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'''Chorten Kora''' is an important [[stupa]] next to the Kulong Chu River in [[Trashiyangtse District|Trashiyangtse]], in East [[Bhutan]]. Nearby is a town of the same name. The stupa was built in the 18th century by Lama Ngawang Lodrö, the nephew of [[Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal]] in order to subdue a harmful [[demon]] believed to have been living at the site where the chorten is now located. The stupa is modeled after the famous [[Boudhanath|Boudhanath stupa]] in [[Nepal]] popularly known as Jarung Khashor. {{citation needed|date=October 2010}}<br />
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Chorten Kora took twelve years to construct and was [[consecration|consecrated]] by [[Je Yonten Thaye]]. The demon that had harmed the people of the valley was apparently subdued and banished. Thereafter, it is said that the people of the valley continue to live in peace and harmony. {{citation needed|date=October 2010}}<br />
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==Chorten Kora Festivals==<br />
There is an annual ''Dakpa Kora'' (circumambulation of the Chorten by the Dakpas) festival held on the 15th of the first lunar month, and a Drukpa Kora (circumambulation of the Chorten by the Bhutanese) festival held at the end of the first lunar month which celebrate the stupa. These festivals are attended by Dakpa people of the neighboring [[Tawang District]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]], and Bhutanese from Tashiyangtse, [[Trashigang District|Tashigang]], and Kurtoe. <br />
[[File:Chorten Kora, Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan.jpg|thumb|Chorten Kora]]<br />
A popular belief is that when the stupa was constructed, a pious [[Dakini]] princess from neighboring [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in India entombed herself within, as the Yeshe Semba, to meditate on behalf of all beings. A popular Bhutanese ([[Dzongkha|Dzongkha language]]) film "Chorten Kora" is based on this legend.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Chendebji Chorten]], another Nepalese style [[chorten]] in [[Bhutan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
Lam Kezang Chhophel. 'A Brief History of Rigsum Goenpo Lhakhang and Choeten Kora at Trashi Yangtse.'<br />
''Journal of Bhutan Studies'' vol.6, pp.&nbsp;1–4. http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/jbs/pdf/JBS_06_01.pdf<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://archive.is/20121214203847/http://huntington.wmc.ohio-state.edu/public/index.cfm?fuseaction=showThisDetail&ObjectID=30021031 Photo of Chorten Kora at the Huntington Archive]<br />
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