Discover the best places to visit in Bhutan, from Tiger’s Nest and Thimphu to Punakha and Bumthang. Plan a cultural holiday, scenic walks or a trekking trip.

Who was Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), Bhutan's great tertön or treasure-revealer from Bumthang? The Mebartsho burning-lake story, Tamzhing Monastery (1501), the royal Wangchuck dynasty's descent from him, and his three incarnation lines — the Peling Yab-Sey-Sum: the Sungtrul (Tamzhing), the Thuksey, and

Who is the Karmapa? The head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism since the 1st Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa (1110–1193); the Black Crown; Tsurphu and Rumtek; the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924–1981) and his ties to Bhutan — the Black Crown ceremony in Bumthang, the 1959 journey through B

Thimphu, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Wednesday held talks with Bhutan's Foreign Minister Lyonpo D N Dhungyel in Bumthang, reviewing the wide-ranging cooperation between both neighbouring countries. "Delighted to meet FM Bhutan Lyonpo D. N. Dhungyel and jointly review our wide-ranging cooperation. Thank him for hosting me in the spiritual and historical centre of Bumthang. Our conversation focused on advancing our multifaceted engagement in development partnership, energy, trade, connectivity, culture and people to people ties. Today’s discussions reflected the trust, goodwill and warmth of our ties," EAM Jaishankar posted on X after the meeting.

A fortnight ago, we (a group of birders) had gone on a birding trip to Bhutan. We entered by road through Samdrup Jonkhar in eastern Bhutan, went through Trashigang, Yongkhola, Mongar, Bumthang, Tr…