Dramitse

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Dramitse
(Dremetse, Dremtse, Demtsi)
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Dramitse
Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 27°18′56″N91°26′11″E / 27.31556°N 91.43639°E / 27.31556; 91.43639 Coordinates: 27°18′56″N91°26′11″E / 27.31556°N 91.43639°E / 27.31556; 91.43639
CountryFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
District Mongar District
Elevation
6,900 ft (2,100 m)
Time zone UTC+6 (BTT)

Dramitse (also Dametsi or Drametse) is a town in Drametse Gewog in the east part of Mongar District, Eastern Bhutan. [1] At the 2005 census, its population was 541. [2] It is situated on a hill opposite the town of Trashigang.

The town is the location of Dramitse Monastery, which is the home of the Drametse Ngacham or "Drum Dance" originated by Lama Kunga Gyaltsen, [3] and the seat in Bhutan of Peling Sungtrul, who is revered as the speech incarnation of Pema Lingpa.

View of Drametse in Mongar district Drametse view 1 515 kb.jpg
View of Drametse in Mongar district

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