Sacred Monasteries
Where the bell still tolls at dawn.
Gompas perched on ridgelines, prayer halls lit by butter lamps, lineages of monks tracing their teaching back to the Tibetan plateau. The Eastern Himalaya remembers in incense.
West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh
Tawang — The Celestial Paradise
Founded 1680–81
Founded by Merak Lama Lodre Gyatso in the 17th century on a hilltop the founder said was chosen by his horse. Today it remains the second-largest Buddhist monastery in the world.
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