for the same purposes, like the pagodas of East Asian Buddhism or the chortens of Tibetan Buddhism. In Southeast Asia, various different elongated shapes...

Yulley Namgyal Chörten (also known as Nyizergang Chörten and Punakha Zangdopelri) — chörten in the Punakha District, Bhutan. This chörten (stupa) was built...

Commons has media related to Memorial Chorten, Thimphu. The Memorial Stupa, Thimphu, also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa (Dzongkha chöten, cheten)...

Do-drul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. Inside this stupa is a complete set of Dorjee Phurba, Kangyur (Holy Books) and other...

The Norbugang Chorten (Sikkimese: ནོར་པུ་སྒང་མཆོད་རྟེན་, Wylie: nor bu sgang mchod rten) is a stupa situated in Yuksom, near the Gyalshing city of the...

Chorten Kora is an important stupa next to the Khorlo-Chu(Kholongchu) River in Trashi Yangtse, in East Bhutan. The stupa was built in 1740 by Lama Ngawang...

Chendebji Chorten is a stupa in Bhutan, located 41 kilometres (25 mi) west of Trongsa at 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) in elevation. According to legend, Chendebji...

chortens or stupas known as "Druk Wangyal Chortens" have been built by Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk, the eldest Queen Mother. Apart from the chortens there...

self-sufficiency. She was responsible for the building of the Khamsum Yulley Namgyal Chörten in Punakha Valley in 2004. She had, with the former king, the following...

million (US$75 million). From 19 September 2024, the stadium is called Chorten Arena for sponsorship reasons. The stadium was put into operation in 1971...

ago by terton Pema Lingpa. Memorial Chorten The Memorial Chorten, also known as the 'Thimphu Chorten', is a chorten in Thimphu located on Doeboom Lam in...

my sister and I am very sorry." After the 1996 disaster, two memorial chortens were built near Gorak Shep by the Sherpas: one for Rob Hall and the other...

as 'Kakani Chörten' and 'Ka-ka-ni mchod-rten' that are considered unique to Alchi with historical link to other monuments. More chortens were added between...

Kaling (Tibetan: བར་སྒོ་བཀག་གླིང, Wylie: bar sgo bkag gling) was a large chorten straddling across the road leading from Drepung between the Potala's Red...

The Dro-dul Chorten Stupa in Gangtok....

far from the sacred Mount Kailash, marked by a long low line of Tibetan chortens. There are several other tributaries nearby, which may form a longer stream...

The Pargo Kaling chorten today (left), as reconstructed by Lhasa authorities....

and handlooms. Chorten at Pele La Pass, Central Bhutan, c. March 2023 Chorten at Pele La Pass, Central Bhutan, c. March 2023 Chorten at Pele La Pass...

Reserve Battalion in Białystok. Jagiellonia play their home games at the Chorten Arena. Jagiellonia is the most accomplished football club of north-eastern...

centered on the stupa, called in Tibetan Wylie: mchod rten, THL: chörten. The chörten consists of five parts that represent the mahābhūta (five elements)...

Monks passing under the Pargo Kaling chorten, or "Western Gate", in Lhasa near the Potala during Monlam Festival in 1938 Tibet. This structure was destroyed...

The Memorial Chorten for Rob Hall, Doug Hansen, Andy Harris, Yasuko Namba...

Operation All Clear Part of Insurgency in Northeast India A part of the 108 chörten built on the Dochu-La pass, to commemorate the operation Belligerents  Bhutan...

entranceway to the Phobjikha Valley. Chorten at Lawa La Pass in Central Bhutan, c. March 2023 Left-side view of the Chorten at Lawa La Pass in Central Bhutan...

Ngawang Chogyal's cousin, Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), who also built a chorten on the site. In preparing and blessing the site it is said that Lama Kunley...

main gate to the city of Lhasa used to run through the large Pargo Kaling chorten and contained holy relics of the Buddha Mindukpa. In 2000 the urbanised...

Monastery Dechen Phodrang Monastery Memorial Chorten Phajoding Monastery Tashichho Dzong Chorten Kora Chendebji Chorten Buddha Dordenma statue Buddhism in Bhutan...

pilgrimage sites such as Bodh Gaya. In Bhutan, the usual shape is a small chorten or stupa, also sometimes seen in Tibet, where it has a special funerary...

can be seen on nearly every Gompa in Tibet. The design of the Tibetan Chörtens can vary, from roundish walls in Kham to squarish, four-sided walls in...

Tengyur (Collection of Commentaries), and the construction of numerous chorten (stupas) throughout the country. Guaranteed representation in the National...