Dewathang Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Dewathang
The main bazaar in the village is one long tree lined street, giving the village an appearance more similar to an Indian hill station than a traditional Bhutanese settlement. The entrance to the village is dominated by army barracks of the Royal Bhutan Army, while on the hill beyond the town is a technical college, a large hospital and Deothang Middle Secondary School. Due to the large population of army families and students, the village is relatively prosperous and enjoys a more pleasant climate than Sandrup Jongkhar, 18 km down the mountain on the plains. On a hill overlooking the village is the Chyoki Gyatso Institute of Buddhist Studies, a college in the Nyingma tradition of Buddhism, founded by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, a well known Buddhist master and movie director. During the Du
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