Dungtse Lhakhang
The temple was built in 1421 by Drupthob Thangtong Gyalpo to subdue an ogress. It was renovated in 1841 by Bhutan's 25th supreme abbot of the monastic body Jekhenpo Sherub Gyeltshen. The temple was said to have built with labours of local strong men known as the 'Nyagoe' because of which the pillar are a big in size.
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Google Earth- ཟླུམ་བརྩེགས་ལྷ་ཁང་། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
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- དུང་རྩེ་ལྷ་ཁང་། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
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