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Jomotsangkha (Daifam), Samdrup Jongkhar District · 26.8933°, 92.0910°
A Shiva shrine in southern Bhutan near the Assam border, first built in timber after the 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake and replaced by the present structure between 2002 and 2005. Its design deliberately blends Hindu temple forms with traditional Bhutanese architecture, and it draws pilgrims from across the frontier.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
It is counted among the Shakta pithas where a part of Sati fell; Indra is said to have meditated here on his celestial elephant, Bhairab Nath to have found a self-formed Shiva lingam at the spot, and a cave beneath the temple to mark where Shiva himself meditated.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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