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Tourist Place in Itanagar

Location:	Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Temperature:	Summer: 40°C,18°C: Winter:12°C, 5°C
STD Code:	03781
Best Times:	October to April
Attractions:	Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum, Namdhapa National Park,Polo Park
Language:	Assamese,Bengali, Englisha and Hindi

Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum has various artifacts exhibited in the various galleries of the museum are the woodcarvings, musical instruments, wooden implements, ceremonial objects, weapons and traditional textiles. Each item on displays throws deeper light into the lifestyles and traditions of the tribes in the area of Itanagar. The archaeological findings of the historic sites around Itanagar are also preserved in the museum.

Namdhapa National Park is the major attractions of the state of Arunachal Pradesh are the wild cats that rule the snow bound ranges of the Himalayas. The snow leopards as they are commonly known are found in abundance in wild, however, you need not scan the mountain tops for them. A visit to the Namdhapa Park would provide you with a glimpse of the snow leopard and even its lesser famous sibling the clouded leopard. The Park also houses many other wilder as well as the meeker species of Himalayan black bear and Red Panda.

The Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Itanagar is one of the major tourist attractions in the city. Located in a sprawling zone the luxuriant Sanctuary is a biologists and tourists delight. The Sanctuary apart from the wide variety of trees and foliage also represents a perfect balance of the ecological system. The Sanctuary is home to a variety of species from the animal and bird kingdom such as the macaque (rhesus, pigtailed, stump tailed and Assamese) hoolock gibbon and Capped langur, slow loris. Rare species of antelopes the serow, goral and Mittan the wild gaur are also housed here. The Musk deer, Himalayan black bear, red panda and porcupines are worth a mention here. Also on display are around 400 species of birds.

Polo Park is a Botanical Garden is situated right on the top of a ridge directly straight at the Itanagar city down below. The amusing little botanical garden called the Polo Park is replete with various varieties of flora. Special mention is required for the cane thickets, which have a striking similarity to that of a modified palm containing with spines all over its stem.