Lhuntse Dzong
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lhuntse District, Bhutan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the homonymic zong (rdzong) and county in Tibet, see Lhünzê County.
Lhuentse Dzong is a dzong and Buddhist monastery in Lhuentse District in eastern Bhutan. It lies on the eastern side of the Kuri Chhu and is perched on a spur at the end of a narrow valley.[1]
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Lhuntse Dzong | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Nyingma |
Deity | Padmasambhava |
Location | |
Location | Lhuentse District, Bhutan |
Country | Bhutan |
Geographic coordinates | 27°39′54″N 91°11′12″E |
Architecture | |
Style | Bhutanese dzong |
Founder | Kunga Wanpo (1543). Built by Chogyal Minjur Tenpa (1654) |
Date established | 1543 |
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The Dzong was initially known as Kurtoed in the then-isolated Lhuentse District. It is the ancestral home of the House of Wangchuck (Dasho Jigme Namgyal was born there in 1825).
While its geographic coordinates are in eastern Bhutan, its cultural roots are central Bhutanese. This was because before road traffic connected it to Mongar, the approach was through a trade route crossing Rodang Pass.[2][3]