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situated atop the peak of a triangular shaped ridge that rises sharply from the mangdeChu, facing the village of Trong and the town of
Zhemgang. The earliest name of the Zhemgang Dzong is Khenrig Namsum, actually means the three divisions of Kheng: upper , Middle. , and lower kheng.In 1655 CE, a single Storey dzong was built on the hermitage to defend against invaders led by choestse Penlop. located in the central part of Bhutan, Zhemgang was previously called as 'Shemang' and currently as 'Kheng' by the locals .Khenrig Namsum is the ancient name of Zhemgang.
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Zhemgang Dzong sits on a ridge that drops steeply down to the mangde chu . The founder of the zhemgang dzong is lam Zhang dorje Drakpa who lived in the 12th century A.D and was a renowned scholar-sage of the Drukpa Kagyu school of
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