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chorten
chorten (tʃɔːˈtɛn) [Tibetan.] = chaitya.1891 Rockhill Land of Lamas 63 Pilgrims, when journeying to a shrine, perform prostrations before each ch'ürten met on the way thither. 1893 E. F. Knight Where three Empires Meet viii. 126 Gigantic chortens, or sarcophagi, of dried mud, gaily painted, containi...
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Memorial Chorten, Thimphu
The Memorial Chorten, in the heart of the city, is designed is a Tibetan style chorten, also called the Jangchup Chorten, patterned on the design of a The chorten attracts many elderly Bhutanese on a daily basis who circumambulate the chorten, whirl the large red prayer wheels and pray at the shrine.
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Norbugang Chorten
The Norbugang Chorten is a stupa situated in the Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district in the Indian State of Sikkim. The benediction and consecration ceremonies performed by the lamas at the Norbugang Chorten lasted for 21 days.
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gompa
‖ gompa (ˈgɒmpə) [a. Tibetan gön-pa, göm-pa (Jäschke dgón-pa), a solitary place, a hermitage.] A Tibetan temple or monastery.[1863 E. Schlagintweit Buddhism in Tibet xiii. 179 The monasteries, in Tibetan Gonpa, ‘a solitary place’, are mostly at some little distance from the villages. 1895 L. A. Wadd...
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Chendebji Chorten
Chendebji Chorten is a stupa in Bhutan, located west of Trongsa at in elevation. See also
Chorten Kora, another Nepalese-style chorten in Bhutan
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chaitya
chaitya (ˈtʃaɪtjə) [Skr., relating to a funeral pile or mound (citā); as n., funeral monument, sacred tree, etc.] A Buddhist place or object of reverence or worship. Cf. chorten.1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 394 Of the next two classes of Buddhist architecture, the temples (Chaityas) and monasteries (Vihar...
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Chorten Kora
Chorten Kora Festivals
There is an annual Dakpa Kora (circumambulation of the Chorten by the Dakpas) festival held on the 15th of the first lunar month See also
Chendebji Chorten, another Nepalese style chorten in Bhutan
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Lam Kezang Chhophel.
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Do-drul Chorten
Do-drul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. The stupa is surrounded by Chorten Lakahang and Guru Lakhang, where two statues of Guru Rinpoche are present.
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Gorsam Chorten
Gorsam Chorten () is a Buddhist stupa (chorten) in Gorsam, 3 km southwest of the Zemithang village. He brought the radish sculpture back to Zemithang, where Gorsam Chorten was built as a replica stupa based on it.
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Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang
The temple is notable as it is in the form of a chorten, very rare in Bhutan. It is in the shape of a chorten with a white tower on top, very unusual in Bhutan.
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Pargo Kaling
From the top of the middle chorten, wires furnished with small bells were stretched to the top of the two smaller chortens. Tsybikoff), and Bar chorten (also G. Ts. Tsybikoff).
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Trashiyangtse
Sacred sites
Chorten Kora, an important landmark located only 3 minutes from the main town. The chorten was constructed in the 17th century by Lama Ngawang Lodey to pacify a demon that terrorized the region.
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Khiraule
Stupa (Chorten)
A 45 foot tall stupa, Chyang Chub Chorten (), was built in Khiraule in 2019 and consecrated in 2020.
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Chimi Lhakhang
The site was blessed by Ngawang Chogyal's cousin, Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), who also built a chorten on the site. It is also said that the small chorten at the altar was made by Kunley himself.
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Kanika
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Kaniha, Kamrup, a village in Assam in India
Kanika Chorten
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