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Tsari
Dakpa Sheri (, ), explained as "Pure Crystal Mountain" and also known as Tsari, is a mountain in the eponymously named Tsari region in Lhöntse County of Tibet's Shannan Prefecture. The mountain is considered sacred for Tibetans and the pilgrimage route circumambulates the mountain. Takpa Siri ridge consists of four hills/ passes and four water bodies. Following border tensions between China and India, the pilgrimage was stopped after 1956.'''' Etymology Dakpa Sheri is usually classified as a ''néri (né–ri,'' abode–mountain'')'' with the word "abode" being used in reference to deities. The ''Néri'' can be seen as the focus of Tibetan worship or ''kora''. The word Tsari (''Tsa-ri'') has been used for both the geographical area surrounding Dakpa Sheri as well as the mountain itself. ''Tsa'' is a consonant of the Tibetan script while ''ri'' means 'mountain'. Variations include ''rTsá-ri'' which is explained as "Psychic Energy Channel Mountain", ''rTsa-ba'' which is e ...
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Migyitun
Migyitun (), also called Tsari or Zhari (), is a town in the Lhöntse County of Tibet's Shannan Prefecture. It is on the banks of the Tsari Chu river close to the McMahon Line, the ''de facto'' border with India's Arunachal Pradesh. It is also a key part of the Buddhist Tsari pilgrimage, made once in twelve years, that makes a wide circumambulation of the Dakpa Sheri mountain.Claude ArpiThe Pure Crystal Mountain Pilgrimage of Tsari extract from ''1962: The McMahon Line Saga'', posted 25 June 2014. Etymology The original Tibetan name ''Lo Mikyimdün'' () means "seven households of ''Lo''", where ''Lo'', a short form of ''Loyül'' or "Lopa country", which appears to cover the village area and the valley to the south. (This was distinguished from "Tsari", the "sacred ground", upstream of Migyitun.) The name refers to an old story regarding seven Tibetan families that came to live in this tribal territory a long time ago. People belonging to the Tagin tribe of Assam Himalayas s ...
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Longju
Longju or Longzu () is a disputed area in the eastern sector of the China–India border, controlled by China but claimed by India. The village of Longju is located in the Tsari Chu valley south of the town of Migyitun, considered the historical border of Tibet. The area of Longju southwards is populated by the Tagin tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. India had a border post manned by Assam Rifles at Longju until August 1959, when it was attacked by Chinese border troops and forced to withdraw. After discussion the two sides agreed to leave the post unoccupied. India established a new post at Maja, three miles to the south of Longju, * : "The Government of India took steps to establish a new post in the south of Longju. A platoon of the Assam Rifles under Captain Mitra established a post at Maja, three miles in the south of Longju." * : "This gallant officer aptain Mitra however, established our post at Maja instead, about six miles South of Long-ju (and about three miles or less a ...
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Taksing
Taksing is a village and headquarters of an eponymous Circle in the Upper Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The region of Taksing is populated by Tagin people. The village is on the bank of the Subansiri River, shortly after the river enters India from the west. Road access to the village from Limeking was provided by the Border Roads Organisation in 2018. Niharika MandhanaIndia Moves Mountains to Build Military Road to China Border The Wall Street Journal, 5 April 2017. Taksing is on the eastern edge of the Asaphila area. Description Taksing is on the southern bank of the Subansiri River soon after it enters India from the west. There has been a traditional walking track on the southern bank of the river between Gelensiniak and Taksing. The track continues west for about 3 km till the village of Ishneya, and crosses the Subansiri River to its northern bank. This being close to the confluence of Yume Chu and Subansiri rivers, tracks from Lung (in th ...
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Tsari Chu
The Subansiri River; is a trans- Himalayan river and a tributary of the Brahmaputra River that flows through Tibet's Lhünzê County, Shannan Prefecture and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. The Subansiri is long, with a drainage basin . It is the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra contributing 7.92% of the Brahmaputra's total flow. Name and etymology The name is derived from a Sanskrit word ''svarṇa'' (), meaning 'gold'. Originally the name applied to the river only after the confluence of the Chayul Chu and Tsari Chu rivers at Gelensiniak. In early maps of independent India, Tsari Chu was marked as the main Subansiri river. However, over time, the name has been transferred to Chayul Chu. Within Tibet, the rivers are named after the locations they flow from such as Loro Chu, Nye Chu, Char Chu and Chayul Chu, all of which apply to the Subansirir or its tributaries. Course The Subansiri River originates in the Himalayas near Mount Porom in the Tibe ...
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Subansiri River
The Subansiri River; is a trans- Himalayan river and a tributary of the Brahmaputra River that flows through Tibet's Lhünzê County, Shannan Prefecture and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. The Subansiri is long, with a drainage basin . It is the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra contributing 7.92% of the Brahmaputra's total flow. Name and etymology The name is derived from a Sanskrit word ''svarṇa'' (), meaning 'gold'. Originally the name applied to the river only after the confluence of the Chayul Chu and Tsari Chu rivers at Gelensiniak. In early maps of independent India, Tsari Chu was marked as the main Subansiri river. However, over time, the name has been transferred to Chayul Chu. Within Tibet, the rivers are named after the locations they flow from such as Loro Chu, Nye Chu, Char Chu and Chayul Chu, all of which apply to the Subansirir or its tributaries. Course The Subansiri River originates in the Himalayas near Mount Porom in the Tibet. ...
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Gelensiniak
Gelensiniak, or ''Geling Sinyik'', is a village in the Limeking Circle of the Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh, India, close to the region's border with Tibet. The Gelen Vinayak BhatDespite Modi-Xi bonhomie, China moves into Arunachal Pradesh, builds new road and barracks The Print, 22 June 2018. Uses the full form Gelen Bung. or Gelling river (called Tsari Chu in Tibet) flows down from Migyitun and Longju and joins the Subansiri River here. Gelensiniak is strategically located between Longju, Taksing and Limeking. The region is populated by the Mara clan of Tagin people. Behind Gelensiniak, on a vertical cliff top is a flat area known as Tame Chung Chung ("place of snakes", abbreviated TCC), which hosts military camps for Indian border troops. Until road access to the Tame Chung Chung was built by the Border Roads Organisation in 2018, the camps were supplied only by helicopters.
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Yume Chu
Yume or Yümé, also spelt Yümai (), is a township in the Lhuntse County in Tibet region of China. Yume is on the bank of the Yume Chu river, a tributary of the Subansiri River, which it joins the China–India border close to Taksing. The township is part of the Tsari district, considered holy by Tibetans. Location and significance Yume is on the bank of Yume Chu river, a short tributary of the Subansiri River, which it joins near Tibet's border with India's Arunachal Pradesh. Yume is in the western section of the Buddhist holy ground of Tsari centred at the Dakpa Sheri mountain. The 12-yearly ''rongkor'' (ravine circuit) pilgrimage around the Tsari mountain passed through Yume, after passing through Migyitun, Gelensiniak and Taksing, to finish at Chösam. The last ''rongkor'' pilgrimage was held in 1956, after which the Sino-Indian border conflict put a stop to the practice. Tibetologist Claude Arpi has called for India and China to cooperate to bring about a res ...
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Kora (pilgrimage)
__NOTOC__ Kora (, THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription: kor ra) is a transliteration of a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist or Bon traditions. A ''Kora'' is performed by the practitioner making a circumambulation around a sacred site or object, typically as a constituent part of a pilgrimage, ceremony, celebration or ritual. In broader terms, it is a term that is often used to refer to the entire pilgrimage experience in the Tibetan regions. Classification and foci For "pilgrimage", Tibetans generally use the term ''nékor'' (), "circling around an abode" (, THL: né), referring to the general practice of circumambulation as a way of relating to such places. In the context of kora, the ''né'' or ''néchen'' () is rendered as "empowered", "sacred" or "holy" place/object, and the ''né'' is credited with the ability to transform those that circumambulate it. Asp ...
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Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
The Rangjung Yeshe Wiki is a Wiki community established in 2005 focused on building a Tibetan-English Dictionary, glossaries of Buddhist terminology, biographies of Buddhist teachers, and articles on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections. The site aims to develop resources useful for the "community of lotsawas" involved in translating Buddhist texts from Classical Tibetan to English and other European Languages. The original content of the Wiki was based on a digital Tibetan-English dictionary compiled by the translator Erik Pema Kunsang Erik Pema Kunsang (born Erik Hein Schmidt) is a Danish translator and was, along with Marcia Binder Schmidt, director of Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications in Kathmandu. He has translated over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral ... in the early 1970s. The Rangjung Yeshe Wiki currently has over 23,720 articles, 1,060 uploaded files, and 825 registered users. The site is hosted and supported by the Tsadra Found ...
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Line Of Actual Control
The Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the context of the Sino-Indian border dispute, is a notional demarcation lineAnanth KrishnanLine of Actual Control , India-China: the line of actual contest, 13 June 2020: "In contrast, the alignment of the LAC has never been agreed upon, and it is has neither been delineated nor demarcated. There is no official map in the public domain that depicts the LAC. It can best be thought of as an idea, reflecting the territories that are, at present, under the control of each side, pending a resolution of the boundary dispute." that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. The concept was introduced by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru as the "line up to which each side exercises actual control", but rejected by Nehru as being incoherent. Subsequently the term came to refer to the line formed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War. The LAC is different from the borders claimed by each c ...
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Shannan, Tibet
ShannanThe official spelling according to (), also romanized from Tibetan as Lhoka (; ), is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Shannan includes Gonggar County within its jurisdiction with Gongkar Chö Monastery, Gonggar Dzong, and Gonggar Airport all located near Gonggar town. Located on the middle and lower reaches of the Yarlung Valley, formed by the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Lhoka region is often regarded as the birthplace of Tibetan civilization. It is bounded by the city of Lhasa to the north, Nyingchi to the east, Shigatse on the west and the international border with India and Bhutan on the south. The city measures east to west and from north to south. Its uniqueness stems from the fact that Tibet's earliest agricultural farmland, its first palace and first Buddhist monastery are all located in Lhoka. It also has the distinction of having held the first lhamo performance. Ethnic Tibetans constitute 98% of the population, the remaini ...
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China–India Border
The Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the context of the Sino-Indian border dispute, is a notional demarcation lineAnanth KrishnanLine of Actual Control , India-China: the line of actual contest, 13 June 2020: "In contrast, the alignment of the LAC has never been agreed upon, and it is has neither been delineated nor demarcated. There is no official map in the public domain that depicts the LAC. It can best be thought of as an idea, reflecting the territories that are, at present, under the control of each side, pending a resolution of the boundary dispute." that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. The concept was introduced by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in a 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru as the "line up to which each side exercises actual control", but rejected by Nehru as being incoherent. Subsequently the term came to refer to the line formed after the 1962 Sino-Indian War. The LAC is different from the borders claimed by each c ...
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