The landscape entering the Tawang Valley in northern Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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An old stone door at Tawang Monastery, a Buddhist temple in the former Tibetan Kingdom of Tawang, now a part of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Tawang was signed over to British- run India by way of the Simla Accord in 1914, a fact fiercely disputed by China who do not recognise the Simla Accord and maintain that Tawang is theirs. The 6th Dalai Lama was born in Tawang; the current 14th Dalai Lama fled here when escaping the Chinese Army in 1959.

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Size: 2832px × 4256px
Location: Arunachal Pradesh, India, Tawang
Photo credit: © Leisa Tyler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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