Volunteers build 108 Buddhist stupas at Bhutan’s planned mindfulness city
More than 40,000 people took part in construction, officials said, with the monuments extending along 12 kilometers of riverbank near India.
Volunteers in Bhutan have helped build 108 Buddhist stupas where the kingdom plans to develop Gelephu Mindfulness City, a project intended to drive economic growth.
Officials put participation at more than 40,000 people and said work began after midnight. They described the construction as a way of giving prayer a lasting physical presence.
Each stupa stands 15 meters tall. The solid towers occupy a stretch of riverbank measuring 12 kilometers near Bhutan’s border with India. Such monuments are sacred in Buddhism and are found throughout the Himalayas.
