File:The Golden Chorten - Tashiding.jpg
the golden chorten at the tashiding monastery complex in west sikkim...
a chorten is a stupa...which is usually built at a location which a buddhist guru has blessed or prayed on...they are usually filled with ancient relics of various kinds...sometimes they are also filled with soil from different parts of the land like the chorten at norbugang, built for the well being of the land...
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the golden chorten - tashiding
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dhillan chandramowli
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Sikkim Tibetan Architecture