Rinpung Dzong , Paro
About Rinpung Dzong
The district monastic body and government administrative offices of Paro are housed in this large monastery called Rinpung Dzong or Paro Dzong. It is also a fortress of the Drukpa lineage of Bhutan. It was sanctified by Shabdrung Nawang Namgyal in the year 1645. This place is regarded as one of the finest examples of Buddhist monastery. The name Rinpung Dzong means ‘Fortress on a mountain of jewels’. Visit this place in the month of March or April and you will be amazed to the celebration of the annual festival in this monastery.
Different sacred images are taken on a procession along with mask-dances that tells us various religious stories. There are also fourteen shrines and chapels inside Rinpung Dzong. Some of them are Temple of the Guru’s eight Manifestations, Chapel of Amitayus, Apartments of the Abbot, Chapel of Akshobhya, and Temple of the Bursar while outside the monastery there is the Deyangkha temple. This monastery is just above a bridge called Cantilever Bridge. It has been listed as a tentative site under the UNESCOs inclusion of Bhutan’s Tentative List.
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Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang, Western Zone
4.4 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang is a Buddhist temple in the form of chorten (stupa) located across the Paro Chhu River and on the road that goes towards...
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Dzongdrakha Goemba, Western Zone
5.1 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Dzongdrakha Goemba is actually a temple complex with four shrines - Drolma (Tara), Guru Rinpoche, Tsheringma (Goddess of Longevity), and Maitreya...
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National Museum of Bhutan, Paro, Western Zone
6.6 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
The National Museum of Bhutan was built in order to store or house some important samples of Bhutan’s art that includes various masterpieces of...
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Kyichu Lhakhang, Western Zone
8.5 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Kichu Lhakang or Kyichu Lhakhang is one of the oldest, renowned and beautiful Buddhist temples of Bhutan built in the 7th century. It is located...
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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Memorial House, Western Zone
12.7 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
The memorial house of Dilgo Khyenste Rinpoche has been preserved since the time he lived there. He is a poet and Bhutan’s one of the greatest...
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Paro Taktsang, Western Zone
15.1 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Paro Taktsang or Taktsang Palphug Monastery is a temple complex located in the upper valley of Paro, Bhutan. It was founded in the 8th century...
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Tachog Lhakhang Bridge, Western Zone
17.1 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
At Tachog Lhakhang or Tachogang Lhakhang there is ubelivebale Cantiliver Bridge iron bridge which just across the Pa Chu River on a base of a...
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Torsa Strict Nature Reserve, Western Zone
*23.9 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
The Toorsa Reserve covers an extensive area of about six hundred square kilometer, occupying majority of the Haa District. It shares international...
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Jhomolhari Trek, Western Zone
*25.2 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
The Jhomolhari trek offers the timeless experience of traversing through the rugged terrains of the Himalayas, soaking the crisp mountain air and...
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Chele La Pass, Western Zone
36.8 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Chele La Pass is one of the highest points or passes of Bhutan with a height of about 3,988 meters (13,084 ft), crossed by a highway of Bhutan....
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Royal Botanical Garden, Thimphu, Western Zone
45 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Founded as the first of its kind in Bhutan, the Royal Botanical Garden occupies an expansive area of nearly hundred twenty kilometres square and...
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Simtokha Dzong, Western Zone
46.3 km from Rinpung Dzong - See map
Simtokha Dzong constructed in 1627 is the pioneer of the dzongs built by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyelto strengthen his domain in western Bhutan and...
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