Thrumshing La
The second highest pass in Bhutan, carrying the Lateral Road over the Donga range between Bumthang and Mongar. The range long kept the central and eastern regions apart, and the pass now lies inside the national park named after it.
- Where
- Ura, Bumthang, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.3948, 90.9953
Get the Thrumshing La stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Thrumshing La. 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 Bumthang volume with your photos and a note.
Near Thrumshing La
Phrumsengla National Park 13 km
A national park of just over 905 square kilometres in central Bhutan, spread over four districts but mostly in Mongar. The Lateral Road runs through its forests and over the Thrumshing La pass, which gave the park its former name.
Membartsho 24 km
A sacred pool in a river gorge of Bumthang, where Pema Lingpa, Bhutan's greatest treasure revealer, recovered terma of Guru Rinpoche in the 15th century. Its name means Burning Lake, after the legend that he dived in holding a lit butter lamp and came out with it still burning.
Jakar Dzong 30 km
The dzong of Bumthang District, on a ridge above Jakar town in the Chamkhar valley. It stands on the site of a temple founded by Yongzin Ngagi Wangchuk in the 16th century, and with walls more than 1,500 metres round it is one of the largest dzongs in Bhutan.
Lhuentse Dzong 32 km
A dzong and Buddhist monastery in eastern Bhutan, perched on a spur at the end of a narrow valley on the east side of the Kuri Chhu. The district it watches over is the ancestral home of the Wangchuck royal family.
Jambay Lhakhang 33 km
One of Bhutan's oldest temples, in the Bumthang valley near Jakar, said to be one of 108 temples built by the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo in 659 in a single day. It is dedicated to Maitreya, the future Buddha, and was raised to pin an ogress to the earth forever.
Könchogsum Lhakhang 33 km
A small, old Buddhist temple in the Bumthang valley of central Bhutan, also known as Tsilung, a short walk from Tamshing Monastery. It is one of the cluster of ancient temples around Jakar visited by pilgrims on the valley's temple circuit.
Tamshing Lhakhang 33 km
A Nyingma monastery in Bumthang founded by Pema Lingpa, Bhutan's great treasure revealer, and still closely tied to him and his line of incarnations. It is the seat of Sungtrul Rinpoche, the speech incarnation of Pema Lingpa, and keeps some of the oldest wall paintings in Bhutan.
Kurjey Lhakhang 38 km
A temple complex in the Bumthang valley built around a rock said to bear the body imprint of Guru Rinpoche, which gives it its name. It is the final resting place of the first three kings of Bhutan, and a great tree behind one temple is believed to be a terma left by Padmasambhava.
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Questions
Where is Thrumshing La?
Thrumshing La is in Ura, Bumthang, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Phrumsengla National Park (13 km), Membartsho (24 km), Jakar Dzong (30 km).
How do I get the Thrumshing La stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Thrumshing La and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bumthang volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Thrumshing La before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bumthang volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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