Right at the top of north-eastern India, crowning its six clustered sisters like a protective helmet, is Arunachal Pradesh, the land of the dawn-lit-mountains. This is the first Indian soil to greet the morning sun.

The furthest north-east of the region, Arunachal Pradesh has borders with Bhutan, China and Myanmar (Burma) and is mountainous, remote and predominantly tribal area. Eighty percent of the state is under forest.