Bhutan

industry

The entire process to produce one sheet of paper actually takes three days. The dipping and swishing is just part of it. The process begins with pulling bark off the trees, and soaking strips of bark in water for 24 hours.

industry

The Jungshi handmade paper factory uses traditional methods to produce the authentic Bhutanese paper known as Deh-sho. It is located approximately 1 km from Thimphu City.

hills · temple

Jangtsa Dumgtseg Lhakhang is a Buddhist temple in western Bhutan. The temple is notable as it is in the form of a chorten, very rare in Bhutan.

temple

Kyichu Lhakhang also known as Kyerchu Temple or Lho Kyerchu is an important Himalayan Buddhist temple situated in Lamgong Gewog of Paro District in Bhutan.

highway

Smooth drive on traffic free roads of Bhutan. Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas.

music

Jangchup Choden is one of the popular singer in Bhutan. She is a pop singer and had given lots of hits song to the people of Bhutan. Zhendi Migo was most popular and hits song in olden days.

festival · dance

Traditional dance being performed during Druk Wangyel Festival, Bhutan. The Druk Wangyal festival is held every year on 13th December at Druk Wangyel Lhakhang in Dochula pass in commemoration of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo and the Ar…

river · monsoon

Misty view of Thimphu town, Bhutan due to heavy rainfall. The rainfall is leading to increase in the volume of Wangchu river as well as making river muddy.

Walking around inside the Trongsa Dzong in Bhutan. Trongsa Dzong is a Drukpa Kagyu monastery-fortress in central Bhutan. Around 1357, Longchen Rabjampa built a monastery called Mandue Sherubling at the site.

hills · livestock

Driving towards Haa district in Bhutan. Haa District is one of the 20 dzongkhag or districts comprising Bhutan.

hills · forest

Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan. About an hour's drive from Paro as it passes through lush valleys, pine and rhododendron forest.

Like a little Swiss town, this is Thimphu at dusk. Drive through the streets of Bhutan's capital town in a Toyota Land Cruiser in the neighbourhood of where Taj Thimphu has now come up, prior to its construction! Wangdue Phodrang is a town…

river · hills

Paro has the privilege of hosting Bhutan's lone airport. The Paro Chhu valley is an excellent trout stream and runs through the valley.

hills · river

Paro hosts Bhutan's lone airport and the valley comprises a range of bucolic imagery including traditional Bhutanese homes, dzongs or fortified monasteries and green rice fields as far as the eyes can see.

ceremony

A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes.

hills · farmland

Bumthang District is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred sites is counted.

Primula sikkimensis flowering in late June in a meadow, Bhutan. These flowers were filmed en route from Phobjikha to Bumthang in central Bhutan.

old town

Bhutan has a rich and unique cultural heritage that has largely remained intact because of its isolation from the rest of the world until the early 1960s. One of the main attractions for tourists is the country's culture and traditions.

hills

Sonam Tobden tends to his team at Lhawang Driden Incense as they prepare Drizang Kuenchap dhoop in Wangdue Phodrang district of Bhutan.

The national airport of Bhutan is located in Paro surrounded by valleys. It was founded on 5 April 1981(37 Years) Drukair operates a scheduled flights From Paro to New Delhi, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Kolkatta, Singapore, Guwahati, Gaya, Bagdora…

temple · architecture

The architecture of Bhutan is very unique. You would be able to see colourful and various patterns of designs inside the temple.

temple

Kyichu Lhakhang, is an important Himalayan Buddhist temple situated in Lamgong Gewog of Paro District in Bhutan.

wildlife · birds

Black-necked Crane in its habitat of lower Himalayan cultivated fields, in north-east India's Shangti valley.