Toetsho Gewog

Gewog in Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan
Toetsho Gewog
སྟོད་མཚོ་
Gewog
Location of Toetsho Gewog
Country Bhutan
DistrictTrashiyangtse District
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)

Toetsho Gewog (Dzongkha: སྟོད་མཚོ་) is a gewog (village block) of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan.[1][2]Toetsho gewog is named after toetsho lake which has cultural and spiritual significance in a community, as it is thought that protective deities live in the lake. Toetsho gewog has a total population are 3787 of this 1885 is female and 1902 is male. Also, there are not many households, only 547 and there are 126 empty houses.[3]

Toetsho gewog is very rich in culture, which has 16 temples and many different types of festivals are conducted yearly to conserve Bhutanese tradition. For example, mask dances and some religious ceremonies are believed to help in spiritual ways.

That gewog is one of the peaceful villages, surrounded by varieties of stupas and many sacred places in four conditional directions. It is covered with a lot of forest. [4]

References

  1. ^ "Chiwogs in Trashiyangtse" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. ^ "-". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  3. ^ "Toedtsho". trashiyangtse.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  4. ^ "Toedtsho". trashiyangtse.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
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