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The Buddha Dordenma is a 129-foot tall bronze statue of Shakyamuni Buddha located in the city of Thimphu, Bhutan. It is adorned with 125,000 smaller statues and can be seen from almost anywhere in the capital city. The statue, which was completed in 2015, features some impressive architecture and engineering feats such as its intricate gold-plated details and use of mandala principles to depict balance and harmony.
Visitors to Buddha Dordenma can take part in a variety of activities including spiritual pilgrimage walks around the base of the statue or taking part in meditation sessions at one of its many prayer wheels. From the interior balcony, visitors can marvel at panoramic views stretching out towards Jaw City Valley while looking down upon an 8 million kapala containing relics. Visitors should not miss out on checking out this stunning monument when visiting Thimphu for an unforgettable experience! -
11. Changangkha Lhakhang
(ལྕང་བསྒང་ཁ་ལྷ་ཁང་)
11. Changangkha Lhakhang
(ལྕང་བསྒང་ཁ་ལྷ་ཁང་)Place of worship
Changangkha Lhakhang is a compact temple complex located on the tip of a ridge that juts towards central Thimphu from the hills to the east. Founded in the 13th or 14th centuries, it is probably the oldest surviving temple in Thimphu. The main components and foundations of the monastery are extremely old, long predating the unification of Bhutan in the 17th century by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. The temple is often frequented by parents with small children seeking to obtain blessings from the protective deity of the temple, Genyen Domtsangpa, who is considered to be the birth deity and protector of children born in JDWNRH national referral hospital in Thimphu. -
14. Tashichho Dzong
(བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང)
14. Tashichho Dzong
(བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང)Office building, Place of worship
Tashichho Dzong is a Buddhist monastery and fortress on the northern edge of the city of Thimphu in Bhutan, on the western bank of the Wang Chu. It has traditionally been the seat of the Druk Desi, the head of Bhutan's civil government, an office which has been combined with the kingship since the creation of the monarchy in 1907, and summer capital of the country.[1] In old British documents, it is known as Tassisudon.
