Dzong in a sentence

The Dzong located at the end of Gaden Lam was originally the site of Thimphu's original Tashichhoe Dzong.

Over 1,000 Bhutanese and international participants gathered at Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro, for the opening of the highly-powered Bhutan Innovation Forum, a visionary conference aimed at driving change yesterday.

Five years after commencing the renovation project, in 1969, corresponding with the Earth Bird Year, the Dzong was consecrated.

PM Narendra Modi with Bhutan counterpart Lotay Tshering at Simtokha Dzong, in Thimphu.

Prime Minister Modi was escorted into the Tashichhdzong in a traditional Chipdrel Ceremony, and a Guard of Honour was presented at the courtyard of the dzong.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also launched RuPay Card in Bhutan by making a purchase at Simtokha Dzong, built-in 1629 by Shabdrung Namgyal, which functions as a monastic and administrative centre and is one of the oldest dzongs in Bhutan.

Principal Gyedun Gyamtsho said that the dzong is one of the oldest in the country and only minor repairs were done until now.

The Prime Minister also planted a Cypress tree sapling at Simtokha Dzong.

Tshering Namgay said that the conservation project has not caused any major changes to the traditional architecture and that the exterior part of the dzong remains the same.

Also on display here are a model of the Punakha Dzong and the Chorten architecture.

Among these monks was the founder of the Lhapa subsect of the Kargyupa school, to whom is attributed the introduction of strategically built dzong.

A night view of Tashichho Dzong during snowfall.

Between the 12th century and the 17th century, the two Kargyupa subsects vied with one another from their respective dzong as the older form of Nyingmapa Buddhism was eclipsed.

Bhutan had no regular army, and what forces existed were composed of dzong guards armed with matchlocks, bows and arrows, swords, knives, and catapults.

During this time the practice of using a Dzong both as a religious centre for lamas and administrative centre for civic administration was introduced.

He promulgated a code of law and built a network of impregnable dzong, a system that helped bring local lords under centralized control and strengthened the country against Tibetan invasions.

It is a small dzong (only convert square with gate on the southern direction), located about convert to the south of Thimphu.

It is located across the Wang Chuu River opposite to the Tashechho Dzong.

It was then a hamlet of a few houses built, around the Tashichhoe Dzong.

Some of these dzong guards, carrying shields and wearing chainmail armor, engaged the well-equipped British forces.