Monuments & Heritage in Arunachal Pradesh
17 places in Arunachal Pradesh under monuments & heritage. Memorials, old towns and protected sites.
Explore with dates- Bhismaknagar FortLower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh · FortsThe 12th-century brick fort of the Chutiya kings, tied by legend to Rukmini. Quiet and old.
- Bum La PassTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksThe 1962 border pass at 4600 m north of Tawang, visited only on an army permit.
- Golden Pagoda, NamsaiNamsai, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe gilded Tai Khamti pagoda on the Tengapani, and the water festival of Poi Pee Mau in April.
- Gorsam Chorten, ZemithangTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesA huge Boudhanath-style stupa at Zemithang, 90 km from Tawang in the Bhutan corner.
- Ita FortItanagar Capital Complex, Arunachal Pradesh · FortsThe medieval brick fort that gave the capital its name, on a ridge above the town.
- JairampurChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Stilwell Road town with a rediscovered Second World War cemetery in the jungle.
- Jaswant Garh War MemorialTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe roadside memorial to Jaswant Singh Rawat, who held this ridge for 72 hours in 1962.
- Kekar MonyingEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe cliff above the Siang where the Adi stood against the British column in 1911.
- KomsingEast Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Adi village where the 1911 killing of Noel Williamson brought the British into the Siang hills.
- MalinithanLower Siang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe finest medieval sculpture in Arunachal, on a temple ruin above the Assam plains.
- Pangsau PassChanglang, Arunachal Pradesh · Peak TreksWhere the Stilwell Road crosses into Myanmar, with the Lake of No Return just over the line.
- Samten Yongcha GompaShi Yomi, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesMechuka's 400-year-old hilltop gompa, small and plain, with the whole valley below.
- Tawang MonasteryTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe largest monastery in India, on a spur above Tawang town at 3000 m.
- Tawang War MemorialTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe stupa-shaped memorial to the 2420 soldiers who died in the Kameng sector in 1962.
- ThembangWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh · Villages & Hidden GemsA walled Monpa village on the UNESCO tentative list, 20 km up a rough road from Dirang.
- Urgelling MonasteryTawang, Arunachal Pradesh · Pilgrimage RoutesThe small monastery where the sixth Dalai Lama was born in 1683, 5 km below Tawang.
- Walong War MemorialAnjaw, Arunachal Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe Lohit valley town where a brigade held out in 1962. Memorial, hot spring, base for Dong.
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