Zhugdrag /Chung Drag
zhugdrag/Chung Drag is one of the great four cliffs (Drag) of Bumthang Valley. It was first blessed by Ugyen Guru Rinpoche as meditation cliff during his visit to Bumthang and concealed lots of treasures. Latter Tertonpa’s including Terton Pema Lingpa has discovered lots of treasures from the cliff. The cliff is located at upper Chhokhor toe under Bumthang Dzongkhag with 45 minutes’ drive from Chamkhar Town. The name Shugdra derived from Shugposhing (Juniper tree) - the walking stick of Guru Rinpoche and left at that Cliff for the benefit of Sentient beings. Hence it is called as Shug- Juniper Tree and Drag-Cliff. However some believes that it is Chung drag- the cliff looks like flying Chhung (Garuda) and some also says Zhugdra as Guru Remains there. Furthermore, there is three cliff including Drag kar Namkhai Drag, Due Dul Singye Drag, and Chungchen Khading Drag. The famously known Shugdra/Zhugdra is Chungchen Khading Dra meaning the cliff looks like flying Large Garuda. (Chungchen- Large/Huge Garuda, Khading- flying, Drag-Cliff). Hence, it was called as Chung drag in short by local people.
In brief the sacred site contains meditation cave, hand print, holy water, foot print and body print of Guru Rinpoche and similarly foot print and holly water of Khando. If it goes in deep, the pilgrimage site takes whole day to two days.
