Buddhist Prayer Wheels - Do-Drul Chorten Stupa | Places to visit in Sikkim

Buddhist Prayer Wheels - Do-Drul Chorten Stupa  | Places to visit in Sikkim

Buddhists offering prayers and spinning the Buddhist Prayer Wheels at Do-Drul Chorten Stupa.


Dro-dul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. 
A stupa, a Sanskrit word for "heap" - is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.

The stupa was built by Trulshik Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma order of Tibetan Buddhism in 1945.
 Source: Wikipedia

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