PEMA'S GLANCE

  A massive hole that you see on a giant rock is not a artificial tunnel. It is a sacred tunnel from which a large trumpet was said to have discovered. The trumpet was a hidden treasure of Guru Rinpochoe. The local has story that a pair of trumpet was supposed to be discovered from the same rock however with fall of dawn, the other one remained inside. Its evident can still be seen on the rock with its bulged mark.  Today people from across the country started visiting Dagana on religious trip. Besides Dagana has a reservoir of rich cultural and religious site,  Dunchen Menchu is one of the attraction place for visitors. It is located just below Daga Dzong, A 20minutes walk or 10 minutes ride form Dzong. People visit here to take bath and fetch water emerging from the hole. The water is considered a medicinal and  it is believed to have healing elements for different diseases.  Don't miss an opportunity to visit here if you happen to be in Dagana. Dungchen Menchu is very auspicious

Perched on the other side of Daga dzong, with verdant landscape of settlement is the valley of  Khebisa.  In the past, the valley was known to be Dargayling. During the reign of Dagap Penlop, history has it that Dagana comprises three valleys, Peling (Tseza gewog), Lhaling (Kana Gewog) and Dargayling (Khebisa Gewog) and they were collectively called  Daga Lingsum which can still be heard today.    Khebisa is hardly known for origin of its most evanescent song called ' Shamsha Doleb ', a song unique to Dagana. Locals claimed, the song was born in an auspicious time when Zhabdrung Jigme Chogyel, a mind reincarnation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, visited the place called Gangkha in Khebisa Gewog. .  In the Bhutanese contexts,  Shamsha  literally refers to  Beneath  and  Doleb  meaning S tone Slab.  So the title of song was found to be originated from a laid stone slabs on which Zhabdrung took a seat. Today, people have been preserving this fixed stone slab for an indication of his