Zemithang, the first stop of the 14th Dalai Lama during his flight from China-occupied Tibet in 1959, hosted a major Buddhist conference on April 17.
Key points
- Spiritual leaders from across India attended the conference organised by the Indian Himalayan Council of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition (IHCNBT).
- Zemithang or Zimithang, in the Pangchen Valley, is a village and the last circle headquarters bordering Bhutan and Tibet.
- The place on the bank of the Nyamjang Chu (river) is about 96 km from Tawang, the district headquarters.
- Zemithang means “sand valley” and the people of the area are referred to as Pangchenpa, meaning “people who gave up sin”.
