<p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Punakha lies at a low altitude of 1220m and the weather is favourable for growing fruits vegetables and food grains. It was the former Capital of Bhutan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Places of Interest</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Punakha Dzong</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> </p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Punakha Dzong was built in 1637 and was the former capital of Bhutan. It lies at the confluence of the Mo Chu (female river) and the Pho Chu (male river). Punakha Dzong still serves as the winter residence of the Central Monk Body<o:p></o:p></span></p>