Ugyen Guru Lhakhang

























Ugyen Guru Lhakhang is a majestic temple built 2300m above sea level on a strategic location of Paro Pangbisa. It has an amazing view of the Paro valley.
The basic foundation of the lhakhang took place in the 15th century by Tertoen Sherub Maybar. He visited many holy places of Bhutan, and one of the most prominent places that he founded was Pangbisa which was actually directed by his destiny of revealing treasure from Nub Tshonapatra at the age of 25. It was at Pangbisa that he could wait till he attended the age of 25 to reveal the treasure from Nub Tshonapatra (the lake that is located near Pangbisa). 
Upon completing his mission Nub Tshonapatra, Tertoen then came back to Pangbisa and meditated on a huge stone. The main statue of Pangbisa was then built on the same stone where the Tertoen meditated. The main statue there is said to be the statue of 7th century st Guru Pema Jungney. Regarding the statue, the sculptures almost completed the full body of the statue but unfortunately, they could not manage to sculpt the part above the neck. Fortunately, the founder had a dream of two women visiting his monastery to sell a sculpted head of Guru Rinpoche. Immediately after that dream, he saw the same women with a basket on their backs near the temple. He went down and found that the ladies were actually there to sell the sculpted head of Guru. He took the sculpted head to fix it on the body. Surprisingly, the sculpted head gets fixed on the sculpture that they were building. He then went back to look for the two women but they weren't there anymore. The two women are believed to be Khando Yeshey Tshogyel and Khando Mendharawa. Because of this statue the temple was then named Ugyen Guru Lhakhang.  

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