Bhutan completes construction of 108 Buddhist stupas in a single day at the site of its planned Gelephu Mindfulness City, with tens of thousands of volunteers building the monuments along a riverbank near the Indian border. Multiple outlets describe the project as a “mindfulness” and tourism-related initiative, intended to support economic growth.
Reported details vary on framing and emphasis. The Taipei Times and Free Malaysia Today focus on the collective scale of volunteers building the stupas for the city concept. The South China Morning Post adds more specifics, including that the solid towers are about 15 metres tall and span roughly 12 kilometres of riverbank. The Hindu highlights a political-diplomatic dimension by saying Bhutan dedicates one of the stupas—No. 76—to India’s prime minister, with the gesture linked to India’s support for Gelephu’s development.
Across coverage, the common thread is that volunteers rapidly assemble the full set of 108 monuments, linking religious symbolism to the future city’s broader ambitions.
