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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Lake in Arunachal Pradesh, India}}<br />
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| location = [[Tawang district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India<br />
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The '''Sangetsar Tso'''<ref><br />
[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/sangetsar-lake-a-beautiful-paradise-near-tawang-named-after-madhuri-dixit/articleshow/67740679.cms Sangetsar Lake, a beautiful paradise near Tawang, named after Madhuri Dixit], Times Travel, The Times of India, 29 January 2019.<br />
</ref>{{efn|Alternative spelling: Sangetser Tso, sometimes misspelled as "Sangestar Tso".<ref name="Tawang tourist">[https://tawang.nic.in/tourism/tourist-places/ Tourist Places], Tawang District administration, retrieved 20 October 2025.</ref> The Tawang district administration also mentions an alternative name: "Pankang Teng Tso".<ref name="Tawang tourist"/>}} ({{bo|t=སངས་རྒྱས་མཚོ།}})<br />
formerly called '''Shonga-tser Lake''' and popularly known as the '''Madhuri Lake''', is located on the way from [[Tawang]] to [[Bum La Pass]] in [[Tawang district]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], near Indo-China border above {{convert|3708|m}} above sea level.<ref name=TOI>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/sangetsar-lake-a-beautiful-paradise-near-tawang-named-after-madhuri-dixit/as67740679.cms Sangetsar Lake, a beautiful paradise near Tawang, named after Madhuri Dixit], The Times of India, 29 January 2019.</ref><ref name="tawang.nic.in">[https://tawang.nic.in/tourist-place/sangestar-tso-madhuri-lake/ Sangestar Tso], Government of Arunachal Pradesh, retrieved 10 July 2020.</ref><ref name="mustseeindia.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.mustseeindia.com/Tawang-Bumla-Pass/attraction/21829 | title=Bumla Pass, Tawang | publisher=Roam Space Travel Solutions Pvt Ltd. | work=mustseeindia.com | accessdate=2013-04-19 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704220456/http://www.mustseeindia.com/Tawang-Bumla-Pass/attraction/21829 | archivedate=4 July 2012 }}</ref><ref> [https://thelandofwanderlust.com/lake-created-earthquake-sangestar-tso-tawang/ Lake created by an earthquake: Sangestar Tso, Tawang], thelandofwanderlustcom, retrieved 14 November 2021.</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Sangetsar Tso is located about {{convert|22|mi|km}} north of [[Tawang]] and {{convert|4|mi|km}} west of [[Bum La Pass]]. <br />
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Sangetsar Tso is within the basin of the '''Taktsang Chu''' river, which flows through this region. It originates below the Takpo Shiri glacier to the north, and flows west and then southwest to join the [[Nyamjang Chu]] river {{convert|8|mi|km}} downstream. The Sangetsar Tso was created along its course by falling rocks, boulders and trees in an earthquake.<br />
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The '''Taktsang Gompa''' is also within the area, {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} to the west of the lake.<br />
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==Tourism==<br />
[[File:Sungester lake, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.jpeg|thumb|Sangetsar lake in winter]]Visit by civilian tourist of India is permissible with permission from the [[Indian Army]]. The track is very treacherous, only [[Sports utility vehicle|SUV]]s advisable, and that too only on clear weather day with no snowfall or rainfall.<br />
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===Permit===<br />
A special permit is required to visit the [[Bum La Pass]].<ref name="mustseeindia.com" /> Permits are requested at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner in [[Tawang District]], and they are in the Indian army cantonment at the [[Tawang]] town. Without the army stamp, visitors are not allowed through the numerous check posts along the way.<ref name="sevendiary.com">{{cite web | url=http://sevendiary.com/bumla-pass/ | title=BUMLA PASS | publisher=sevendiary.com | work=sevendiary.com | date=8 November 2012 | accessdate=2013-04-19 | archive-date=25 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031314/https://www.sevendiary.com/bumla-pass/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Popular culture ==<br />
The lake was featured in a [[Madhuri Dixit]] ([[Bollywood]] actress) dance sequence in the movie [[Koyla]], as a result of which it has come to be called the ''Madhuri lake''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Sangetsar Lake.jpg<br />
File:Madhuri lake.jpg<br />
File:Lake Shungtser at Tawang-3.jpg<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Tawang Town]]<br />
* [[Tawang Monastery]]<br />
* [[Tawang district]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Mountain passes of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Tawang district]]</div>ScarlettNicholso