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Adi Chamunda Temple Trail gives an opportunity to enjoy natural beauties, including delicate flowers and big birds, and closely observe summer lifestyle of shepherds, including their relationship with their flock of sheep and goat. Today’s photo essay presents highlights from the trail. The highlights are divided into four categories: Attractions,…
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A shrine that does not accept physical and monetary offerings from the visitors is unusually clean, but not calm. Because the visitors come to Anjani Mahadev on foot, horses, or modern polluting Powersports 4-wheelers even during autumn when it’s partly brown and partly green. Some thrill seekers, especially snow lovers,…
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Today I have opened an online photo exhibition on Keylong-Kardang Monastery trail. The exhibition comprises 34 photos showcasing the sights of the trail. You can walk this easy trail on your own. This about 5-km long DIY hike will take you to the small town of Keylong and village of…
The trail sits in lush ambience consisting of meadows and forests that cannot survive without the touch of icy streams that are tricky to cross. But not all. Some of the stream sections are spanned with bridges. The meadows spray wild flower fragrance on the trail. The ridges afford views…
The 500-meter-long pass sits on the Pir Panjal Range. The Hampta Pass trek is one of the popular treks in Himachal Pradesh because of easy access to this short trail. The pass, located south east of the famous Rohtang Pass, connects the Kullu (Beas River) and Lahaul (Chandra River /…
Kardang Monastery in Lahaul houses a huge red color prayer wheel that contains a million pieces of paper, on which “om mani padme hum” (“Hail to the jewel in the lotus.”) mantra is written.
Where to travel In Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, badlands make a backdrop to small Dhankar Village dotted with flat-roofed white houses. Terraced fields that are cropped during spring and summer seasons perk up the landscape. The age-old monastery complex and the fort overlooking the main route followed by the…
(Note: 1 — to Dharamkot; 2 – to Triund; 3 – to Dal Lake) Where to travel About 20-kilometer McLeodganj-Triund-McLeodganj hike in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh (India) takes you closer to the snow line and atypical Himalayan landscape. The most interesting thing is that you can walk the well-marked…
Where to travel The trek to Sidh Peeth Adi Himani Chamunda (Old Chamunda) Temple (about 3,180 meters / 10,500 feet) is a seasonal ritual for local shepherds, whereas a difficult trek for the people from the plains. But the reward is superb: The Himalayan solitude, View of the Talang Pass, The…
