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Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup Lhakhang nunnery is perched overlooking the Punakha and Wangduephodrang Valleys. The temple complex also houses a permanent higher learning and meditation centre of nuns where apart from religious training it provides life skill training such as tailoring, embroidery, statue making and thangka painting.

Mother and son meditating

Small homes where the nuns live

I have never seen a front door quite lilke this

Trim around the edge of the roof of the small home for nuns

Young nun in training

East road dirt single lane highway betwen Thimphu and Punakha in the distance

Home of the mother and father of the 4 former Queens that were sisters. They provided the funds for the nunery and live closeby

Punakha Dzong is built at the junction of the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers in 1637 to serve as the administrative center of the region until 1955 when the Capital was moved to Thimphu.. Damaged by catastrophic fires and earthquakes the buildings have been fully restored.

The suspension bridge is 165 feet long. Unfortunately the bridge has been destroyed by the raging river and floods several times in history.

Punakha Dzong is also called the Palace of Great Happiness

Young Monks in residence bathing in the nearby river

Walking on the suspension bridge

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