Zemithang

April 20, 2023

RECENTLY, a major Buddhist Conference was hosted in Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh.
Zemithang was first stop of the 14th Dalai Lama during his flight from China-occupied Tibet in 1959.
Zemithang or Zimithang, in the Pangchen Valley, is a village and the last circle headquarters bordering Bhutan and Tibet.
Zemithang means “sand valley” and the people of the area are referred to as Pangchenpa, meaning “people who gave up sin”.
It is on the Nyamjang Chu