Buddhism spread, other forms were used for the same purposes, and the chortens of Tibetan Buddhism and pagodas of East Asian Buddhism are some of these...

Chorten Kora is an important stupa next to the Kholongchu River in Trashi Yangtse, in East Bhutan. Nearby is a town of the same name. The 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. The stupa was built by Trulshik Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma order of Tibetan Buddhism...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chorten of Chule at Tsum Valley...

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...

to the palace while the other four are located close to a chorten. Also seen are many chortens to the east of the palace. At the edge of the valley, there...

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...

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...

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

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

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

Tibetan is called Yambu Chorten Chenpo (Tibetan: ཡམ་བུའི་མཆོད་རྟེན་ཆེན་པོ། Wylie: yam bu'i mchod rten chenpo). Jya Rung Khashor Chorten Chenpo, literally which...

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...

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

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...

gompa is built to accommodate an ancient chorten 6 m (20 ft) high and of unusual shape, known as the Kanika Chorten, is presumed to date back to the time...

Epilogue". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "Everest | Memorial Chortens". Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. "Recipients of the New Zealand...

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...

round, terraced chorten containing a reliquary. Rongbuk monastery in August 2005, with North Face of Mount Everest chorten in Rongbuk Chorten with prayer...

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

enjoyed freedom for the first time." Gorsam Chorten (Tibetan: གོར་ཟམ་མཆོད་རྟེན།) is a Buddhist stupa (chorten) in Gorsam, 3 km southwest of the Zemithang...