One of the most revered and oldest monasteries in eastern Bhutan, the Trashiyangtse Dzong was originally called Dongdi Dzong. Historical accounts suggest that a palace or dzong of some kind was built on the present site as far back as the ninth century by Gongkar Gyalpo, grandson of Lhasey Tsangma.
Trashiyangtse Dzong is built on a ridge past which the Dongdi chu flows. Terton Pema Lingpa built the dzong in the 15th century when he came across the ruins of the old Dongdi Dzong.
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