Archery is the National Game of Bhutan While passing through towns and villages in Bhutan, we often came across Bhutanese men enjoying a game of archery. Archery in Bhutan, however, is played somewhat differently to the international version. Archery became extremely...
View From Inside of a Bhutan Prayer Flag Pole Prayer flags are a common sight throughout Bhutan. For hundreds of years, prayer flags have played a major role in the traditions of the Bhutanese people. Bhutan’s prayer flags, like Tibetian prayer flags, can be...
White Prayer Flags on a pole in the remote Himalayan Mountains north of Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. White symbolizes the element air and each panel is covered with Buddhist mantras. See also: Archery in Bhutan Our Amazing Bhutan Tour Photo: Hermit Monk of Burning...
Mebar Tsho, otherwise known as “Burning Lake” is a sacred place in Tang Valley, Bumthang, Bhutan where it is believed in 1475, Buddhist Saint, Terton Pema Lingpa, jumped into the water with a burning oil lamp and emerged with a statue, a sacred scroll and...
Buddha Dordenma Statue in Thimpu, Bhutan Overlooking the southern approach to Thimpu, the capitol of Bhutan, the Buddha Dordenma will, at 169 feet, be one of the world’s largest bronze Buddha statues. The colossus is built to contain over 100,000 8- inch-tall and...
