Tokjoung Lhakhang
Chogyal Drimed Kuenden was an Indian prince, who later became a great dharma king. After giving away the most valued wealth of his nation, his father sent him and his family to exile for 12 years to “Dhuring Harshang KemKem” or “Kemkem Rig’. The place is also known as ‘Harshang Rinag’ which is about three days walk from the village although no one can pinpoint the exact location. The Beautiful Tokjoung Lhakhang As the prince and his family journeyed towards the north of his kingdom, which is Bhutan, he crossed many villages and one of the last village on his journey was the Dzongthang village which is pronounced more as Jongthang. According to oral history, there are two great plains about three hours walk from the village where the national animal of our country, takin, freely graze. Takin is called as “Droo Gyem Tse” in dzongkha, thus place came to be called as Drongthang. Dro is the takin and thang in dzongkha means plain. As time passed, the pronunciation has become to Dzon...