Chagri Monastery
A monastery high above the head of the Thimphu valley, founded in 1620 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the founder of the Bhutanese state. It is reached on foot from the road end, crossing a covered bridge over the river before the climb.
- Where
- Thimphu, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.5983, 89.6472
Get the Chagri Monastery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chagri Monastery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Thimphu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chagri Monastery
Tango Monastery 1.0 km
A monastery 14 kilometres north of Thimphu near Cheri Mountain, founded in the 13th century and rebuilt in its present form by Tenzin Rabgye in 1688. Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal meditated in its cave in 1616, and its chief deity is the wrathful Hayagriva.
Pangri Zampa Monastery 8.0 km
A Buddhist monastery just north of Thimphu that serves as a college of Bhutanese astrology. Monks here study the traditional calculations used across the kingdom to read the calendar and the stars.
Dechen Phodrang Monastery 11 km
A Buddhist monastery at the northern end of Thimphu whose name means Palace of Great Bliss. It sits above the city at the head of the valley road and today serves as a monastic school for young monks.
Tashichho Dzong 12 km
A great whitewashed fortress and monastery on the west bank of the Wang Chu at the northern edge of Thimphu. It was long the seat of the Druk Desi, head of the civil government, an office joined to the kingship since 1907; old British records called it Tassisudon.
National Library of Bhutan 13 km
Bhutan's national library and archives, founded in 1967 to preserve the country's cultural and religious heritage. Its main building in Kawajangtsa, above the Royal Thimphu Golf Course, is built in the style of a traditional temple and holds old Buddhist texts.
Folk Heritage Museum 13 km
A museum in the Kawajangsa area of Thimphu, founded in 2001 and set in a traditional Bhutanese farmhouse. It shows the household objects, tools and ways of rural life in the kingdom.
Royal Textile Academy 13 km
An academy in Thimphu devoted to Bhutanese weaving, founded under the patronage of Queen Mother Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck. It trains weavers in the country's traditional craft and shows the textiles that sit at the heart of Bhutanese culture.
Royal Takin Preserve 13 km
A wooded reserve in Motithang, on the edge of Thimphu, for the takin, Bhutan's national animal. It began as a small zoo, but when the animals were set free they would not move into the forest, so it became a preserve. Legend credits Lama Drukpa Kunley with creating the first takin.
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Questions
Where is Chagri Monastery?
Chagri Monastery is in Thimphu, Thimphu, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tango Monastery (1.0 km), Pangri Zampa Monastery (8.0 km), Dechen Phodrang Monastery (11 km).
How do I get the Chagri Monastery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chagri Monastery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Thimphu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chagri Monastery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Thimphu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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