Kurjey Lhakhang

#29 among destinations in Bhutan

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Kurjey Lhakang,སྐུ་རྗེས་ ཡང་ན་ གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་གི་ ཞབས་རྗེས་ also known as the Kurjey Monastery, is located in the Bumthang valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan. This is the final resting place of the remains of the first three Kings of Bhutan. Also, a large tree behind one of the temple buildings is believed to be a terma that was left there by Padmasambhava. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 27°37'0"N, 90°41'60"E

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Kurjey Lhakhang – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tamzhing Monastery, Jambey Lhakhang, Jakar Dzong, Könchogsum Lhakhang.

3.1 miSE
Monastery
Tamzhing Monastery
79 min walk • Tamzhing Lhündrup Monastery in Bumthang District in central Bhutan is a Nyingma gompa in Bhutan. Its temple and monastery are remarkable for their direct connection to the Bhutanese tertön and saint, Pema Lingpa and his tulkus.
3.5 miSE
Monastery
Jambey Lhakhang, Jakar
91 min walk • The Jampa Temple or Temple of Maitreya is located in Bumthang in Bhutan, and is said to be one of the 108 temples built by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo in 659 CE on a single day, to pin down an ogress to earth forever.
5.4 miSE
Town, Buddhist architecture
Jakar Dzong, Jakar
137 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.
3.2 miSE
Monastery
Könchogsum Lhakhang
82 min walk • Könchogsum Lhakhang, also known as Tsilung, is a Buddhist monastery in central Bhutan.
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Bumthang Valley, Jakar
141 min walk • Bumthang Valley is the main inhabited valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan.
5.1 miS
Monastery
Lamay Monastery, Jakar
132 min walk • Lamay Monastery or Lamay Gonpa is a Buddhist monastery in Bumthang, Bhutan. It is located four kilometers above the Jakar Dzong and was built by the Trongsa Penlop, Sonam Drugel, the great-grandfather of King Ugyen Wangchuck in the 19th century.
4 miNE
Monastery
Ngang Lhakhang
103 min walk • Ngang Lhakhang is a Buddhist monastery in the Choekhor Valley of central Bhutan. It is located not for from Draphe Dzong, which was the residence of the Choekhor Penlop who was ruling the valley before the Drukpa conquest in the 17th century. Also known as the "Swan temple", Ngang lies on the right side of the valley.
5.2 miSE
Monastery
Petseling Monastery
134 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.