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Located at an elevation of 10,000 feet in Tawang Town in Arunachal Pradesh.
The assembly hall has a 8.3 m high Golden Buddha statue.
Is 3 storeys high, occupies an area of 140 sq mt and houses 65 residential buildings.
The kakaling (entrance gate) is a large hut shaped structure made of stone.
Founded by Merak Lama Lodre Gyatso in 1681
Is of the Gelugpa sect of Buddhist.
Is the largest centre for Buddhist cultural studies.
Is the largest Buddhist monastery in India.
Houses the Parkhang Library containing 400 year old Kangyur
manuscripts.
Kamakhya Temple:
Situated atop the Nilachal hill (blue mountain) in Guwahati, Assam.
The temple is structured like a beehive shikhara with sculptured panels and images of Hindu deities.
Consists of 3 major chambers, the middle chamber leading to an underground cave containing a natural spring symbolizing the ‘yoni’.
The main temple consists of the pitha of goddess Kamakhya and two shrines of Laksmi and Sarasvati nearby. The Kamakhya temple complex also consists of
Goddess Kali, Tara, Bagala, Chinnamasta, Bhuvanesvari, Bhairavi and Dhumavati.
Constructed in 1565 by Chilarai of the Koch dynasty.
It is a shaktipith.
Devoted to the Goddess Shakti.
Important pilgrimage centre for Hindu and tantric worshippers.
In the summers, when the spring water turns red, the Ambubasi festival is held.
Worshiping still includes sacrifices and every morning, a goat is offered to the goddess.
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