Tawang Monastery --www.architecturefortibet.org

tawang monastery is located in the high mountains of Arunachal Pradesh, land that catches the first rays of dawn.

Arunachal Pradesh is one of India's land-locked states. Itangar is it's capitol. It shares boarders with Myanmar in the East, Bhutan in the West, Tibet (controlled by the People's Republic of China since 1950) in the North and Assam in the South. Located in the Eastern Himalayan range, it is an area rich in biodiversity. It is a place of deep forests, snow-clad mountains, mighty rivers and verdant flora, animated with over 500 species of birds and home to many rare animal species.

Tawang district, perched at 10,000 feet above sea level, is the home of Tawang Monastary. Winters are harsh, and summers see long periods of heavy rainfall. In Tibetan Buddhism, Tawang is of special significance as it is the birthplace of His Holiness the Sixth Dalai Lama.

The monastery is the center of social and religious life for the people of the region.

Within this authentic setting, the traditional Tibetan-Buddhist way of life is preserved.

Despite the area's natural beauty and cultural richness, Tawang is an underdeveloped place: Roads crumble away when the summer rains arrive and are in constant disrepair; electricity is unreliable and power outages are a daily occurrence. Modern democratic institutions and a cash economy are still taking root, after being first introduced in the early 1960's. Agriculture is still the typical occupation of the Monpa people, who routinely barter what they grow for the necessities of daily life. Village children--who should be gaining the knowledge they will need at school-- work on small farms for the family to survive. These children are not immunized against disease. Death due to tuberculosis and typhoid are common. Such is the poverty of this pristine land of abundant beauty.

Architecture for Tibet, a new non-profit organization located in New York City, is hopeful of raising funds for a greatly needed Academic Center for the Manjushree Orphanage located in Tawang.

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[keshavgokhaledivine]

@shrin2008

Abe Khajur,

What you will do taking this all territories?

Better let it be in India, better it will develop.

Look at the GDP growth and development of India.

Better you Tibetians also dissolve in Indian as east Germany did with West one. It will be only benefitial to you.

Regards.

[silkybreeze]

Hey Tawang people r also chinks so dont u dare biharis,dhotiwalas,and baniyas call chink here.First u say tawang is part of india and then u show rasicm by calling chinks,then neither china nor india deserves our land,go and flaunt ur powers to each other,but not to Tawang (Tibetan)peoples.

[amolsagar]

u fucking chink we will not give a single inch of land to nobody.

[shob1972]

How can Tawang belong to Tibet .?? What dont you try and get Tibet for yourself first and then talk about Tawang

[lpdamo]

TAWANG BELONG'S TO MONPA'S.

[shrin2008]

Tawang belongs to Tibet,not India!!!