Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel built Paro Rinpung dzong in the year 1645. Paro Rinpung Dzong’ (the fortress of a heap of jewels).
It is one of Bhutan’s most impressive and well-known dzongs. It serves as a central monastic and administrative seat of the Paro district. This dzong houses one of the most impressive and scared religious banner know as the ‘Thongdrol’ the size pf which is 20sqm. It is only displayed once a year to the public during the Paro Festival (annual festival at Paro). Scenes from the 1955film Little Buddha were filmed in this Dzong.
