hilltop chalet Remote, culturally magical and scenically spectacular, Tawang is the archetypical Shangri La and a m

Tripura s most iconic building, hilltop chalet the 1930 Neermahal, is a long, red-and-white water palace (admission/camera/video 10/10/25; h8.30am-4pm, hilltop chalet until 4.30pm Apr-Sep), which is empty but shimmering on its own boggy island in the lake of Rudra Sagar. Like its counterpart in Rajasthan s Udaipur, this

Remote, culturally magical and scenically spectacular, hilltop chalet Tawang is the archetypical Shangri La and a mountain-hopping journey through this, the lands of the Monpa (a people of Buddhist-Tibetan origin) to the gates of the famous hilltop chalet Tawang Monastery is one of the northeast s greatest adventures.