Rinpung Dzong, Bhutan

Rinpung Dzong


Rinpung Dzong is a monastic fortress in the Paro district of Bhutan. It addition to being a Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Kargyu school, which is a branch of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpung Dzong also serves as the government office for Paro. It was here that some scenes of the 1993 film Little Buddha was filmed.

Rinpung Dzong was built and consecrated in 1646. It became the administrative and monastic center for the western part of Bhutan. Within it are fourteen shrines and chapels. Standing guard above it is a seven-storey watchtower known as Ta Dzong, built in 1649. It became the home of the National Museum of Bhutan since 1968, housing some 3,000 works of Bhutanese art.

A traditional covered cantilever bridge crosses the river in front of Rinpung Dzong.

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