| Larger villages may have a community temple, a community mill, and religious monuments called stupas and chorten. |
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| In the middle of the course is a 16th-century chorten, a Buddhist monument of the kind that dots the landscape all over these parts. |
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| Inside was a large white chorten, and painted on the cave walls and roof were some of the best preserved ancient Buddhist art I had ever seen. |
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| Near the southern big chorten a hundred pilgrims are installing white tents and will spend the night here. |
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| In the center of it, we discover a large chorten 25m high in poor condition. |
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| We pass through several villages, Trashide with a chorten on the right of the road. |
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| We cross the village and its chorten before reaching the monastery of Yalung gompa, 1 km further in a valley in westerly direction. |
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| Take a short walk of 3km along the road to Shey which is the ancient capital of Ladakh which importance is attested by the enormous number of chorten. |
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| During their stay, the lamas visited the Tawang Monastery, the Urgeling Gompa, Khinmay Gompa and Gorsam Chorten. |
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| Yangphel Pottery, located at Satsam Chorten seven kilometres away from Paro town is aimed at the revival of Bhutanese Pottery and produces moulded works of art. |
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