Situated 4km far from Gaden Lam on a valley, Dechen Phodrang gives a stunning view of the Thimpu city. A two-storeyed structure that has several ancient paintings along with a central ordinance by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, or the Bearded Lama. These are scenic to look at. The paintings found here are dated back to the 12th century; that is pretty ancient. Dechen Phodrang means a \u2018Place of Great Bliss\u2019. It was later (in 1971) turned into a monastic school or Lobra for the teachings and preaching. When you visit during breaks, you will find the little monks running out to ask you a lot of questions. The stunningly carved main chapel is adorned with murals that go back to the authentic 13th-century artworks. These murals leave all the viewers enticed and charmed with their precision and exactness. In the upper section of the main building, there is a large size sculpture of the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. There is also a chapel that is devoted to the protective deities it is called Goenkhang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Situated 4km far from Gaden Lam on a valley, Dechen Phodrang gives a stunning view of the Thimpu city. A two-storeyed structure that has several ancient paintings along with a central ordinance by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, or the Bearded Lama. These are scenic to look at. The paintings found here are dated back to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1940","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1940\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhutanmarkmetoursandtreks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}