Read the stones at
Malinithan in January
The buried temple of the lower Siang.
Quick answer. Deep winter at altitude. Snow closes or slows high passes; Sela conditions rule the Tawang circuit. For Malinithan specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Type
- Excavated temple ruins
- Signature
- Carved Durga panel
- Access
- Via Likabali / Silapathar
- Month
- January, Arunachal Pradesh
- This month
- Deep winter at altitude.
Why January here
Excavated temple ruins with carved deities and a Durga story, at the foot of the Assam border hills.
Malinithan is an excavated temple site near Likabali at the Arunachal-Assam border: richly carved pillars, deity sculptures including a fine Durga, and the legend of Krishna’s stop at the goddess Malini’s place on his wedding journey.
What to do
The Durga panel
The site’s signature sculpture.
Pair it with
Malinithan in January, planned properly
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