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Dra-Karpo :

Perched on a small hill top of Paro valley lies a small monastery ‘Dra Karpo ‘ (split Rock), one of the holiest site in Bhutan. Guru Padmasambhava accompanied by his consort Dakini Yeshey Tshogyal and many other yogis and great master down the ages have blessed and sanctified the place. As you circumambulate you can see the foot and hand prints and many other auspicious signs and symbols believed to have manifesrted through some supernatural powers. Maybe owing to all these there is a mystique tranquility in the vicinity of Dra Karpo  . It is believed that the demon took refuge inside the rock and Guru Rinpoche had Split the rock and subdued the demons.

It is believed that even the deadliest of your sin will be washed away if you can circumambulate 108 times around dra karpo.

Dra-Karpo
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