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vowels or
missing conjuncts instead of
Tibetan characters.
Dzong architecture is used for
dzongs, a
distinctive type of
fortified monastery (Dzongkha: རྫོང...
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Tashichho Dzong (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང) is a
Buddhist monastery and
fortress on the
northern edge of the city of
Thimphu in Bhutan, on the western...
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Rinpung Dzong,
sometimes referred to as Paro
Dzong, is a
large dzong -
Buddhist monastery and
fortress - of the
Drukpa Lineage of the
Kagyu school in Paro...
- The
Punakha Dzong, also
known as
Pungthang Dewa
chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the
palace of
great happiness or bliss"), is the
administrative centre of Punakha...
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Simtokha Dzong ('
dzong'
means "castle-monastery") also
known as
Sangak Zabdhon Phodrang (Bhutanese
language meaning: "Palace of the
Profound Meaning of...
- and
dzongkhag (district) of
central Bhutan. This is also the name of the
dzong (built in 1638)
which dominates the district. The name is said to have been...
- The
Dzong is
called Singye Dzong since the
Dzong (rock)
resembles a lion. The
Singye Dzong was
discovered by
Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal. "Singye
Dzong, the...
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Trongsa Dzong is the
largest dzong fortress in Bhutan,
located in
Trongsa (formerly Tongsa) in
Trongsa district, in the
centre of the country.
Built on...
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Drukgyal Dzong (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་རྫོང་།), also
known as
Drukgyel Dzong, is a
fortress and
Buddhist monastery,
located in the
upper part of the Paro...
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Zhabdrung acquiring the
Dzong in 1641, the
Dzong was
renamed as
Tashichho Dzong.
During this time the
practice of
using a
Dzong both as a
religious centre...
