In 1629, he built the Simtokha Dzong, the oldest surviving dzong in Bhutan. Today, the remote Himalayan kingdom has 20 dzongs, each different and yet similar. The distinctive architectural ...

Kalay vividly remembers that fateful winter night when the country lost its historic monument, the Drukgyel Dzong, to a fire 70 years ago. He has watched people visit the dzong in complete ruins since ...

Mongar Dratshang’s clergy and dzongkhag officials say more than eight-decade-old Dzong requires a major renovation. Mongar Lam Neten Ngawang Tenzin said the wooden parts of the Dzong’s utse were ...