Nyekor 48/108 Dumtseg Lhakhang, Paro Bhutan| what is the reason behind this structure

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This is a huge chorten standing at the foot of the mountain spur on a tongue of a land formed by the junction of a tributary stream with Pachu. It attracted attention both on account of its size, and also by reason of the fact that in shape it followed the chortens of Sikhim and Tibet with their curved outline, whereas the architecture of Bhutan for the most part runs to straight lines and avoids curves. Closer inspection showed that it possessed a further peculiarity - it was, in fact, a chorten within a chorten. The space between the shell and the core was in pitch darkness; but the light of a candle showed that the walls were covered with elaborate paintings, an offering made by the artist solely to the glory of God. This, as the Elder put it, was surely “a wonderful conception.” The history of the construction of the building, as narrated by the people of Paro, was more wonderful still. In the first place it was the end of a chain of buildings, running along a mountain range to a bridge at Chakung ferry across the Sangpo in Tibet. But it served a more useful purpose. The builder, a famous lama, on coming to Paro found the hand of death heavy upon the people of the valley. By virtue of his miraculous powers he divined the cause. A monster of the mountains, a ghoulish frog, which battened on human blood, had made its abode in the valley. The monster’s mouth was detected in a hole in the ground, and was effectually stopped by the erection over it of a chorten. This was the core. In later days a rich man came along and protected the monument, whose preservation was of such vital importance to the people of Paro, by encasing it in an outer covering, “and so,” as the Elder naively remarked, “the people of Paro were saved.” Source: Lands of The Thunderbolt: Sikhim, Chumbi & Bhutan (A book Lord Ronaldshay, British Governor of Bengal)

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