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The third-year students of the elementary school are taught at Terney Gyel Pheling
Monastery starting 2021 academic year.

3.6 Dangchu Pema Shedrup Dhargay Khandroling Nunnery

The sacred place Dangchu Zhabje Lhakhang lies in the
midst of woods and meadows fenced by the
undulating hills. It is located on a pristine environment
away from the hustling life of modern life, the only life
that is seen is the environmental life often taking the
visitors to the newer heights of ecstasy. Spotting
wildlife is not uncommon with a bountiful of breeze
gushing through the serene valleys, often nature
fanatics would dissolve in the fantasy of unimaginable
happiness.

In eighth century, when Guru Padmasambava visited
Bhutan, it’s believed that Guru spent some time
meditating in the place above the existing temple known as Ugyen Phu. While meditating,
the devotees of the village requested Guru to bless them with a perennial source of water
as the people were suffering from the acute shortage of drinking water. Guru warmly
consented to the request, and
had established a permanent
source of water which is
visibly seen today, commonly
known as Zhabje Drubchu.

However, the water didn’t
reach to the village, like a
miracle the water evaporated
on the way, this unusual
scenario had startled the people and Guru. To learn the evil cause, Padmasambava made
it to the source, and to his surprise he saw a demon couple diverting the water to the
other direction. Guru then chased the demon till he got hold on one of the couple demons
– female demon at Zhabje (present location of Zhabje Lhakhang). Guru then subdued the
female demon using the dragger: penetrating the dragger through the shoulder, and had
ultimately turned the demon to a rock. Even today we can clearly see the sight of the rock
and its dragger in the altar of Zhabje lhakhang.

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