The Mon Shugu handmade paper unitTawangसे 2020
Monpa handmade paper made from shugu sheng bark
Reopened in December 2020 under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission after the craft had effectively stopped. Sheets, notebooks and sized paper for painting are sold from the unit.
Government craft centres at Tawang and BomdilaTawang and Bomdila
Hand-knotted carpets, thangka, wooden masks and bowls, woollen weaving
Training centres as much as shops. Carpets are made to order and take months, so what is on the floor is what is available.
Tawang marketTawang
Churpi by the string, dried chilli, buckwheat flour, butter and local cheese
The place to understand the food economy in ten minutes. Hard churpi is sold by weight and graded by how long it has dried.
Dirang marketDirang
Apples, kiwi, walnuts, local cheese and woollen goods
The middle-valley produce market, and the last convenient stop before Sela if you are going up.
The monastery shop at TawangTawang
Ritual items, printed texts, incense and thangka reproductions
Attached to a monastery with its own printing tradition. Consecrated objects are not souvenirs and are not always for sale.