Bhutan builds 108 stupas for mindfulness city in tourism push

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More than 40,000 volunteers helped build 108 Buddhist stupas along a riverbank in Bhutan, near the Indian border. The structures mark plans for Gelephu Mindfulness City, a proposed development intended to support tourism and economic growth.

Tens of thousands of volunteers helped raise 108 Buddhist stupas in Bhutan on Sunday, marking the Himalayan kingdom’s ambitious plans for a “mindfulness” city aimed at driving economic growth. The 15-metre tall solid towers – sacred Buddhist monuments found across the Himalayas – stretch along 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) of riverbank near the Indian border, at the site of the future Gelephu Mindfulness City. More than 40,000 volunteers took part in building the structures as “a physical form of...