Spanning 250,000 acres (2.5 per cent of the mountainous country), Gelephu Mindfulness City will include residential neighbourhoods, healthcare, spiritual and cultural centres, a university and an ...

But now, with an announcement made in December by the Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is hoping to make a big splash, with the creation of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC ...

At the summit, the 1,000-sq.-mi. expanse of what will be Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) materializes through fluttering prayer flags. To the east, a strip of palm forest has been cleared to extend ...

above Edi village and about 15 minutes drive from Gelephu town. However, as the special administrative region is based on the concept of a mindfulness city, backed by spiritual and religious practices ...

The Gelephu Mindfulness City project—a project the King of Bhutan has a personal interest in—was also discussed by the two leaders, with Modi reassuring “His Majesty” of India’s ...