Nyimalung Monastery

Nyimalung Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Nyingmapa
Location
Location	Prakhar, Bhutan
Country	Bhutan
Location within Bhutan
Coordinates	27°29′50″N90°44′49″E / 27.49722°N 90.74694°E / 27.49722; 90.74694
Architecture
Founder	Doring Trulku
Established	1938

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. Jigme Wangchuck, the Second King of Bhutan, had the monastery renovated and upgraded in 1940. Then the monastery again underwent restoration in 2002. The monastery, home to around 150 monks is especially noted for its talented musicians and its large thangka, donated by the Japanese, which attracts pilgrims to a festival held from the 8th to the 10th day of the 5th lunar month. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Pommaret, Francoise (2006). Bhutan Himalayan Mountains Kingdom (5th ed.). Odyssey Books and Guides. pp. 224–225.
2. "Nimalung Monastery, the Temple in the Sun Valley of Bumthang". bhutanpilgrimage.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.