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Project

108 Jangchub Chortens, each fifteen metres tall,
completed together in a single day.

Gelephu Mindfulness CityBhutan1 November 2026

What is being built

A physical form of prayer,
made permanent in stone and earth.

A gift that radiates merit
to all who pass it by.

A sealed structure, filled with prayers,
blessings, and sacred texts.

The architectural elevation

Seven elements. Each holds meaning.

Read top to bottom — from earth to enlightenment.

  1. Nyim-daMoon, Sun & Flame

    Compassion, wisdom, and their union.

  2. DhugThe Parasol

    Spiritual protection from all negative influences.

  3. KhorloThirteen Rings

    The thirteen stages a practitioner passes through to reach Buddhahood.

  4. LhakhangThe Niche

    Holds the image of a Buddha — the presence of the enlightened mind.

  5. Bum-paThe Dome

    Vessel for sacred relics. Symbolises the pure body of the Buddha.

  6. BangrimStepped Base

    The Four Noble Truths — the progressive path to liberation.

  7. ThriThe Pedestal

    The Earth element. Solid foundation for all existence.

A comparative scale

15m

How tall is fifteen metres?

Eight times a person. Half-again a three-storey building. One Jangchub Chorten.

A number of completeness

108

In astronomy.

Earth to Sun: about 108 solar diameters. Earth to Moon: about 108 lunar diameters. Measurable, scientific facts — not metaphors.

In Buddhism.

108 volumes of the Kangyur — the complete teachings of the Buddha.108 beads on a prayer mala.108 strikes of the temple bell.108 circumambulations of the sacred.108 afflictive emotions to release.

In Hindu tradition.

108 Upanishads — the sacred philosophical texts.108 names of many Hindu deities.108 cycles of the sun salutation in yoga.

In mathematics.

11 × 22 × 33 = 108

A number of structural completeness — the hyperfactorial of three.

In Project 108, the number becomes physical.

108 chortens. 108 metres apart. One sacred procession.

From one to one hundred and eight

One sacred form, repeated

The formation

108 chortens.
108 metres apart.

Centre to centre, in a single file along the Mau Chhu — the river that runs through Gelephu. Not a cluster of monuments. A procession.

A line of prayer

Across the Mau Chhu.

The procession bends with the land, marking a real river corridor end to end — a line of prayer across Bhutan's southern foothills.

108 sites · single file
~12 km corridor
Gelephu · Bhutan

If stacked vertically

138 mGreat Pyramid

Why a single day

Foundations prepared over time.
Structures completed together.

21 Feb 2026His Majesty's announcement
LandCleared by volunteer hands
FoundationsEarthworks at 108 sites
MaterialsStone, timber, gilding
TrainingVolunteer cohorts
1 Nov 2026Completion in a single day

In Vajrayana Buddhism, aligned intention and action can transform a single moment. The act itself is the offering.

A workforce to rival history's greatest builds

Comparable to history's great works.
Different in kind.

Great Pyramid of Giza~20,000concurrent workers~20 yearsseasonal civic duty
Taj Mahal~20,000concurrent artisans~22 yearsimperial commission
Great Wall of China~30,000peak concurrentCenturiesstate-directed labour
Project 10840,000volunteers1 dayvoluntary

Zhābto · voluntary communal work

108 sites activate.
Forty thousand hands arrive.

The Bhutanese tradition of zhābto — work offered freely as spiritual practice — has drawn schoolchildren and retirees, monks emerging from retreat, farmers, doctors, and a planeload of diaspora from Australia. The corridor becomes a single coordinated body.

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108 sites · across the corridor

108 chortens. One day.
One offering.

1 November 2026 · Gelephu Mindfulness City · Bhutan

Three ways to take part.

Project 108 is shaped by three forces: those who offer the chortens, those who build them, and those who witness their rising.

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An estimated40,000volunteers · across 108 sites

Tens of thousands are already at work along the Mao Chhu, clearing land and preparing sites ahead of 1 November 2026, when all 108 structures will be raised together in a single historic day.

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Offering

Support the Project.

Make an offering of any size toward the raising of the 108 chortens—every offering becomes part of the whole.

Every offering, of any size, becomes part of the whole. Offerings cover the construction of the chortens, their sacred materials, and their consecration by Buddhist masters. An offering may be made by an individual, a family, a community, or an institution, and dedicated in honour of one's family, a loved one, or all sentient beings

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A Royal initiative

We must do it to prove to ourselves that, as we face the challenges ahead, there is no limit to what we can achieve when we stand together.

His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckKing of Bhutan · 21 February 2026