Theme Week Bhutan – Trongsa

29 July 2021 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

Trongsa © flickr.com - Thomas Wanhoff/cc-by-sa-2.0

Trongsa © flickr.com – Thomas Wanhoff/cc-by-sa-2.0

Trongsa, previously Tongsa, is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means “new village” in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa lama Ngagi Wangchuck, who was the great-grandfather of Ngawang Namgyal, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the unifier of Bhutan.   read more…

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