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National Memorial Chorten
Thimphu, Thimphu District · 27.4664°, 89.6378°
Nyingma tantric deities; memorial to Jigme Dorji WangchuckModern (Wangchuck)Tibetan-style Jangchup chorten
Sacred since
1974 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1974
Modern (Wangchuck)
History & significance
A 108-foot whitewashed chorten in central Thimphu raised in 1974 by Queen Ashi Phuntsho Choden Wangchuck in memory of her son, the third king Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Unusually for a chorten it holds no bodily remains, only the king's photograph, while its three interior levels are filled with paintings and sculptures of wrathful Nyingma deities; it is one of Thimphu's busiest daily places of worship.