Owing to her rich history, the Chorten holds in great religious fervour. Devotees circumambulated only in a clockwise direction (reciting prayers and

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Owing to her rich history, the Chorten holds in great religious fervour. Devotees circumambulated only in a clockwise direction (reciting prayers and whirling the large red prayer wheels), as is the rule for any religious structures in Bhutan Taken at @Thimpu, Bhutan

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