Nyimalung Monastery

Nyimalung Monastery
Monastery information
Location	Prakhar, Bhutan
Founded by	Doring Trulku
Founded	1938
Date renovated	2002
Type	Tibetan Buddhist
Sect	Nyingmapa
No. of monks	100

Nyimalung Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in central Bhutan, not far from Prakhar. The monastery was founded by Doring Trulku in 1938, a lama who originally came from Dartesedo in Kham in eastern Tibet. The monastery underwent restoration in 2002. The monastery, home to around 100 monks is especially noted for its talented musicians and its large thangka, devoted by the Japanese, which attracts pilgrims to a festival in the 5th lunar month.^[1]

References

1. ^ Pommaret, Francoise (2006). Bhutan Himlayan Mountains Kingdom (5th edition). Odyssey Books and Guides. pp. 224–225. 

Coordinates: 27°29′50″N 90°44′49″E / 27.49722°N 90.74694°E / 27.49722; 90.74694