Tawang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is the largest monastery in the country. It is situated in the valley of the Tawang Chu, in close proximity to the Chinese and Bhutanese border.
Tawang Monastery
View in the distance
View from Tawang DC Office
A thangka of Palden Lhamo guardian deity of the monastery
Tawang is a town and administrative headquarter of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It lies on NH-13 section of Trans-Arunachal Highway. The town was once the headquarter of the Tawang Tract, which is now divided into the Tawang district and the West Kameng district. Tawang continues as the headquarters of the former. Tawang is the number one tourist destination of Arunachal Pradesh.
Tawang Monastery
Birthplace of 6th Dalai Lama, Ugyenling Monastery, near Tawang
The 8m tall statue of the Shakyamuni Buddha in the Tawang Monastery
Sheets of paper left to dry on individual moulds on the mountain slope near Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, 1914.