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Rinpung Dzong — Street View

Rinpung Dzong guide: Paro fortress-monastery history, traditional architecture, Nyamai Zam bridge, Tshechu festival, hours and visitor etiquette.

Rinpung Dzong is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion.

In the 15th century local people offered the crag of Hungrel at Paro to Lama Drung Drung Gyal, a descendant of Pajo Drugom Zhigpo. Drung Drung Gyal built a small temple there and later a five storied Dzong or fortress which was known as Hungrel Dzong.

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Where it is: Paro, Bhutan · 27.426631981197, 89.423189269975

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