Quiz on Dzongs, Monasteries, and Chortens of Bhutan – Round 2
BHUTAN Quiz
Quiz on Dzongs,
Monasteries, and Chortens of Bhutan – Round 2
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Bhutan
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1. Who built Dungtse Lhakhang?
2. The first sanctuary to be built at Taktshang Pelphug dates back to which
century?
3. When was Taktshang handed over to Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel by Kathogpa
Lamas?
4. Who donated the statue of Avalokiteshvara with a thousand hands and a
thousand eyes in the sanctuary?
5. In which Dzong’s temple Zhabdrung’s body is preserved?
6. When was the first Buddhist temples built in Bhutan?
7. When was Drugyel Dzong built in Paro?
8. Why was Drugyel Dzong Built?
9. When was Punakha Dzong completed?
10. When was Punakha Dzong built?
11. When was Ta-Dzong built?
12. Who founded Talo Dzong?
13. What does Taktshang mean?
14. When was Dungtse Lhakhang
in Paro built?
15. When was Gasa Dzong built?
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Answer
1. The famous Tibetan Lama, Thangton Gyelpo
2. 14th Century
3. 1645
4. 25th Je Khenpo, Sherab Gyeltshen
5. The Machen Lhakhang
6. 7th century AD
7. 1647
8. To commemorate the victory and to prevent any
further Tibetan infiltration
9. 1635
10. 1637
11. 1951
12. Lam Jigme Singye
13. Tiger’s nest
14. 1433
15. 1646 AD
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