1. Chimi Lhakang is a Buddhist monastery of Bhutan which is popular for being a tourist destination that has brought great miracles for childless couples.

1. Chimi Lhakang is a Buddhist monastery of Bhutan which is popular for being a tourist destination that has brought great miracles for childless couples.

2. It is situated about 60 km from Bhutan’s capital city Thimphu

2. It is situated about 60 km from Bhutan’s capital city Thimphu

3. The 14thDrukpa hierarch Ngawang Choegyel built the monastery in 1499.

3. The 14thDrukpa hierarch Ngawang Choegyel built the monastery in 1499.

4. However, it was Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), the maverick saint (also known as the ‘Divine Madman’) who first built a chorten at the site.

4. However, it was Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), the maverick saint (also known as the ‘Divine Madman’) who first built a chorten at the site.

5. Chimi Lhakhang is of modest size, square in shape and elegantly designed with golden roof.

5. Chimi Lhakhang is of modest size, square in shape and elegantly designed with golden roof.

6.  It is surrounded by a row of prayer wheels and its exterior walls are embedded with beautiful slate carvings of saints' images

6.  It is surrounded by a row of prayer wheels and its exterior walls are embedded with beautiful slate carvings of saints' images

7. Chimi Lhakhang is also known as Fertility Temple as people from different parts of the world come here to seek blessings for conceiving a child.

7. Chimi Lhakhang is also known as Fertility Temple as people from different parts of the world come here to seek blessings for conceiving a child.

8. The blessing process involves visitors getting hit on the head by the presiding Lama with the 10-inches ivory and wooden phallus followed by the bow and arrow used by Drukpa Kunley

8. The blessing process involves visitors getting hit on the head by the presiding Lama with the 10-inches ivory and wooden phallus followed by the bow and arrow used by Drukpa Kunley

9. People who successfully became parents after visiting the monastery send in pictures of their children with gratitude notes which are preserved in a picture book at the sacred site

9. People who successfully became parents after visiting the monastery send in pictures of their children with gratitude notes which are preserved in a picture book at the sacred site

10. The local deity known as Chhoekim, who is the guardian of Chimi Lhakhang, was once a demoness who was made a devotee of Lord Buddha by Drukpa Kunley

10. The local deity known as Chhoekim, who is the guardian of Chimi Lhakhang, was once a demoness who was made a devotee of Lord Buddha by Drukpa Kunley

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