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  • Dokhachu Goemba is a Kagyu monastery located in Chapcha gewog, the northernmost subdistrict within Chukha province. It stands at an elevation of about 2,950 meters and is on the opposite face of the same mountain as Gangkha Lhakhang and Shelgoen Lhakhang.
    According to the local guidebook Seeds of Faith, the monastery was founded by Chöje Lama Thinley Gyatsho (Chödze Rechungpa), a disciple of Jingpa Gyaltshen. The guidebook does not specify the exact date, but Jingpa Gyaltshen was a contemporary of Ngawang Namgyal, the founder of the modern Bhutanese state, suggesting the goemba was established in the mid-17th century.
    Thinley Gyatsho was a well-traveled lama who made the arduous pilgrimage to Swayambunath stupa in modern-day Nepal, about four hundred kilometers to the west (however, a considerably longer journey on foot and by service animal). Following his return to Bhutan, the Chöje Lama searched for a fitting location to set up his monastic headquarters, settling on the present site after meditating beneath a large pine tree. Subsequently, the tree became known as Lamai Tongphu Tsawa, meaning "The lama's blue pine root."
    The name "Dokhachu" means "Upright Boulder Monastery," in reference to a large, skyward pointing rock to the left of the main goemba. As this rock is not visible in any of the photos in the above series, it seems likely that it may be housed within the chorten-like pavilion directly adjacent to the main building. In Chöje Lama's time, lamas ascended the boulder and blew horns during religious festivals, lending it the name Chödung Phumi Dophung, the "Boulder which blows horns."

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