Guwahati: A group of Indian mountaineers just recently scaled an unchartered top located atop 20,942 feet near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and called it after Tibetan spiritual leader sixth Dalai Lama.
The 15-member group led by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) scaled the hitherto peak at Gorichen variety near Tawang in West Kameng area on September 21. The exploration started on September 7 from NIMAS base at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh.
“The peak was one of the most technically challenging and unexplored summits in the region. After overcoming immense challenges including sheer ice walls, treacherous crevasses, and a 2-kilometer-long glacier, the team immortalised the momentous feat by naming the peak Tsangyang Gyatso Peak in honor of His Holiness the 6th Dalai Lama Rigzen Tsangyang Gyatso,” claimed a declaration provided by Indian Army on Wednesday.
“By naming this peak after His Holiness Dalai Lama, NIMAS aims to pay tribute to his timeless wisdom and his profound contributions to the Monpa community and beyond,” claimed the declaration.
The identifying of the recently dominated top after the Dalai Lama presumes value offered the reality that the Tibetan spiritual leader had actually gone into India with Tawang in March 1959, complying with China’s line of work of the Tibet area. Tawang was just one of the significant theaters of the China-India battle of 1962.
The step might temper China as it still declares Arunachal Pradesh as component of its South Tibet area. But India has actually repetitively denied China’s insurance claims. The Dalai Lama in addition to countless Tibetans remain to take sanctuary in India.
NIMAS, which has actually gone to the center of journey and alpinism in India, has actually educated the Indian Mountaineering Foundation concerning the climb and the choice to call the top. The essential procedures for calling the top are being finished to guarantee that “Tsangyang Gyatso Peak” is identified on the main map, claimed the military declaration.
This historical climb not just commemorates Arunachal Pradesh’s abundant social heritage yet likewise places the area as a crucial location for alpinism and journey sporting activities, bring in travelers and journey lovers from around the world, it even more claimed.
Published 25 September 2024, 19:12 IST
