T rashigang ( Dzongkha : བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་། ), or Tashigang , meaning "fortress of auspicious mount, is a town in eastern Bhutan and the district capital of the Trashigang Dzongkhag (district). The town lies to the east side of the valley above the Drangme Chhu river just south of where it is joined by the Gamri River. Trashigang is the eastern terminus of the Lateral Road , Bhutan's main highway leading to Phuntsholing in the southwest. he fortress was built in 1659 atop a ledge with steep cliffs on three sides, overlooking the Drangme Chhu and Gamri Chhu rivers. The construction of the dzong was prophesied by Ngawang Namgyal who ordered the Penlop (Governor) of Trongsa , Chhogyal Minjur Tempa to put down local chieftains and construct the dzong.According to legend, the sight of the Dzong scared the Tibetan army which retreated while remarking that the Dzong was a "Sky Dzong a...
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