Mountain Peak in Arunachal Named After 6th Dalai Lama

New Delhi: A mountain peak in Arunachal Pradesh has been named after the 6th Dalai Lama, who was born in 1682 near Tawang.

The 20,942-foot-high, un-named and unclimbed peak is now named Tsangyang Gyatso Peak.

“This is to honour His Holiness the 6th Dalai Lama, Rigzen Tsangyang Gyatso,” the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) said in a statement.

NIMAS is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Defence. A team of NIMAS scaled the peak. The website of the 14th Dalai Lama — the present spiritual leader — says “the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, was born in 1682 in the region of Mon Tawang in present-day Arunachal Pradesh, India”.

The necessary formalities are being completed to ensure that Tsangyang Gyatso Peak is recognised on the official map.

The peak is in the Gorichen range of the Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang-West Kameng region.