Punakha Tshechu

Festival Dates: 19-21 February 2024 Punakha Dromchoe dedicated to the Goddess Mahakala, is a five day long festival held inside the Punakha Dzong. The age old religious aspects are still performed in the same way consisting of Mask dances and various cultural programs. A play of warriors going off to war is enacted on the Read More…

Chime Lhakhang

Chimi Lhakhang, the temple of fertility was built in 1499 by Lama (saint) Ngawang Chogyel dedicating to the maverick Saint Lam Drukpa Kuenley, commonly known as “The Divine Mad Man”. The temple is located about 30 minutes hike from the main motor road, walking between the valley of Mesina Village engulfed with paddy field and Read More…

Khamsum Yuelley Namgyel Chorten

Khamsum Yuelley Namgyel Chorten: Drive about half an hour along the banks of the Mo Chhu (Female river) to the upper end of the valley and about an hour of hike through rice fields and forest to the Khamsum Yuelley Namgyal Chorten, a stunning monument recently built by the Queens and consecrated in 1999. The Read More…

Punakha Dzong

The Dzong straddles the confluence of two rivers- Phochu (male river) and Mochu (female river) is the most beautiful fortress in Bhutan. It was named as ‘Pungthang Dechen Phodrang’ or ‘Palace of Great happiness’. This impressive fortress was built in 1637. It was the second of the mighty dzongs built by Zhabdrung Nawang Namgyel, person Read More…