Studio Matrx Monthly · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · October 2026
Amogh N P
✦ In loving memory of Amogh N P — Architect · Designer · Visionary ✦
Photography
✦ Through the lens · in Amogh's frame

Bhutan through Amogh's lens

Dzong carving and painted timber, masks and prayer wheels, jacaranda and wild rhododendron, the takin and the Tiger's Nest — a week across Bhutan as an architect saw it.

Bhutan May 2024 57 photographs
The Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang) monastery clinging to its cliff, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N P
The Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang) monastery clinging to its cliff, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N P
5 stages · 57 photographs

01Paro

5 photographs
Paro, Bhutan

Foxglove at the airport garden, the painted terminal, and the clear Paro Chhu.

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A spire of pink foxglove in bloom, Paro, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PFoxglove bells against a bank of magenta azalea, Paro, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PThe painted timber facade of Paro International Airport, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PThe clear, stony shallows of the Paro Chhu below wooded hills, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N P

02Thimphu

21 photographs
Thimphu, Bhutan

Masks, chillies and prayer wheels at Simply Bhutan, the Buddha Dordenma from every angle, poppies, and the takin at Motithang.

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The painted clock tower of Thimphu's Clock Tower Square against a grey sky, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PA Bhutanese-style corner building rising over a Thimphu street, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PRed chillies drying along a timber balcony at Simply Bhutan, Thimphu — photograph by Amogh N PA wall of painted cham dance masks at Simply Bhutan, Thimphu — photograph by Amogh N P

03Dochula Pass

3 photographs
Dochula, Bhutan

The 108 chortens of the Druk Wangyal memorial, 3,100 metres up on the road to Punakha.

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The whitewashed chortens of the Druk Wangyal memorial at Dochula pass, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PA row of the 108 chortens stepping down the hill at Dochula pass, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PThe Druk Wangyal Lhakhang among old cypress at Dochula pass, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N P

04Punakha

16 photographs
Punakha, Bhutan

Punakha Dzong in jacaranda season — carved windows, painted walls and mandalas — and the valley at dusk.

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Punakha Dzong at the meeting of the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu, jacaranda in bloom, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PThe central tower of Punakha Dzong above purple jacaranda, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PTiers of carved and painted windows on a white wall of Punakha Dzong, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PA tabby cat walking past an ochre wall inside Punakha Dzong, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N P

05The Tiger's Nest

12 photographs
Paro Taktsang, Bhutan

The climb to Paro Taktsang — the monastery on its cliff, waterfalls, cairns and wild rhododendron.

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The Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang) monastery clinging to its cliff, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PParo Taktsang beneath the sheer rock face, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PWild red rhododendron in bloom on the Tiger's Nest trail, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N PThe waterfall in the gorge below the Tiger's Nest, Bhutan — photograph by Amogh N P

A rare few leave behind a way of seeing.

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