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Also called Chorten Charo Kasho the Chendebji Chorten was built in the 19th century by a Tibetan lama. It is a Nepalese style stupa like Swayambhunath or Bodnath in Kathmandu, Nepal. According to the legend, it was built to cover the remains of an evil spirit who was killed there. It is located 41 km west of Trongsa in Bhutan at 2430 meters in elevation.

See also Sonam Kinga (2004), A Brief History of Chendebji Village and Lhabon Celebration. In Wayo, Wayo - Voices from the Past, pp. 105–116. Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan. Downloaded from www.bhutan2008.bt/ndlb/typescripts/307/mng11-wayowayo.pdf

A stupa (from Sanskrit: m., स्तूप, stūpa, Sinhalese: ස්ථූපය, Pāli: थुप "thūpa", literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship. After "stupa", "chorten" is the most commonly encountered English term. The term "reliquary" is sometimes used, after a Christian functional equivalent. Stupas are an ancient form of mandala.