The Bumthang located in the northern part of Bhutan encompass four major valleys: Choskhor, Tang, Ura and Chhume. The Dzongs and the most important temples are in the large Choskhor valley, commonly referred to as Bumthang valley. There are two versions of the origin
Trongsa means ‘the new village’ and the founding of Trongsa first dates from the 16th century which is indeed relatively recent for Bhutan. Drukpa lama, Ngagi Wangchuk (1517-54) the great grandfather of Shabdrung Nawang Namgyel, who founded the first temple
Wangdue Phodrang, with the popular story of Shabdrung arriving at the river and happened to see a boy building a sand castle. He asked for the boy’s name, which was Wangdue, and thereupon decided to name the Dzong Wangdue Phodrang
Punakha plays a primordial role in the history of Bhutan, in fact it was the country’s winter capital for 300 years. Punakha Dzong, or Punthang Dechen Phodrang, was built in 1637 by the first dasi of bhutan. The Dzong resembles a gigantic ship exactly covering a
The Paro valley has kept its countrified nature in spite of the airport and the existence of development projects with the transparent purity of air and the absence of noise. Fields, brown or green depending on the season, cover most of the
Thimphu the capital of Bhutan lies in a wooded valley, sprawling up a hillside on the West Bank of the Wang Chhu [Chhu known as River]. Small and isolated city is quiet and traffic jams free city as compared to other Asian countries. It
