river

river · temple

Tamchoe or Tachog Lhakhang in Paro, Bhutan On the way to Paro Valley is the Tamchoe Lhakhang, also known as the Tachog Lhakhang. Built by Thangthong Gyalpo, the iron chain bridge helps the pilgrims to cross and visit the temple.

hills · fort

Magnificent view of Punakha Dzong Fortress surrounded by lush green hills popularly known as the Queen of Dzongs as it the one of the most beautiful fortress in Bhutan.

Bhutan·river · hills

Punakha Dzong in itself is an art that symbolize the culture and tradition of Bhutan. The highly decorated walls, doors and windows are exceptionally awe-inspiring.

Bhutan·highway · river

Driving from Wangdue phodrang town across the Punatsangchhu or the Punakha Chhu river (known further downstream in India as the Sankosh), onwards to Punakha town, through the dam township being built on the river.

Bhutan·architecture · river

People walking across the footbridge over the Mo Chhu river to reach the Punakha Dzong in Bhutan. A covered wooden cantilever bridge crossing the Mo Chhu river was built together with the Dzong in the 17th century.

Bhutan·architecture · river

Pilgrims and tourists enter Punakha Dzong by ascending a huge and steep wooden stair-case that brings one immediately into the inner sanctum after passing through an expansive courtyard with shade trees growing in it.

river · hills

Punakha Dzong, is one of the holiest place in Bhutan with religious paintings on the exterior and interior wall of Fortress.

Bhutan·river

Wangdue Phodrang District is a dzongkhag (district) of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong (built in 1638) which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of the dzong.

Bhutan·river

Wangdue Phodrang District is a dzongkhag (district) of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong (built in 1638) which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of the dzong.

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…

Bhutan·river

A cormorant takes off upstream on the Punakha Chhu river, also known as the Punatsangchhu river below Punakha in Bhutan. A pair of Ruddy Shelduck / Sheldrake also up-end and feed in the shallow waters at the rivers' edge.

Bhutan·river · wildlife

A pair of Mergus Merganser, River duck or Common Mergansers preen themselves and swim / waddle around in the Punakha Chhu or the Punatsanghchhu river in Bhutan.

Bhutan·hills · temple

Dochula Pass stands an hour and a half away from Thimphu, along a lovely Rhododendron and conifer forest (with trees festooned with orchids) and lies along the highway to central Bhutan, with a road leading to Punakha.

river · village

Glimpse of a rural life in Cambodia. Local people doing lots of activities on a bank of a river, grass are seen carried on a grass and men are sailing on a wooden boat across the river.

Nepal·wildlife · forest

Against the backdrop of the snow capped Himalayas, close to the heart of Kathmandu City, South Asia's finest, and one of the world's most spectacular Golf Resort Courses is stunningly set within 470 acres of the hundreds of years old Gokarn…

river

The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism.

river · monsoon

Tea workers working in a tea nursery. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

Tea worker sorting out seeds at a tea nursery in India. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

Women engaged in the process of tea plantation in India. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

Tea workers engaged in sorting tea seeds. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

industry · river

Tea workers engaged in sorting out tea seeds in India. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

river · monsoon

Women working in a tea nursery in India. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).