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Works : January 2011

The base is put up.
On the rim of the temple, now stands the base of the building. It is made of two cut rough stones wall filled with concrete in between.
An iron framework that will guarantee the solidity of the structures connects the temple's pillars.

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Works : December 2010

The groundworks of the temple are nearing completion.
In February, deep excavations had been dug in order to firmly anchor the future temple.
The stone trench footings that will support the walls and the first slab are currently built between the reinforced concrete foundations, ready for the temple's pillars.

Frontage of the project

The following drawing shows the main elevation of the future lhakhang (temple).
Designed by Ugyen Chophel, the lhakhang will adopt the classical rectangular layout.
Overhanging the main entrance, a corbel will be made of finely worked wood.
The multiple roof will also be a real improvement to the initial state.

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Archive images

These photographies show the Chungkhar monastery at different periods, from the time of Garab Dorje and Dorje Wangmo to nowadays.
Drubpon Ngawang and his siblings rebuilt Chungkhar in the memory of their parents whose great regret was to have been unable to preserve the familial monastery, due to a lack of means.
This first restoration did not withstand the particularly violent earthquake of September 2009.

Works : Feb. 2010 (part2)

Here is the second part of the photos shot in February.
Thanks to a rented mechanical digger, deep pits were dug for the reinforced concrete foundations.