Tawang is a town and the headquarters of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.Tawang is situated 448 km north-west of state capital Itanagar at an elevation of approximately 3,048 metres (10,000 ft). The town lies to the north of the Tawang Chu river valley, roughly 10 miles (16 km) south of the Line of Actual Control with China. The town once served as the district headquarters of West Kameng district. In 1989, the present day Tawang district to the north of the Sela Pass was split off as a separate district.




Tawang is the birthplace of the 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso. It was also where he died in 1682 at Tawang Monastery, which is now a famous pilgrimage site for Tibetan Buddhists. The monastery was built by his two wives and chief consort (Phagmo Drölma) after his death.
The town has an airport with regular flights to New Delhi and Kolkata operated by Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd.. A new terminal building opened in March 2007 replacing one from 1964 that had been destroyed during a fire on 27 April 2006.

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