EditorialQueen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck celebrates her 34th birthday with a new photo with her daughter Gyalsem Sonam Yangden ADEL ROYALS ROYALTYMONACHY KONIGLICH ROYAUX
EditorialBhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema, His Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel, and His Royal Highness Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck
EditorialLocals at Buddha Point in Thimphu, Bhutan on July 10, 2022. The kingdom, which will reopen its borders on Sept. 23, has overhauled its tourism system and plans to significantly raise the cost to visit. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times)
EditorialTaschichhoedzong, Buddhist monastery and fortress near Thimphu, Bhutan. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turner?s Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handc...
EditorialBuddha Sakyamuni-sacred images of Buddha are found in all temples and symbolize the body of the Buddha, his speech and his mind. Copper, firegilding H: 46 cm.
EditorialAdministrative document and pencase. The document is in cursive script, with seals, and describes a list of boxes and loads sent with the annual move of the monks of Thimphu to Punakha at the beginning of the winter. Pen case: iron, gold and silver app...
EditorialTaschichhoedzong, Buddhist monastery and fortress near Thimphu, Bhutan. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turner?s Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handc...
EditorialBuddha Sakyamuni-sacred images of Buddha are found in all temples and symbolize the body of the Buddha, his speech and his mind. Copper, firegilding H: 46 cm.
EditorialTaschichhoedzong, Buddhist monastery and fortress near Thimphu, Bhutan. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turner?s Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handc...
EditorialAdministrative document and pencase. The document is in cursive script, with seals, and describes a list of boxes and loads sent with the annual move of the monks of Thimphu to Punakha at the beginning of the winter. Pen case: iron, gold and silver app...
EditorialChoerten (stupa), a Buddhist commemorative monument. This is a " victory" choerten, which commemorates the Buddha's voluntary prolongation of his life, in order to help all beings. Copper, fire-gilding, coral, emeralds, turquoise, rubies. H: ...