jan-arend van Boeijen's video: Northeast India: Arunachal Pradesh - a visit to the Tawang Monastery

Located in the Tawang-Chu river valley, in Arunachal Pradesh, India, at an elevation of 3300 meters, the wonderful Tawang monastery is one of the most important and largest Buddhist shrines in the world. This holy shrine, located in the midst of majestic mountain ranges, is home to more than 700 monks and 450 Lamas, making it the biggest Buddhist Monastery in India, and the second biggest in Asia, outside of Lhasa, Tibet. Tawang Monastery is also known by the Tibetan name Gaden Namgyal Lhatse, which means 'celestial paradise in a clear night'. This glorious shrine belongs to the Gelugpa sect of the Mahayana stream of Buddhism. This video give you a gives you a sneak peak at the daily life of the young monks in their quarters. For a written travelogue in English with a lot of photo's and more videos: see http://www.travelbyphoto.nl/trNEIndia/reportNEIgb.html