Tawang Monastery

Tawang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in , , India. It is the largest monastery in the country. It is situated in the valley of the Tawang Chu, in close proximity to the Chinese and Bhutanese border.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist monastery in Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “Gaden Namgyal Lhatse” and “Tawang Gompa”
  • Address: Tawang

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tawang.

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is a town in the in the far west of the state of in North-Eastern India. The second-largest Buddhist monastery in the world is here, and was built in 1681.

Tawang Monastery

Latitude
27.58661° or 27° 35′ 12″ north
Longitude
91.85739° or 91° 51′ 27″ east
Open location code
7MVHHVP4+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 507428055
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q3349882
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Urdu—“Tawang Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “টাৱাং মঠ”
  • Bengali: “তাওয়াং মঠ”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Tawang”
  • Chinese: “达旺寺”
  • Chinese: “達旺寺”
  • French: “monastère de Tawang”
  • French: “Monastère de Tawang”
  • Fulah: “Tawang Monastery”
  • Hindi: “तवांग मठ”
  • Kannada: “ತವಾಂಗ್ ಆಶ್ರಮ”
  • Kannada: “ತವಾಂಗ್ ಮೊನ್ಯಾಸ್ಟರಿ”
  • Korean: “타왕 사원”
  • Marathi: “तवांग बौद्ध मठ”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Tawang”
  • Romanian: “mănăstirea Tawang”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Tawang”
  • Russian: “Таванг-гомпа”
  • Russian: “Таванг”
  • Sanskrit: “तवांग मठः”
  • Tamil: “தவாங் மடாலயம்”
  • Tibetan: “རྟ་དབང་དགོན་པ”
  • Urdu: “توانگ خانقاہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gaden Namgyal Lhatse Museum and Centre For Buddhist Cultural Studies.

Nearby Places

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