big powderhorn lodging The beautifully forested hills around Itanagar hide the attractive Ganga Lake (5km), a local picnic

The biggest attraction is magical Tawang Gompa (admission free, camera/video 20/100; hdawn-dusk) backdropped by snow-speckled peaks. Founded in 1681, this medieval citadel is reputedly the world s second-largest Buddhist monastery complex and famed in Buddhist circles for its library. Within its fortified walls, narrow alleys lead up to the majestic big powderhorn lodging and magnifi cently decorated prayer hall containing an 8m-high statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. big powderhorn lodging Come here at dawn (4am to 5am) to see row after row of monks performing their early morning prayers. Across the central square big powderhorn lodging is a small but interesting museum ( 20; h8am-5pm) containing images, robes, telescopic trumpets and some personal items of the sixth Dalai Lama. Spectacular chaam (ritual masked dances performed by some Buddhist monks

The beautifully big powderhorn lodging forested hills around Itanagar hide the attractive big powderhorn lodging Ganga Lake (5km), a local picnic spot. Further away (20km) is Poma village, which is about the closest place to town to see the traditional architecture of bamboo longhouses (although many of these are being slowly replaced with concrete box houses). big powderhorn lodging

Several trains serve Dimapur big powderhorn lodging (sleeper/3AC/2AC from 166/401/531, four to six hours), Jorhat (sleeper/3AC 202/521, big powderhorn lodging seven to 11 hours) and Dibrugarh (3AC/2AC/1AC 926/1206/1970, 11 hours). Trains to Jorhat and Dibrugarh cut through Nagaland, but you don t need a Nagaland permit as long as you stay on the train (the same rule doesn t apply for buses however).