Chendebji Chorten
A large white stupa beside a stream, 41 kilometres west of Trongsa at 2,430 metres. It is built in the Nepali style, modelled on Swayambhunath in Kathmandu, with painted eyes looking out from its dome.
- Where
- Trongsa, Trongsa, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.4744, 90.3492
Get the Chendebji Chorten stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chendebji Chorten. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Trongsa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chendebji Chorten
Pele La 16 km
A high motorable pass over the Black Mountains on the road from Wangdue Phodrang to Trongsa, the traditional divide between western and central Bhutan. Prayer flags flutter along the top, and yaks graze the slopes around it.
Trongsa Dzong 16 km
The largest dzong in Bhutan, spread along a spur above the gorge of the Mangde River in the centre of the country. A temple stood here from 1543, and Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal built the first dzong in 1647, enlarged again and again through the 18th century.
Gangteng Monastery 18 km
The main seat of the Pema Lingpa tradition of the Nyingma school, on a ridge above the Phobjikha Valley with Gangtey village around it. Its history runs back to the early 17th century, and the black-necked cranes are said to circle it three times on arrival each winter.
Phobjikha Valley 18 km
A vast U-shaped valley in central Bhutan, home to Gangteng Monastery. Black-necked cranes fly in from the Tibetan Plateau to roost here each winter, arriving in the last week of October and circling the monastery three times.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park 35 km
A national park of 1,730 square kilometres in central Bhutan, protecting a large part of the Black Mountains, a sub range of the Himalaya. The road between Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa crosses it at Pele La.
Kurjey Lhakhang 38 km
A temple complex in the Bumthang valley built around a rock said to bear the body imprint of Guru Rinpoche, which gives it its name. It is the final resting place of the first three kings of Bhutan, and a great tree behind one temple is believed to be a terma left by Padmasambhava.
Jambay Lhakhang 40 km
One of Bhutan's oldest temples, in the Bumthang valley near Jakar, said to be one of 108 temples built by the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo in 659 in a single day. It is dedicated to Maitreya, the future Buddha, and was raised to pin an ogress to the earth forever.
Jakar Dzong 40 km
The dzong of Bumthang District, on a ridge above Jakar town in the Chamkhar valley. It stands on the site of a temple founded by Yongzin Ngagi Wangchuk in the 16th century, and with walls more than 1,500 metres round it is one of the largest dzongs in Bhutan.
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Questions
Where is Chendebji Chorten?
Chendebji Chorten is in Trongsa, Trongsa, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pele La (16 km), Trongsa Dzong (16 km), Gangteng Monastery (18 km).
How do I get the Chendebji Chorten stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chendebji Chorten and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Trongsa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chendebji Chorten before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Trongsa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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