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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!

Last updated on: July 03, 2013 17:56 IST


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Rediff.com's Uttam Ghosh visited Arunachal Pradesh, Shillong and Assam and returned with these memories

We begin with this rather cute picture of young monks at the Tawang monastery.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

This stunning image has been shot from an army canteen offering a foggy view of the Shungetser Lake.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Up next is this photograph of the Se La, the world's highest motorable high-altitude mountain pass. Located at an elevation of 13,700ft, the pass connects Tawang town to Tezpur and Guwahati. It is also the arterial road the links Tawang to the rest of the country.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Up next is this photograph of the Tawang Monastery, the largest in India. The monastery complex has some 65 residential buildings among other structures and is one of the most beautiful places to visit.

Would you like to share your memorable travel pictures with us? They could be of your international holiday (like these) or of stunning Indian landscapes (like these) or the Himalayas (like these) or quite simply photographs of the sun (like these). Simply e-mail your pictures to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on Rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little write-up of where you clicked the snap.

DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

The Shillong peak, located about 10 km from the city offers panaromic views of Shillong. Here a family of tourists from Tamil Nadu pose for photographs dressed in a Khasi costume.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Don't be surprised if you hear gunfire if you're nearby... the signboard in the picture stands quite close to the highest artillery firing centre. This is en route Shungetser Lake.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Up next are photographs of army bunkers and the Tawang valley

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

A window to the world -- a ladel is seen through a window of a dhaba on the way to Se La.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Seen next is a classic example of Tibetan paintings on a small temple at the Dirang Valley. The valley itself is located between Bomdilla and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh at 4910 ft above sea level and is, among other things, known for its hot water springs.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Seen here is a bridge over the River Sangti near Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh. Known for its picturesque valleys, the village is also a home for black-necked cranes that migrate here from Tibet.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

A road worker takes a break -- shot on the way to Se La

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

The thing about yaks is that you'll see them mostly on t-shirts. It takes a fair bit of driving around to higher altitudes to find a live one.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Up next is a detail of a sculpture on the gate to Se La.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

The gate to Se La. While this pass does receive heavy snowfall during the winters, it is for most part open throughout the year unless of course there are landslides or the snow blocks the path.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Next up is this picture of a local labourer carrying on with her chores along with her baby. I wonder how they work in such extreme climate with the children, most workers I spotted on the way to tawang were women.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

A typical home on the roadside complete with firewood and running water from the mountain streams, on way to Shungetser Lake. The little child was very tourist friendly even waved at us. The children are very well dressed and look like they are just ready to walk into a Mumbai mall.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Firewood on a rainy day inside Tawang Monastery.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Yin and Yang! The canine population at the Bomdilla Monastery guest house.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Cattle market near Nellie, Assam. (Always wanted to come to Nellie since the massacre here in the '80s that shook the nation).

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

Up next is this picture of a Khasi mother with her children at the Shillong Cathedral.

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DON'T MISS: Amazing pictures of India's North East!


Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

And finally, this one's shot at the Shillong Lake where tourists are trying to pose for a picture with the geese.

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