Chumphu Nye — Attraction in Phooshar

The Chumphu Nye is a beautiful day hike of about 7 hours along well trodden trails and though long hours however it is not strenuous. The gentle trail is mostly along the gushing river and you will come across waterfalls, holy water and sacred caves all along till the temple. A deep sense of spirituality and faith is evoked as one hikes through the peaceful forests and especially as different shapes and sizes of rocks spread all the way up to the monastery bearing deep meaning and reflecting the spiritual history of the place.

At the foothill atop which bears the monastery is a dramatic waterfall, numerous caves where Guru Padmasambhava and his consorts, dakinis and legendary scholars were believed to have meditated. Also, among many spiritual invoking sites is the holy water that seeps out of a huge solid dry rock believed to heal various diseases and give long life. The most sacred object of the area is the floating statue of Dorji Phagmo (Vajravarahi) defying gravity. History has it that the statue was discovered from the lake above the Monastery, originally smaller in size but miraculously grown to the present size naturally. The caretaker of the monastery will prove to each and every visitor that the statue is indeed floating by moving a scarf back and forth under the statue. Dorje Phagmo, or the "Diamond Sow," is an incarnation of Dolma (Tara), the divine consort of Chenrezig (Buddha of Compassion).

This day long hike is a good reprieve amid cool breeze, green forests and the sound of gushing rivers calms one’s...

Hike to Chumpu Nye was definitely one of the hardest and dangerous that I have done especially due to fact that we did it in rainy season. Would highly recommend to not do this in June to Aug period.

It's ~15 km hike but we had to cover around 4 km extra as the road leading to the base was not accessible and so we had to reach the base point on foot.

This trek would take ~ 8hrs. One should start early. We started the trek at 8am from base camp and came at 5pm.

Pack protein bars, chocolates and some dry fruits. U won't get anything to eat.

The trek through very dense jungles and pls carry a knife or a stick with you as we saw a lot of animal marks on the trail and one has to be highly cautious.

Have a local guide or a person who has done this trek before else u can easily get lost here.

The trek to the monastery at the top was hard and tiring but not dangerous.

However while coming down, one of the monks at the monastery told us to visit a waterfall into jungle so we took a different route this time around.

This route was extremely dangerous and due to rains the difficulty was increased many fold.

I would totally avoid this trek in rainy seasons.

Have a good recovery setup done once u return to ur hotel coz u will need...

Chumbu Ney is a holy place located under northern part of Doteng gewog .

The seating place of Khandroma Dorje Phagmo

It's a 5 hours walk from the road point. The Hike begins with the opening gate (Zee Go) formed by two standing rocks. There are many rocks and caves formation associated with Guru Rinpoche and each of it has story and its significance.

The striking feature of the Temple is the Dorji Phagmo (The flying Goddess) statue , commonly known as “floating” statue.e. Dorji Phagmo is also known as Vajravarahi.

This statue is very sacred and ancient as it’s believed that the Goddess Dorji Phamo flew from Tibet and stayed on in the form of a statue. She is a life size statue and believe it or not, her one leg is crossed at the knees and the other is standing but does not touch the ground.

Some people test this belief by passing a money note below her feet and it passes through smoothly without a hitch.

The other site to visit at Chumbu is the Guru Rimpoche Caves. There are several caves used by Guru himself and some caves used by his consorts Khandro Mendharawa and Khandom...