CHE CHO PHUG

(Gyalshing - IN)
27.369400,88.223100
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A rock shelter (approximately 5 m wide, 2 m high and 2.5 m deep) resulting from lateral erosion and frost shattering. SITUATION: Near the base of a small waterfall on the right bank of (the stream) Phamrong Chu (note 1) and about a kilometre in a direct line north east of Dupdi Dzong, a monastery near Yuksom (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY: Sacred to Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava. Hoards numerous deteriorating tsatsas. On the wall are some inscriptions -- including remnants thereof -- in white and some red coloured patches.A rock shelter (approximately 5 m wide, 2 m high and 2.5 m deep) resulting from lateral erosion and frost shattering. SITUATION: Near the base of a small waterfall on the right bank of (the stream) Phamrong Chu (note 1) and about a kilometre in a direct line north east of Dupdi Dzong, a monastery near Yuksom (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY: Sacred to Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava. Hoards numerous deteriorating tsatsas. On the wall are some inscriptions -- including remnants thereof -- in white and some red coloured patches.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1996.10: Uwe Scherzer (1997.05.07 Mss) visited and explored. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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