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Tourist Destinations of Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal
provides a host of sites of tourist interest. Its capital
at Itanagar tells the story of the Ita Fort built in
the fourteenth century by King Ramchandra of Mayapur.
Mallini Than is another unique site that goes back to
the 10th and 12th century.
It
has an ancient temple housing sculptures of gods and
goddesses of the Hindu iconographic school. Parasuram
Kund and the Brahma Kund in the Lohit district are sacred
places that attract thousands of pilgrims to take a
dip in their holy waters and purge themselves of their
sins.
Bismaknagar and
its fort in the Dibang valley are memorials to the Bhagwat
Gita, story of Lord Krishna's visit there and his elopement
with a local girl, Rukmini. The Tawang Monastery, constructed
in the 17th century, houses a big library of holy books,
some of which are written in gold letters.
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