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Paro, Paro · 27.4485°, 89.3705°
One of Bhutan's two oldest temples, held to be among 108 built in a single night by the Tibetan emperor Songtsen Gampo to pin down a demoness obstructing the dharma — Kyichu holds her left foot. Its inner Jowo image mirrors Lhasa's holiest; twin orange trees in the courtyard are said to fruit in every season.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The supine demoness stretched across the whole Himalaya; only by fixing temples on her limbs — Lhasa's Jokhang at her heart, Kyichu at her left foot, Bumthang's Jambay at her knee — could the land be tamed for the Buddha's word.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Tibetan Empire
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Opening the line…