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Chimi Lhakhang

Chimi Lhakhang, the Fertility Temple of Divine Madman

Chimi Lhakhang is a fertility temple of Drukpa Kunley, the Divine Madman, perched on a round hillock that resembles a “woman’s breast” in Lobesa village under Barp Gewog of Punakha Dzongkhag at an altitude of 1300 meters. Lam Ngawang Chogyal built the Chimi Lhakhang temple in 1499, where Divine Madman subdued a demoness of Dochu La Pass using his phallus as a “flaming thunderbolt”. Therefore, Chimi Lhakhang means “No Dog Temple”.