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D4 - Kyichu Lhakhang

One of the oldest monasteries in Bhutan built in the C7 by the Tibetan King Songsten Gampo. The story goes that a giant demoness lay across the whole area of Tibet and the Himalayas and was preventing the spread of Buddhism. To overcome her, King Songtsen Gampo decided to build 108 temples, which would be placed on all the points of her body. Of these 108 temples, 12 were built in accordance with precise plans. Thus, it happened that in about the year AD 638 the temple of Jokhang in Lhasa was built over the very heart of the demoness (wikipedia).

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Uploaded on February 28, 2009
Taken on January 6, 2009