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Bhutan

༆བྲུག་ཞི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ

Druk Tsendhen

The Thunder Dragon Kingdom

Written 1953
Adopted 1966
Lyrics Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji
Music Aku Tongmi
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Context

Bhutan's anthem reflects the country's deep Buddhist heritage and reverence for the monarchy. Known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan's anthem invokes blessings upon the king and the nation's Buddhist teachings.

Lyrics

༆བྲུག་ཞི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ལོ་ བརྒྱ་ངག་ལུགས་མཐུན་ལོ་ མང་མགོན་སྐྱོང་གི་བསྟན་བཚུགས་ལོ

Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals

Interesting facts

  • • Bhutan is known as Druk Yul (Land of the Thunder Dragon), which is referenced in the anthem's title
  • • The anthem reflects Bhutan's unique blend of monarchy and Buddhist governance
  • • Bhutan is one of the few countries that measures Gross National Happiness rather than GDP