Paro Things to Do

Lhakhang in local language (in Tibetan as well) means temple. It's one of the oldest and most sacred monasteries of the Kingdom - dated 7th century AD, built by the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo.

It is an important place of pilgrimage and of ceremonies for the royal family.

For those who are a bit more interested in the religion and the history, here's something to read:

"In the seventh century an event occurred that was decisive for Bhutan’s history: the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo (619-649) erected the first Buddhist temples, the Kyichu-Lhakhang in Paro and the Jampe-Lhakhang in Bumthang.
The display of the monuments marked the victory of Buddhism over pre-Buddhist deities. Songtsen Gampo wanted to tame a huge demon whose body covered all of Tibet and its neighbouring areas, which posed a particularly big problem to the spreading of buddhism. The king thus decided to erect a temple on each of the demon’s joints so that she would no longer be able to move. Songtsen Gampo was said to have magically multiplied himself and to have sent all of his emanations into the various areas of Tibet so as to erect 108 temples in one day. Towering over the heart of the demon there is the famous Jokhang-Temple in Lhasa. The demon’s left knee is held by the Jampe-Lhakhang of Bumthang and her left sole is fixed by the Kyichu-Lhakhang in Paro. This, however, does not imply that Tibet held sovereignty over the southern valleys of the Himalayas. At that time, Bhutan's valley people did not seem to have any objections against the erection of the temples. "