Tawang Monastery
Tawang monastery sits like a sentinel on a mountaintop (at around 10000 feet) above the town of Tawang in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India.
Founded by Merak Lama Lodre Gyatso in 1680-81 in accordance with the wishes of the 5th Dalai Lama,Tawang monastery is the largest monastery in India and the second largest in the world after Potala Palace in Lhasa,Tibet.It belongs to the Gelug school of Mahayana Buddhism.It is three stories high,is enclosed by a 282 mts.compound wall and has 65 residential buildings inside.
Tawang Monastery
Tawang monastery sits like a sentinel on a mountaintop (at around 10000 feet) above the town of Tawang in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India.
Founded by Merak Lama Lodre Gyatso in 1680-81 in accordance with the wishes of the 5th Dalai Lama,Tawang monastery is the largest monastery in India and the second largest in the world after Potala Palace in Lhasa,Tibet.It belongs to the Gelug school of Mahayana Buddhism.It is three stories high,is enclosed by a 282 mts.compound wall and has 65 residential buildings inside.