The Jangchubling Lhakhang is a four hour trek from the Lhuentse-Dungkar feeder road. It is located on a ridge under Gangzur geog in Lhuentse.
Perched on a hillock on a surreal location, the temple was founded by Chojie Pekar Jamtsho in the 18th century AD. Pekar Jamtsho was originally from Paro. At the age of 27 he traveled to Trongsa. From Trongsa he traveled further east and reached Jangchubling, and erected a small shrine and two chortens where the temple currently stands, thereby establishing the Drukpa Kagyu School of Buddhism. Preceding Pekar Jamtsho was Lama Drupthob (siddha) Ngawang Namgay, a renowned Buddhist scholar who became the head Lama of the Drukpa Kagyu School.
In the 1940’s Her Royal Highness, the late Ashi Wangmo daughter of Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck, who became a nun and a led a religious life sponsored the establishment of a bigger Shedra, centre for Buddhist teachings at Jangchubling which could house about 150 monks.
With the guidance of the 16th Karmapa, Ashi Wangmo was instrumental in transforming the sacred temple to its present grandeur. She oversaw the construction of the existing main Lhakhang and named it as Dargay Choling Lhakhang.
The temple has been successful in propagating the Nyingma tradition or the ‘School of the Ancients’—a school that winds through the centuries. Jangchubling is considered one of the most significant Nyingma monasteries in the country.
