IMAGE: The Chimi Lhakhang fertility temple at Punakha. Photograph: Deepa Gahlot The Dzong is located between the Pho Chhu (Male) and Mo Chhu (Female) river in the Punakha-valley.

The result? Furniture that does more than just look good. It makes you feel calm, held, connected. The name Chimi means immortal in Dzongkha, Bhutan’s national language, and also nods to Chimi ...

In the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, it is not only the stunning scenery that surprises the eye. Driving from the country's only airport in Paro to the capital city of Thimphu, graphic and ...

7. Chimi Lhakhang is also known as Fertility Temple as people from different parts of the world come here to seek blessings for conceiving a child. 8. The blessing process involves visitors getting ...

Chimi Lhakhang is also known as Fertility Temple of Bhutan as tourist from different parts of the world come here to seek blessings for conceiving a child. The blessing process involves visitors ...

Jakar, its main town, is home to ancient and sacred sites like the Jakar Dzong, built around 1549 by Lam Ngagi Wangchuk and Kurjey Lhakhang, one of the most important holy sites where the remains ...

The Chimi Lhakhang temple, also known as the 'Fertility' Temple, is a Buddhist monastery where childless couples come to pray for the blessing of a baby. The phallus is seen as the divine symbol ...

Chimi Lhakhang, commonly referred to as the Fertility Temple in the English-speaking world, is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan that couples struggling with infertility visit. It is believed that upon ...

But there’s a sincere side to it, at Chimi Lhakhang, a nearby monastery. Women come to its temple to pray for their fertility, with some strapping a large wooden phallus to their backs for the ...

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The location of the Chimi Lhakhang is perceived as sacred and now houses an ancient bow and arrow as well as a 10-inch ivory and wood phallic emblem. ( Getty Images) ...