of-great-bliss-on-the-heaped-jewel/

01/02/2025

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧

Paro Taktsang Monastery shrouded by low-hanging clouds. It was built in 1692 by Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye over the caves that Guru Rinpoche meditated during the 8th century. The monastery is perched precariously on a hillside cliff at an altitude of more than 10,240 feet above sea

Read more: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/paro-taktsang-tigers-nest-the-sacred-place-of-guru-rinpoches-enlightened-mind/

31/01/2025

Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa Chhenbi Phodrang is a fortress built by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1637. The dzong is the second oldest and second largest dzong in Bhutan and houses the sacred relics of the nation, Rangjung Kasarpani, and the holy remains of Zhabdrung.

Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dechen Phodrang is the second oldest and second largest fortress built by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1637.

30/01/2025

Chimi Lhakhang monastery is a fertility temple of Drukpa Kunley, the Divine Madman perched on a round hillock that resembles a woman’s breast in Lobesa village under Barp Gewog of Punakha Dzongkhag at an altitude of 1300 meters.

Read more: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/chimi-lhakhang-the-fertility-temple-of-divine-madman/

29/01/2025

Gelephu Tshachu is a hot spring along the river stream in the warm southern plains of Gelephu under Shershong Gewog of Sarpang Dzongkhag at an altitude of 332 meters. Known for its miraculous healing power and properties, Gelephu Tshachu was inaugurated by the Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in 1962.

Gelephu Tshachu is a hot spring in Gelephu known for its miraculous healing power and properties, inaugurated by the Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in 1962.

29/01/2025

Traditional Day of Offering (Buelwa Phuewi Nyim) known as Chunipa Losar is a traditional Bhutanese New Year celebrated in Bhutan on the 1st day of the 12th month in the Bhutanese lunar calendar.

It is also known as Sharchokpé (Sharchokpa) Losar, the New Year of the eastern Bhutanese as the day is popular in the eastern Bhutan.

The day is celebrated to express love, gratitude and reverence to Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal who founded Bhutan as a nation.

བཅུ་གཉིས་པ་ལོ་གསར་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།

Bhutan Pilgrimage

29/01/2025

Do You Know?

Starting on 7th February 2025, Gerab Nyed-Yon Limited, the investment arm of the Central Monastic Body, will introduce a minimal Entry Fee of Nu. 300 per adult and Nu. 150 per child of twelve years and below for all international and regional tourists visiting the Buddha Dordenma Statue at the Buddha Point.

Read more: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/buddha-point-a-place-where-worlds-largest-buddha-dordenma-sits-majestically/

28/01/2025

Tsheringma Drupchhu is a holy spring water of the goddess Tsheringma in Zalamchu, Tshangkha of Tangsibji under Trongsa Dzongkhag at an altitude of 2300 meters. The common belief is that if Tsheringma Drupchu is the first drop of water a child drinks, the child will grow up with a melodious voice.

Tsheringma Drupchhu is a holy spring water of the goddess Tsheringma for melodious voices and long life in Trongsa Dzongkhag

28/01/2025

Bjagay Menchu in Paro is a popular medicinal spring water blessed by Lama Drukpa Kunley which heals fractured bones and arthritis. The Menchu is located in Jieu Dado of Lungnyi Gewog under Paro Dzongkhag at 2110 masl and is well-known as the bone-healing Menchu.

Bjagay Menchu of Paro is a popular medicinal spring water blessed by Lama Drukpa Kunley which heals fractured bones located in Paro Dzongkhag at 2110 masl.

27/01/2025

Zangdo Pelri Lhakhang in Phuentsholing is a small monastery representing the “celestial abode of Guru Rimpoche” located in the middle of Phuentsholing town, just a few steps from the Bhutan-India border gate enclosed by a recreational park. Dasho Aku Tongmi built the Temple in the 1900s.

Read more: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/zangdo-pelri-lhakhang-a-replica-of-guru-rinpoches-paradise-in-phuentsholing/

27/01/2025

“Om Ah Hung” Ney are the three sites blessed by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century and considered the holiest since their names begin with the letters, Om, Ah, and Hung, which form the Buddhist Mantra, “Om Ah Hung”...

"Om Ah Hung Ney" are the three holiest sites of Guru Rinpoche since their names begin with the letters, Om, Ah, and Hung, which forms the Mantra, “Om Ah Hung”.

26/01/2025

10 Pilgrimage Destinations in Dagana Dzongkhag

1. Daga Trashiyangtse Dzong

2. Tha Namkhai Dzong

Read more: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/tha-namkhai-dzong-the-frontier-sky-fortress-of-guru-rinpoche/

3. Do Namkhai Kaw

4. Do Kepai Goenthoe

5. Do Dungchen Menchu

6. Do Dungkar

7. Do Rangthan

8. Do Patra Chapsa

9. Shathong Lhakhang

10. Nyindukha Lhakhang

26/01/2025

Dra Karpo is a sacred cliff that Guru Rinpoche broke and took out an evil spirit in the 8th century. This holy cliff, also known as the mini-Taktsang, is located in Shaba Deyangkha of Dogar Gewog under Paro Dzongkhag at 2,663 meters above sea level.

Dra karpo is a sacred cliff of Guru Rinpoche located in Paro at an elevation of 2,650 meters above sea level where he broke and took out an Evil Spirit.

26/01/2025

Guru Rinpoche is one of Bhutan’s most important historical and religious figures known for introducing Buddhism. His teachings and contributions to Buddhist civilization are deeply respected in Bhutanese society, and his statue appears in almost all Bhutanese temples and homes.

Read more: https://bhutanpilgrimage.com/guru-rinpoche-and-his-visit-to-bhutan/

26/01/2025

Can you guess this cantilever bridge?

25/01/2025

Are you planning for an annual leave to get away from the mundane office works? But unable to decide your destination yet? Look no further than Zhemgang. The Zhemgang Dzongkhag is organising the first ever 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 at Panbang PS ground from 22nd-23rd February, 2025 coinciding with His Majesty's 45th Birth Anniversary.