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Tang Rimochen Lhakhang

#32 among destinations in Bhutan

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Coordinates: 27°34'1"N, 90°50'1"E
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BumthangBhutan

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Tang Rimochen Lhakhang – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jakar Dzong, Bumthang Valley, Sobrang Monastery, Kunzangdrak Monastery.

  • jakar dzong5.7 miW
    Town, Buddhist architecture

    Jakar Dzong, Jakar

    145 min walk • Jakar Dzong or Jakar Yugyal Dzong is the dzong or fortress of the Bumthang District in central Bhutan. It is located on a ridge above Jakar town in the Chamkhar valley of Bumthang. It is built on the site of an earlier temple established by the Ralung hierarch Yongzin Ngagi Wangchuk when he came to Bhutan.

  • bumthang valley jakar5.2 miW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

    Bumthang Valley, Jakar

    134 min walk • Bumthang Valley is the main inhabited valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan.

  • sobrang monastery ura7.3 miSE
    Monastery

    Sobrang Monastery, Ura

    187 min walk • Sumtrhang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Ura Gewog, Bhutan. It is one of the most important Bhutanese monasteries as descendants from its lineage include Pema Lingpa and hence the Wangchuck Royal family.

  • kungzandra monastery2.5 miSW
    Monastery

    Kunzangdrak Monastery

    63 min walk • Kunzangdrak is a Buddhist sacred site in the Tang Valley of central Bhutan. It lies at an altitude of 3,350 metres in the hollow of a cliff. Guru Rinpoche and his disciple Namkhai Nyingpo are said to have meditated here at the end of the 8th century. The current temple, however, was established in 1488 by Pema Lingpa.

  • nyimalung monastery location map
    7.2 miSW
    Monastery

    Nyimalung Monastery

    183 min walk • Nyimalung Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in central Bhutan, not far from Prakhar. The monastery was founded by Doring Trulku in 1938, a lama who originally came from Dartesedo in Kham in eastern Tibet. The monastery underwent restoration in 2002.

  • ogyen choeling monastery location map
    3.7 miE
    Monastery

    Ogyen Choeling Monastery

    94 min walk • Ogyen Choeling Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan.

  • petseling monastery location map
    3.7 miW
    Monastery

    Petseling Monastery

    95 min walk • Petseling Monastery is a gompa in the dzong style of Bhutan built near Jakar, Bumthang District in 1769 with support from the Penlop of Trongsa and the dzongpen of Jakar.

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