Rangjung Woesel Choeling Monastery
རང་བྱུང་འོད་གསལ་ཆོས་གླིང་
A Nyingma monastery on a hillside in Rangjung, east of Trashigang, home to hundreds of monks, with fine murals and views over the terraced valley.
Rangjung Woesel Choeling was founded in 1990 by Nyingma master Garsey Rinpoche and is one of the largest monasteries in eastern Bhutan. It houses a Buddhist college and a retreat center, and the main hall enshrines an image of Guru Padmasambhava. Rangjung town, where the monastery sits, is the required route to Radhi and Merak, and it also has a chorten and Zangdopelri Monastery. It is about 30 minutes by car from Trashigang. Visitors should dress respectfully, and photography is prohibited inside the hall.
Opening hours
Open daytime
Nearby sights
- Radhi
- Duksum Iron Chain Bridge & Weaving Village
- Trashigang Dzong
- Gom Kora
- Kanglung & Sherubtse College
- Merak
- Drametse Lhakhang
- Sakteng