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Buli Monastery : While driving down from Yotongla pass,the most iconic and sacred Phurling (the flying hat of Terchen Dorjee Lingpa) monastery lies on a knoll overlooking Gaytsa, Domkhar, Uruk, Phurling and Chumey valleys. As per the local tales,a small temple was built by Terchen Dorjee Lingpa in the 14th century.Later the temple was enlarged by his heart son (Choeying Lhuendup).Over seven hundred years have passed,the exalted Phurling monastery was untouched by physical and natural threats.The temple is prestige for collections of it's sacred religious treasures,armours,ancient weapons,beautiful pillars and magnificent paintings. Not only the temple is renown for its grandeur structure but it is also a main  place of refuge for phurling ,Gaytsa, Uruk, Domkhar and Rangphi's people .Bumthang Buli in popular (ln real as Bumthang Phurling) is being considered as capital of Dorling religion.The monastery consist of three storeys, at the upper floor the main inner monument comprises of the three divinities of longevity in middle,statue of eight names of padmasambhava and the abbot, the master acharya and the dharma king from right, statue of kagyu masters from left.Second floor embraces with the statue of Three times Buddha in the middle, statue of padmasambhava on the right  and on the left with Tertoen Dorjee Lingpa's statue.The down floor Jowokhang is the main seat of Buddha Maitreya's with beautiful paintings of sixteen Arhats in right and twenty five disciples of Guru padmasambhava in left.Today the monastery holds yearly festival for three days popularly known as Buli mani (Phurling mani)bestowed with splendid mask dances,tradional dances and showcase of rich cultural heritage , dating back to  fourteen century. Over the passage of time the epithet Phurling declined and gave a birth to new name, Buli monastery.The monument is where Desi Jigme Namgyel, the father of the First King, stayed before he proceeded towards Trongsa in his early life. The Buli Lama Shakya Namgyal blessed Jigme Namgyal and presented him to the then Trongsa Penlop. Buli is one of the important monasteries of Chhume valley and holds the Buli Mani festival every two years on the 16th day of the first month of the Bhutanese calendar.