Stok Palace Museum

Some highlights of the collection are the Queen’s ancient yub-jhur or perak, a head piece encrusted with 401 lumps of uncut turquoise, coral, gold nuggets and more; and a crown that is said to be more than a 1,000 years old. Another fascinating artefact is an actual knotted sword – the story goes that the king’s Oracle in show of supernatural power managed to bend the King Tashi Namgyal’s sword into a knot.

This private museum is the only one of its kind in the western Himalayas and is a valuable cultural resource for the region.