Zemithang
Zemithang
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Zemithang (
Khinzemane
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The Zemithang Circle is the last administrative division of India on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, along the border with Bhutan in the west.[2][3][4] It has a population of 2,498 people by the 2011 census, distributed in 18 villages. The Zemithang Circle and the Dudunghar Circle to its south, together make up a community development block.[5] Zemithang's border with Tibet, along the Namka Chu and Sumdorong Chu valleys, is disputed with China.[6]
Zemithang was the first point in India that the
Chinese occupation of Tibet.[6] He settled at the Tawang Monastery; 70 km southeast, on 30 March before moving on a month later to Uttarakhand to meet then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.[7] The Dalai Lama has reportedly recalled the area "emotionally" as "a place where I had enjoyed freedom for the first time."[7]
Gorsam Chorten
Gorsam Chorten (
Swayambhunath Stupa) and carved a miniature of it out of a radish. He brought the radish sculpture back to Zemithang, where Gorsam Chorten was built as a replica stupa based on it. It was said that the Zemithang stupa is different from the Kathmandu original owing to the radish miniature that had shrivelled.[8] The stupa is roughly 28 m high and is the site of annual Gorsam Kora festival where reportedly thousands of Buddhists attend.[9]
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Nature near Zemithang -
Mountains of Zemithang -
Tawang district
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References
- ^ Kalita, Kangkan (2023-03-21). "Tree planted by 14th Dalai Lama near LAC in Arunachal a big hit". The Times of India. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Sang Khandu. "Leaves of Pangchen" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Chowdhary, Charu (2019-07-23). "Zemithang: An Oasis of Calm And Tranquility in Arunachal Pradesh". India.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Community from Zemithang Valley bags award for forest conservation". www.wwfindia.org. WWF-India. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Tawang District Census Handbook, Part A (PDF), Directorate of Census Operations, Arunachal Pradesh, 2011, pp. 28, 77
- ^ a b "Taking the high road: India infrastructure drive counters China". RFI. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ a b "How the Dalai Lama escaped to Arunachal Pradesh 58 years back". Indian Express. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ a b c d S. Banerjee, Partha (2003-03-16). "The solitary splendour of a stupa in the wilderness". The Tribune - Sunday. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ a b "Gorsam Chorten Zemithang, Tawang". Government of Arunachal Pradesh. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
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