✦ Journeys · in Amogh’s footsteps · Stage 03 of 04
Punakha
Over the Dochula pass and its 108 chortens to Punakha Dzong at the meeting of two rivers, the jacaranda in full purple bloom, the long swaying suspension bridge over the Pho Chhu, and the dzong lit up at night.
Punakha, Bhutan 24 photographs
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The 108 chortens of the Druk Wangyal memorial at Dochula pass, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyThe Druk Wangyal Lhakhang at Dochula pass, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyPunakha Dzong and the jacaranda from across the Mo Chhu, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyAmogh N P at the lookout above Punakha Dzong and the Mo Chhu, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P in the courtyard of Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P looking out at Punakha Dzong through jacaranda in bloom, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P smiling at Punakha Dzong among the jacaranda, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P before Punakha Dzong and the jacaranda trees, Bhutan, May 2024A carved and painted window of Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyA great golden prayer wheel in a painted shrine at Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyAmogh N P filming the river from the Punakha suspension bridge, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P taking a selfie with two Bhutanese women on the Punakha suspension bridge, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P crossing the Punakha suspension bridge under prayer flags, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P with his family and cousins by the Punakha suspension bridge, the valley behind, Bhutan, May 2024A prickly-pear cactus in yellow flower, Punakha, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyWhite prayer flags on a Punakha hillside, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyThe Punakha valley and its dzong beyond bougainvillea at dusk, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyPunakha Dzong lit up at night across the valley, Bhutan, May 2024 — photograph by the familyAmogh N P with his camera in the Punakha valley, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P, camera in hand, under the jacaranda in the Punakha valley, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P tipping his cap under the jacaranda, Punakha valley, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P looking up at the jacaranda, Punakha valley, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P with his mother Shailashri Prahlada and sister Amulya in Punakha, Bhutan, May 2024Amogh N P behind the camera, photographing the Punakha valley, Bhutan, May 2024
