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The Rinpung Dzong and Ta Dzong appears wonderful during night when its surrounding is lit by flooding light as much as it appears majestic during day. The majestic view of Rinpung and Ta Dzong enhances the beauty of pristine Paro Valley. Rinpung Dzong is the Buddhist monastery and fortress of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. The district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. In the 15th century local people offered the crag of Hungrel at Paro to Lama Drung Drung Gyal, a descendant of Pajo Drugom Zhigpo. Drung Drung Gyal built a small temple there and later a five storied Dzong or fortress which was known as Hungrel Dzong. In the 17th century, his descendants, the lords of Hungrel, offered this fortress to the Drukpa hierarch,