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[[File:Wangdi Phodrang Dzong.jpg|thumb|The Paradise of Wangdi Phodrang Bhutan. Captured by kuenzang Tobgay]]
'''Wangdue Phodrang''' ({{bo|t=དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་}}, [[Dzongkha]] ''''Wangdi Phodr'a'''<ref name="van Driem">{{cite book|last1=van Driem|first1=George|title=Guide to Official Dzongkha Romanization|date=1991|publisher=Sherub Lham Press|location=Gaylegphug, Bhutan|page=98}}</ref>) is a [[town]] and capital ([[dzongkhag]] [[thromde]]) of [[Wangdue Phodrang District]] in central [[Bhutan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/cabinet-approves-thromdes/ |publisher=[[Bhutan Observer]] online |first=Sonam |last=Pelden |title=Cabinet Approves Thromdes |date=2010-05-07 |accessdate=2011-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/lg-elections-finalized/ |publisher=[[Bhutan Observer]] online |first=Kezang |last=Dorji |title=LG Elections Finalized |date=2010-11-26 |accessdate=2011-07-30}}</ref> It is located in [[Thedtsho Gewog]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/wangdue.pdf |title=Chiwogs in Wangdue Phodrang |publisher=Election Commission, [[Government of Bhutan]] |year=2011 |accessdate=2011-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=[[National Geospatial Intelligence Agency]] |accessdate=2008-07-05 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-08}}</ref>
'''Wangdue Phodrang''' ({{bo|t=དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་}}, [[Dzongkha]] ''''Wangdi Phodr'a'''<ref name="van Driem">{{cite book|last1=van Driem|first1=George|title=Guide to Official Dzongkha Romanization|date=1991|publisher=Sherub Lham Press|location=Gaylegphug, Bhutan|page=98}}</ref>) is a [[town]] and capital ([[dzongkhag]] [[thromde]]) of [[Wangdue Phodrang District]] in central [[Bhutan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/cabinet-approves-thromdes/ |publisher=[[Bhutan Observer]] online |first=Sonam |last=Pelden |title=Cabinet Approves Thromdes |date=2010-05-07 |access-date=2011-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/lg-elections-finalized/ |publisher=[[Bhutan Observer]] online |first=Kezang |last=Dorji |title=LG Elections Finalized |date=2010-11-26 |access-date=2011-07-30}}</ref> It is located in [[Thedtsho Gewog]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/wangdue.pdf |title=Chiwogs in Wangdue Phodrang |publisher=Election Commission, [[Government of Bhutan]] |year=2011 |access-date=2011-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=[[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=2008-07-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-08}}</ref> Khothang Rinchenling


==History==
==History==
[[File:NovicesWangdue.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Śrāmaṇera|Getsi]] (novices, {{bo|w=dge tshul}}) in Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, Bhutan]]
[[File:NovicesWangdue.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Śrāmaṇera|Getsi]] (novices, {{bo|w=dge tshul}}) in Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, Bhutan]]
The town shares its name with the [[dzong architecture|dzong]] built in 1638 that dominates the district. The name is said to have been given by [[Ngawang Namgyal]], the 1st [[Zhabdrung Rinpoche]], who was searching for the best location for a dzong to prevent incursions from the south. At the chosen spot, the Zhabdrung encountered a boy named Wangdi playing beside the river and hence named the dzong "Wangdi's Palace".{{cn|date=February 2018}}
The town shares its name with the [[Wangdue Phodrang Dzong]] built in 1638 that dominates the district. The name is said to have been given by [[Ngawang Namgyal]], the 1st [[Zhabdrung Rinpoche]], who was searching for the best location for a [[dzong architecture|dzong]] to prevent incursions from the south. At the chosen spot, the Zhabdrung encountered a boy named Wangdi playing beside the river and hence named the dzong "Wangdi's Palace".{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}


== Fire and reconstruction ==
Wangdi Phodrang Dzong burnt down in the afternoon of {{date|24 June 2012}}. However, the dzong was being renovated at the time, so most of the historical relics had already been put into storage and were saved from destruction.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Wangduephodrang Dzong completely gutted | url=http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=14477 | date=24 June 2012 | accessdate=2012-06-24 }}</ref> Shortly after the fire, more than 1000 Japanese sympathizers donated an equivalent of over US$134,500 to the Wangdue Phodrang Reconstruction Fund.<ref>Donations from the people of Japan for Wangduephodrang Dzong reconstruction. (2012, September 10). ''Targeted News Service.'' Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1039681371</ref> Other donations have also arrived, but reconstruction is still underway as of 2014.<ref>HM graces prayer ceremony for Druk Khamsum Wangdi Choki Phodrang Dzong reconstruction. (2014, January 26). ''Bhutan Observer.'' Retrieved from http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/article/GALE%7CA357445430?u=nhc_main&sid=summon&userGroup=nhc_main</ref>
[[File:Bhutan - renovation Wangdue Phodrang after fire.jpg|alt=Reconstruction work in February 2013|thumb|Reconstruction work in February 2013]]
[[File:Wangdue Phodrang bridge.jpg|thumb|Wangdue Phodrang bridge]]
Wangdi Phodrang Dzong burnt down in the afternoon of 24 June 2012, supposedly because of a faulty electrical water cooker. However, the dzong was being renovated at the time, so most of the historical relics had already been put into storage and were saved from destruction.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Wangduephodrang Dzong completely gutted | url=http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=14477 | date=24 June 2012 | access-date=2012-06-24 }}</ref> Shortly after the fire, more than 1000 Japanese sympathizers donated an equivalent of over US$134,500 to the Wangdue Phodrang Reconstruction Fund.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1039681371}} |title=Donations from the People of Japan for Wangduephodrang Dzong Reconstruction |work=Targeted News Service |date=10 September 2012 }}</ref>

== Dolung Gonpa ==
Dolung Gonpa is located at the Wangdue. Based on the oral tradition, this monastery is one of several seats founded in different parts of Bhutan around 16th century by Chung Youngzin Ngagi Wangachuk. It was built as practice center of Jangsa Dzong near the village of Khotokha Yulsar.

According to another oral tradition this Goenpa was founded by the 2nd Je khenpo Sonam Yozer, who came to the Je Khenpho throne in the water Rat year of the 11th Rabjung.

Today the Government has started a monastic school at this two-storey monastery.

Situated at 2770 meters above sea level, it can be reached in about fifteen minutes on foot from Khothang Rinchenling Shedra.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kun-bzang-vphrin-las |title=A comprehensive guide to the sacred places of Bhutan (Punakha, Wangdiphodrang, Chukha) |date=2016 |publisher=KMT Printers and Publishers |isbn=978-99936-33-53-2 |series=Seeds of faith / ed. by Pema Wangdi and M. Ling |location=Thimphu}}</ref>


==Topology==
==Topology==
There are three paved roads in Wangdi Phodrang. The [[Lateral Road]] enters from the west at Dochu Pass, crosses the [[Sankosh River]] (Dzongkha: ''Puna Tsang Chhu'') at Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, and continues east to Tongsa. One spur road heads north from Wangdi Phodrang to [[Punakha Dzong]] and slightly beyond. This becomes the footpath to [[Gasa District|Gasa]].
There are three paved roads in Wangdi Phodrang. The [[Lateral Road]] enters from the west at Dochula Pass, crosses the [[Sankosh River]] (Dzongkha: ''Puna Tsang Chhu'') at Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, and continues east to Tongsa. One spur road heads north from Wangdi Phodrang to [[Punakha Dzong]] and slightly beyond. This becomes the footpath to [[Gasa District|Gasa]].

A second spur departs the Lateral Road near the Pele Pass halfway between Wangdi and Tongsa, traveling south a short distance to [[Gangteng Monastery]] and the [[Phobjikha Valley]], where rare [[black-necked crane]]s may be found. Khothang Rinchenling is one of the eight main seats founded by Kunkhye Longchen Rabjam, the Great Chariot of the Old School of the Early Translation who visited Bhutan in the Fourteenth Century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kun-bzang-vphrin-las |title=A comprehensive guide to the sacred places of Bhutan (Punakha, Wangdiphodrang, Chukha) |date=2016 |publisher=KMT Printers and Publishers |isbn=978-99936-33-53-2 |series=Seeds of faith / ed. by Pema Wangdi and M. Ling |location=Thimphu}}</ref>

== Bridge ==
An interesting story connects the Dzong to the old cantilever bridge that once used to span the Punatsangchu. The bridge was built after the construction of the dzong under the direction of famed mason called Drakpa from Rinchengang village. As a safeguard against flash flood, a mandala dedicated to mithrugpa was installed at the base of the bridge's foundation.

During the tenure of the 20th Wangzop Domchung a big flood washed away the entire bridge, except for the mandala and the base, which were left intact.

It is said the Dzongpon Domchung organized a tshechu with the masked dance, Dolay Raksha.

It was performed to attract the river spirit who was disrupting reconstruction of the bridge. The sprite stayed engrossed in the festivity, Domchung with several hundred men sneaked down to the river and completed the bridge.

The unleashed floods destroyed the bridge, but the Wangzop was very clever, so he had worked with clever design into the foundation pillar to withstand the forces of water.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Dzongs of Bhutan: fortresses of the Dragon kingdom |date=2008 |publisher=Bhutan Times |isbn=978-99936-705-2-0 |editor-last=Bstan-vdzin-rnam-rgyal |edition=2. |location=Thimphu}}</ref>

==Climate==
Wangdue Phodrang features a dry-winter [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])
{{weather box
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|location=Wangdue Phodrang, 1996–2018
|Jan high C = 19.3
|Feb high C = 20.7
|Mar high C = 23.8
|Apr high C = 26.6
|May high C = 28.5
|Jun high C = 29.5
|Jul high C = 29.1
|Aug high C = 29.1
|Sep high C = 28.4
|Oct high C = 27.0
|Nov high C = 23.8
|Dec high C = 21.0
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 5.0
|Feb low C = 7.7
|Mar low C = 10.7
|Apr low C = 14.4
|May low C = 17.6
|Jun low C = 20.4
|Jul low C = 20.9
|Aug low C = 20.7
|Sep low C = 19.7
|Oct low C = 15.0
|Nov low C = 9.8
|Dec low C = 6.2
|year low C =
|Jan precipitation mm = 5.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 6.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 18.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 38.8
|May precipitation mm = 66.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 102.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 143.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 135.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 91.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 45.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 3.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 3.3
|year precipitation mm =
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 0.7
|Feb precipitation days = 1.1
|Mar precipitation days = 3.5
|Apr precipitation days = 6.6
|May precipitation days = 9.2
|Jun precipitation days = 12.1
|Jul precipitation days = 16.9
|Aug precipitation days = 16.5
|Sep precipitation days = 12.0
|Oct precipitation days = 5.0
|Nov precipitation days = 0.8
|Dec precipitation days = 0.5
|year precipitation days=
|source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref>
{{cite web|url = https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=1274|title = World Weather Information Service – Wangdue Phodrang|publisher= World Meteorological Organization|access-date = November 1, 2022
}}</ref>
}}

=== Rubesa Gewog ===
Rubesa Gewog is located opposite Wangdi Phodrang Dzong. It consists of six chiwogs and covers an area of approximately 163.6 sq. km. The population is about three thousand people, distributed across a total of 309 households. The gewog has two schools: Jalla Primary School and Bangteykha Primary School, as well as one BHU located at Jalla Chiwog'''''.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=རུས་སྦིས་ས། |url=http://www.wangduephodrang.gov.bt/gewogs/rus-sbis-s |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.wangduephodrang.gov.bt |language=en}}</ref>

=== Hahi Gewog ===
Hahi Gewog is located in the south western parts of Wangdue Phodrang Dzong. The total area of 6470 hectares or 64.7 sq.km. It is consists of Five chiwogs with an estimated population of 1200 people.There are one School called Nahi Primary School, Build in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nahi Primary School |url=http://www.wangduephodrang.gov.bt/institution/nahi-primary-school |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.wangduephodrang.gov.bt |language=en}}</ref>


=== Institutions ===
A second spur departs the Lateral Road near the Pele Pass halfway between Wangdi and Tongsa, traveling south a short distance to [[Gangteng Monastery]] and the [[Phobjikha Valley]], where rare [[black-necked crane]]s may be found.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:26, 11 August 2024

'Wangdi Phodra
དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་
Wangdue Phodrang
Dzong at 'Wangdi Phodr'a, Bhutan
Dzong at 'Wangdi Phodr'a, Bhutan
'Wangdi Phodr•a is located in Bhutan
'Wangdi Phodr•a
'Wangdi Phodra
Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 27°29′N 89°54′E / 27.483°N 89.900°E / 27.483; 89.900
Country Bhutan
DzongkhagWangdue Phodrang District
GewogThedtsho Gewog
Elevation
1,273 m (4,177 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total8,954
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
ClimateCwa
The Paradise of Wangdi Phodrang Bhutan. Captured by kuenzang Tobgay

Wangdue Phodrang (Tibetan: དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་, Dzongkha 'Wangdi Phodr'a[1]) is a town and capital (dzongkhag thromde) of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan.[2][3] It is located in Thedtsho Gewog.[4][5] Khothang Rinchenling

History

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Getsi (novices, Wylie: dge tshul) in Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, Bhutan

The town shares its name with the Wangdue Phodrang Dzong built in 1638 that dominates the district. The name is said to have been given by Ngawang Namgyal, the 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, who was searching for the best location for a dzong to prevent incursions from the south. At the chosen spot, the Zhabdrung encountered a boy named Wangdi playing beside the river and hence named the dzong "Wangdi's Palace".[citation needed]

Fire and reconstruction

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Reconstruction work in February 2013
Reconstruction work in February 2013
Wangdue Phodrang bridge

Wangdi Phodrang Dzong burnt down in the afternoon of 24 June 2012, supposedly because of a faulty electrical water cooker. However, the dzong was being renovated at the time, so most of the historical relics had already been put into storage and were saved from destruction.[6] Shortly after the fire, more than 1000 Japanese sympathizers donated an equivalent of over US$134,500 to the Wangdue Phodrang Reconstruction Fund.[7]

Dolung Gonpa

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Dolung Gonpa is located at the Wangdue. Based on the oral tradition, this monastery is one of several seats founded in different parts of Bhutan around 16th century by Chung Youngzin Ngagi Wangachuk. It was built as practice center of Jangsa Dzong near the village of Khotokha Yulsar.

According to another oral tradition this Goenpa was founded by the 2nd Je khenpo Sonam Yozer, who came to the Je Khenpho throne in the water Rat year of the 11th Rabjung.

Today the Government has started a monastic school at this two-storey monastery.

Situated at 2770 meters above sea level, it can be reached in about fifteen minutes on foot from Khothang Rinchenling Shedra.[8]

Topology

[edit]

There are three paved roads in Wangdi Phodrang. The Lateral Road enters from the west at Dochula Pass, crosses the Sankosh River (Dzongkha: Puna Tsang Chhu) at Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, and continues east to Tongsa. One spur road heads north from Wangdi Phodrang to Punakha Dzong and slightly beyond. This becomes the footpath to Gasa.

A second spur departs the Lateral Road near the Pele Pass halfway between Wangdi and Tongsa, traveling south a short distance to Gangteng Monastery and the Phobjikha Valley, where rare black-necked cranes may be found. Khothang Rinchenling is one of the eight main seats founded by Kunkhye Longchen Rabjam, the Great Chariot of the Old School of the Early Translation who visited Bhutan in the Fourteenth Century.[9]

Bridge

[edit]

An interesting story connects the Dzong to the old cantilever bridge that once used to span the Punatsangchu. The bridge was built after the construction of the dzong under the direction of famed mason called Drakpa from Rinchengang village. As a safeguard against flash flood, a mandala dedicated to mithrugpa was installed at the base of the bridge's foundation.

During the tenure of the 20th Wangzop Domchung a big flood washed away the entire bridge, except for the mandala and the base, which were left intact.

It is said the Dzongpon Domchung organized a tshechu with the masked dance, Dolay Raksha.

It was performed to attract the river spirit who was disrupting reconstruction of the bridge. The sprite stayed engrossed in the festivity, Domchung with several hundred men sneaked down to the river and completed the bridge.

The unleashed floods destroyed the bridge, but the Wangzop was very clever, so he had worked with clever design into the foundation pillar to withstand the forces of water.[10]

Climate

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Wangdue Phodrang features a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen)

Climate data for Wangdue Phodrang, 1996–2018
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 19.3
(66.7)
20.7
(69.3)
23.8
(74.8)
26.6
(79.9)
28.5
(83.3)
29.5
(85.1)
29.1
(84.4)
29.1
(84.4)
28.4
(83.1)
27.0
(80.6)
23.8
(74.8)
21.0
(69.8)
25.6
(78.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.0
(41.0)
7.7
(45.9)
10.7
(51.3)
14.4
(57.9)
17.6
(63.7)
20.4
(68.7)
20.9
(69.6)
20.7
(69.3)
19.7
(67.5)
15.0
(59.0)
9.8
(49.6)
6.2
(43.2)
14.0
(57.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.3
(0.21)
6.5
(0.26)
18.4
(0.72)
38.8
(1.53)
66.1
(2.60)
102.6
(4.04)
143.9
(5.67)
135.8
(5.35)
91.3
(3.59)
45.9
(1.81)
3.0
(0.12)
3.3
(0.13)
660.9
(26.03)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.7 1.1 3.5 6.6 9.2 12.1 16.9 16.5 12.0 5.0 0.8 0.5 84.9
Source: World Meteorological Organization[11]

Rubesa Gewog

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Rubesa Gewog is located opposite Wangdi Phodrang Dzong. It consists of six chiwogs and covers an area of approximately 163.6 sq. km. The population is about three thousand people, distributed across a total of 309 households. The gewog has two schools: Jalla Primary School and Bangteykha Primary School, as well as one BHU located at Jalla Chiwog.[12]

Hahi Gewog

[edit]

Hahi Gewog is located in the south western parts of Wangdue Phodrang Dzong. The total area of 6470 hectares or 64.7 sq.km. It is consists of Five chiwogs with an estimated population of 1200 people.There are one School called Nahi Primary School, Build in 1980.[13]

Institutions

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References

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  1. ^ van Driem, George (1991). Guide to Official Dzongkha Romanization. Gaylegphug, Bhutan: Sherub Lham Press. p. 98.
  2. ^ Pelden, Sonam (2010-05-07). "Cabinet Approves Thromdes". Bhutan Observer online. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  3. ^ Dorji, Kezang (2010-11-26). "LG Elections Finalized". Bhutan Observer online. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  4. ^ "Chiwogs in Wangdue Phodrang" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  5. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  6. ^ "Wangduephodrang Dzong completely gutted". 24 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  7. ^ "Donations from the People of Japan for Wangduephodrang Dzong Reconstruction". Targeted News Service. 10 September 2012. ProQuest 1039681371.
  8. ^ Kun-bzang-vphrin-las (2016). A comprehensive guide to the sacred places of Bhutan (Punakha, Wangdiphodrang, Chukha). Seeds of faith / ed. by Pema Wangdi and M. Ling. Thimphu: KMT Printers and Publishers. ISBN 978-99936-33-53-2.
  9. ^ Kun-bzang-vphrin-las (2016). A comprehensive guide to the sacred places of Bhutan (Punakha, Wangdiphodrang, Chukha). Seeds of faith / ed. by Pema Wangdi and M. Ling. Thimphu: KMT Printers and Publishers. ISBN 978-99936-33-53-2.
  10. ^ Bstan-vdzin-rnam-rgyal, ed. (2008). Dzongs of Bhutan: fortresses of the Dragon kingdom (2. ed.). Thimphu: Bhutan Times. ISBN 978-99936-705-2-0.
  11. ^ "World Weather Information Service – Wangdue Phodrang". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "རུས་སྦིས་ས།". www.wangduephodrang.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  13. ^ "Nahi Primary School". www.wangduephodrang.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
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