Rinpung Dzong in Paro, by Anup Kar

During my 3 days Bhutan Trip, I took this photograph on the last day at Rinpung Dzong, a fortress-monastery overlooking the Paro valley. It has a long history. Here a monastery was first built on the site by Padma Sambhava at the beginning of the tenth century, but it wasn’t until 1644 that Ngawang Namgyal built a larger monastery on the old foundations, and for centuries this building served as an effective defense against numerous invasion attempts by the Tibetans.

Nikon D7000 | Exposure 1/1000 @ f/4 | ISO 160 | Focal Length 10mm
Rinpung Dzong in Paro, by Anup Kar

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 02
Award Score: 66.5 (Value 12, Clarity 11.5, Composition 18.5, Style 12.5, Skill 12.5)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Travel Photography
Photograph Location: Rinpung Dzong, Paro District | Bhutan

Photographer: Anup Kar (Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India) Registered
Anup Kar lives in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. By education he is a Civil Engineer, doing government job posted in his home district. Photography was his hobby at first, but recently he got some good friends who are quite serious about photography. Having such photographers, he has developed his interested, and giving time to photography more. He is interested in Landscape, Portrait and Street Photography.

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