We stopped at this site for a break on our trip east last week. The main structure in the middle of the photo is a chorten in the Nepali style and is actually a small replica of a chorten in Kathmandu. It was built in the 1800s as the farthest west in a path of chortens for early Buddhist missionaries and covers an evil spirit that was killed at the site (according to Lonely Planet).
The eyes of Buddha:
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