Famous Places In Arunachal Pradesh

Famous Places In Arunachal Pradesh

 TAWANG
The area of the district is approximately 2085 sq. km. bordered by Tibet in the North, Bhutan in the South-West and Sela ranges separate West Kameng district in the East.The inhabitants of the districts are all of Monpa tribes except Shyo village which is dominated by people of Tibetian origin. The Monpas belong to Mongoloid stock. They are well built, fair in complexion. Their houses are built with stones and timbers. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry are the fundamental means of the Monpas occupation.

Tawang Monastery is one of the most important element in Social and Religious life of the Monpas. This Monastery is known as "GALDEN NAMGYEL LHATSE". It is one of the most largest Lamaseries of Mahayana sect in Asia. Lamseries comprise of several sections ranging near about four hundred years, devoted to Love, Learning and Purity of life.

Famous Places In Arunachal Pradesh

Famous Places In Arunachal Pradesh

The Wonder of India - Golden Temple - Amritsar:

Golden Temple, one of the spiritually beautiful and famous place of Sikhs culture. It is situated in Amritsar, the capital of a beautiful state of rivers Punjab. An unforgettable architecture and a samovar (lake) around give an elegant look to it. It is covered with a layer of gold on the top both inside and outside of the gurudawara. In simple words if we say it is a perfect place for your internal peace and harmony. It is a symbol of the magnificence and strength of the Sikh people all over the world. People from all over the world wishes to be the part of Ardas at Sri Harmandir Sahib.

Golden Temple is also known with the name of Harmandir Sahib and Sri Darbar Sahib. The Harmandir Sahib is one of the famous gurudawara of sikhisim. The eternal Guru the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, is kept inside and it is consider as a god of Sikh religion. The Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the holiest literature in the Sikh religion, on 7 October 1708 the tenth Guru of Sikhs, Sri Guru Gobind Singh had made guru granth sahib the eternal Sikh Guru and the leader of Sikhism.

The main structure of Sri Harmandir Sahib, functionally as well as technically is a three-storied one. It is built on a 67ft. square platform in the centre of the Sarovar. The temple is made up in 40.5ft. square and it is surrounded with the path. The lake around and the lighting gives an unforgettable view when the sun sets. It has doors in each direction i.e. East, West, North and South. The bridge is connected with the 13 feet wide ‘Pardakshna’ (circumambulatory path).

On the top of the first floor ,4 feet high parapet rises on all the sides which has also four ‘Mamtees’ on the four corners and exactly on the top of the central hall of the main sanctuary rises the third story. It is a small square room and has three gates around. A continuous reading of Guru Granth Sahib is held there. On the top of this room stands the low fluted ‘Gumbaz’(dome) having lotus petal motif in relief at the base inverted lotus at the top which supports the ‘Kalash’ having a beautiful ‘Chhatri’ at the end.

Its unique architecture represents synchronization between the Muslims and the Hindus by the way it is constructed and this is considered the best architectural specimens of the world. It is often quoted that this architecture has created an exclusive architecture of oneness in the history of art in India. It is a place of both stupendous beauty & sub line peacefulness.

Famous Places In Arunachal Pradesh

Famous Places In Arunachal Pradesh

The Wonder of India - Tawang Monastery - Arunachal Pradesh:

The famous Tawang Monestry located at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh was founded by Merak Lama Lodre Gyatso in the year 1680-81. The name Tawang means Chosen Horse. It is also known in another Tibetan name known as Galden Namgey Lhatse, which means a true name within a celestial paradise in a clear night. It is cosidered to be the second largest monastery in asia after the first one in Tibet.

The monastery stands on the spur of a hill, about 10,000 feet above sea level and has ravines in the south and west, narrow ridge on the north and gradual slope on the east. It is about 925 feet long and the height varies from about ten to twenty feet. It offers a commanding and picturesque view of the Tawang-chu valley. From a distance it appears like a fort as if guarding the votaries in the wide valley below.The approach to the monastery is from the north along the ridge. Just near the entrance to the monastery there is a building housing the dung-gyur mani from where the water is fetched for use in the monastery.

A colossal richly gilded statue of Lord Buddha occupies the middle of the northern side .To the south of its is the kakaling, the entrance gate. The kakaling is a hut-like structure with its two lateral walls made of staone. It serves as a gate. After passing through the kakaling there is a big gate further south which is without any door. There are two slits in the wall to see out through all along the outer side of the eastern wall connecting this gate with the kakaling. The most imposing building of the monastery is the assembly hall known as Dukhang. It is a three-storied building standing on thenorthern side of the court and houses the template and the Labrang (The establishment of the Abbot.). It is said that the yarn given by the Vth Dalai Lama to Merak Lama enclosed the area bounded by the four walls. The entire eastern half of the monastery is covered with sixty residential quarter's called (Sha/Hut) for housing the resident monks.

Though it has the capacity for housing about seven hundred monks, the actual number of resident lamas (monks) at present is a little more than 450. Each of these dormitories has been constructed by a group of villagers on voluntary basis. In addition to the Tawang monastery, the town has a Handicrafts Center, which was started to promote the small-scale industries for local handicrafts. It also houses the Parkhang library: a collection of the 400-year-old Kangyurs which consists of 110 volumes with 400-500 pages in each bundle in addition to invaluable manuscripts. Other large collections include the Sutras, Tangym, Sungbhum, old books and other manuscripts, both handwritten and printed, many of them in gold. The collection has a total of 850 bundles.

This monastery is the fountain-head of the spiritual life of the people of this region. In brief, this monastery is simply awe-inspiring and majestic in its appearance and grandeur. A visit of Tawang Monastery is most spiritually refreshing experience.