Emblem of the Kingdom of Bhutan
The National Emblem was designed by a Mongolian artist and commissioned by Ashi Tashi Dorji, the sister of the Queen’s Grandmother. The circular emblem displays a double “Dorji”, the diamond-thunderbolt, representing harmony between secular and religious power, above a lotus, surmounted by a jewel and framed by two dragons. The lotus symbolises purity, and the jewel expresses sovereign power. The two male and female dragons, “Druk”, stand for “Drukyul”, the name of the country, which they proclaim with their great voice, the thunder.