National Memorial Chhorten རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྗེས་དྲན་མཆོད་རྟེན།

4 Samir Santra - 5 months ago

The National Memorial Chorten was built in memory of Third Druk Gyalpo and is dedicated to World Peace. The chorten is a large white structure crowned with a golden spire in the back drop of mountain range.

It is located close to the center of Thimphu city and is one of its most iconic monuments. Visitors will find elderly Bhutanese people circumambulating the Chorten throughout the day. Chorten literally means ‘Seat of Faith’ and Buddhists often call such monuments, the ‘Mind of Buddha’. The Chorten is an extraordinary example of Buddhist architecture and artwork with its gorgeous paintings and intricate sculptures.
Beautiful scenic beauty to catch in camera for unforgatable memory.
Entry charge wasINR 100 per head in 2019 Dec.

4 Mahbubul Islam - a month ago

Visited on 26th August 2022. This stupa was built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. It is popularly known as "the most visible religious landmark in Bhutan". This stupa does not enshrine human remains. Only the Druk Gyalpo’s photo in a ceremonial dress adorns a hall in the ground floor.

5 Pema Thinley - 5 months ago

The Memorial Stupa, Thimphu, also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa (Dzongkha chöten, cheten) in Thimphu, Bhutan, located on Doeboom Lam in the southern-central part of the city near the main roundabout and Indian military hospital. The stupa, built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1928–1972), is a prominent landmark in the city with its golden spires and bells.[1] In 2008, it underwent extensive renovation. It is popularly known as "the most visible religious landmark in Bhutan".[2] It was consecrated by Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. The Memorial Stupa, Thimphu, also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa (Dzongkha chöten, cheten) in Thimphu, Bhutan, located on Doeboom Lam in the southern-central part of the city near the main roundabout and Indian military hospital. The stupa, built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1928–1972), is a prominent landmark in the city with its golden spires and bells. In 2008, it underwent extensive renovation. It is popularly known as "the most visible religious landmark in Bhutan". It was consecrated by Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje.

5 Ugyen Ugyen - 10 months ago

The Memorial Chorten also known as Thimphu Chorten/Memorial Stupa is one of the mostly visited monuments by locals to shuffle meditatively around the chorten, daily worship and to offer butter lamps. It attracts tourist with its elegant architecture and has great art work, wall carvings and sculptures of Buddhist culture.

5 Vajra Gyeltshen - 4 months ago

The stupa was built in 1974 to honor the third King of Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. It’s walkable distance from the main heart of the capital city of Bhutan, Thimphu.

4 MoniCA - 10 months ago

Architecturally beautiful ????
Having great ambience.
Best time is to visit in morning.
Historically famous
One of the top sightseeing in Bhutan

5 abhijit juvekar - 4 months ago

Central attraction of Thimpu.
Place of worship for every citizen young, old alike.
Lots of tourists visit here.