Jabar Goemba

Jabar Goemba is a Buddhist monastery in the mountain country of western Bhutan. It was founded by Lama Drakpa Jamtsho in a valley surrounded by five mountains, whose shapes were likened to the five ritual hats worn by lamas. The monastery’s treasured phurba, a ritual dagger, is said in local tradition to have flown there from Tibet. The shrine belongs to a landscape of monasteries and sacred places in the valleys between Bhutan’s highlands and southern foothills.