Bhutan

livestock

Most of the people in Bhutan makes Butter from Cow and yak milk. The local term for butter is Maa. It is one of the richest sources of protein. Milk is mostly used for making tea and to produce dairy products.

temple

Pilgrims spinning the prayer wheel at Kyichu Lhakhang situated in Lamgong Gewog of Paro District in Bhutan.

river · hills

The inside view of Punakha Dzong with big Bodhi tree in the middle of courtyard in Bhutan. The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungtang Dechen Photrang Dzong (meaning "the palace of great happiness or bliss") is the administrative centre of Pu…

Foxgloves or Digitalis flourish in the gardens of central Bhutan's Bumthang valley.

crafts · hills

Yathra is colourful wool weaving, a pattern native of central Bhutan with deep colors. In the village of Zugney in Chumey valley, there are shops, where you can see the weavers- at-work.

Viewers - please help us identify this Senecio that we shot in Bhutan's central valley of Bhumthang. Is this Senecio scandens? Senecio is a genus of the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.

The word suja it means su=churn and ja=tea. In the olden days Bhutanese used to be a large joint and extended family and suja was made using huge pot and almost 0.5 meter tall churner called the “Ja-su” .

hills · highway

To most people, the Chokhor valley is Bumthang, and the Chokhor valley is often called the Bumthang valley or just simply Bumthang.

fort

Rinpung Dzong is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District in Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.

ceremony · temple

Buddhist worshipper spins prayer wheel which is the most symbolic religious objects for Buddhists. Mediators turn this prayer wheel and during countless rotations of the wheel, they repeat the mantra.

ceremony

Bhutanese man turning prayer wheels at a Buddhist temple in Bhutan. Bhutan officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia at the eastern end of the Himalayas.

wildlife · birds

The Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and winters mainly in remote parts of India and Bhutan.

flowers

Is that an Anemone or a Ranunculus flower in a Bumthang garden in Bhutan?

temple

Road trip from Punakha leading towards Chime Lhakhang a very popular and revered temple in Bhutan. Chimi Lhakhang, also known as Chime Lhakhang or Monastery or temple, is a Buddhist monastery in Punakha District, Bhutan.

The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcracker, it could also be misnamed as Chocolate crow (mainly in Norway) (Nucifraga caryocatactes) is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian jay.

school · politics

The Bhutanese students walks their way to school from their home in the morning. The students from different schools are walking from the Lungtemzampa road to their respective schools.

hills · aerial

A beautiful aerial view of the snowy Himalayan peaks of Bhutan. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom located on the southern end of the Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan has one of the mos…

The royal family of Bhutan visits the Pangri Zampa Monastery. Keeping in check that all the arrangements have been done, the Buddhist monks prepare themselves to host the royals.

hills

Amazing view of Himalaya mountain in Bhutan. Snowy mountains under clear sky and glaciers which are the main source of freshwater. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom.

festival · temple

The Dochula Druk Wangyel Festival start from year 2011 and the festival will take place every year on December 13 at the Druk Wangyel Lhakhang’s Festival ground.The festival is related to important national landmarks while the date commemor…

hills · river

View of waterfall near Taktsang monastery,a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site in Bhutan.

temple · hills

Hundreds of People visit Taksang monastery in Bhutan. Taktsang monastery is one of the most breathtaking temples of world, in Bhutan.