In Pictures: Trashigang Tshechu
By: Tashi TOBGAY on Friday, November, 30th,2018 in News. No Comments
More 2,000 people gathered at the courtyard of Trashigang Dzong to witness the unfurling of Guru Rinpoche’s throngdrel on the third day of the annual tshechu. The four-day tshechu that began on November 15 will conclude today. Source: Kuensel
Book to commemorate Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother’s birth anniversary
By: Tashi TOBGAY on Monday, May, 22nd,2017 in News. No Comments
In commemoration of Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choeden Wangchuck’s 87th birth anniversary, a book titled “The Heart of a Sacred Kingdom, Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choeden Wangchuck: A Lifetime of Service to the People and Kingdom of Bhutan” was launched yesterday. Her Majesty was born on 21 May 1930.Copies […]
Prayer Flags
By: Tashi TOBGAY on Friday, January, 27th,2017 in News. No Comments
Prayer flags are made of coarse cotton and placed in strategic places in the belief that the wind will carry the invocations and the messages on the flag down the rivers and valleys into the beyond. Redi and Khorlo Prayer flags are raised on a pole that has the Redi and the Khorlo at the […]
Royal Highlander Festival
By: sithar on Tuesday, August, 23rd,2016 in News. No Comments
Royal Highlander Festival Start Date: 16-10-2016, End Date: 18-10-2016, Location: Laya, District: Gasa The Royal Highlander Festival will be organized in Laya from 16th to 18th October, 2016. Driven by the underlying goal of making the Highlands a vibrant and thriving economy, the festival aims to promote the sustainable livelihood of highlanders; showcase highlander’s innovation; and […]
How to get to Bhutan?
By: admin on Thursday, April, 9th,2015 in Information. No Comments
How to get there…there are only two ways to enter Bhutan! By Air Drukair – Royal Bhutan Airlines The national carrier of Bhutan is Drukair (Royal Bhutan Airlines). Drukair fly regularly to Paro, Bhutan’s only airport, from Bangkok, Delhi, Kolkata and Kathmandu (daily). You can also get there from Singapore, Dhaka, Guwahati, Bagdogra and Gaya. […]