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Grandeur of Punakha

Grandeur of Punakha, photo by Milind Sathe
Grandeur of Punakha


The first impression at Punakha Dzong  is that of the grandeur 
and the sheer scale of everything here. 
What sinks in is the relative insignificance of the humans due to the size, scale and proportion of the structures around.
Second oldest and second largest dzong in Bhutan, it was earlier the winter capital of Bhutan, now the winter capital only of monastic body. 
(Punakha, Bhutan, 2015)


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