Radhika Aligh heads to the Land of the Thunder Dragon for a historic pilgrimage through its mountains — and meets plenty of ...

The mystery-cloaked Himalayan kingdom seeks Gross National Happiness, loves its king and wards off evil spirits with phallic ...

Preparation includes the construction of a Jangchub Chorten in the courtyard of the Punakha dzong. His Holiness the 68th Je Khenpo ... holy water from across Bhutan were used to make the bricks,” ...

The tours continue to Punakha, Bhutan's former capital, known for the majestic Punakha Dzong. This dzong, located at the confluence of the Pho and Mo Chhu rivers, is renowned for its beauty and ...

You don’t come to Bhutan for dessert ... which are often the one entity known as a dzong. Punakha, the former capital, is still the religious power base, and the dzong is its headquarters.

Built on a bank of the Mo Chu River, a short drive from Bhutan’s iconic whitewashed Punakha fortress, AndBeyond Punakha River Lodge is equal parts welcoming and wild. Down a bumpy dirt road, past the ...

Another day, while tree planting with the NGO Green Bhutan, we received a lesson on the importance of biodiversity at the Royal Botanical Park, Lampeiri. And one evening, after dark, we rafted past ...

Twitter Another place built in 16th century is known as the heap of jewels and is truly another jewel Bhutan is decorated ...

Bhutan's natural environment is among the ... Between these two rivers is Punakha Dzong, the second oldest fortress in the country and one of the 16 dzongs built by the Zhabdrung during his ...