The rugged and mountainous expanse between the Satluj and Yamuna Rivers in the western Himalayas, irrespective of the administrative boundaries of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, has broadly been occupied by heterogeneous group of people; some of whom are native to…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Blog, Chakrata, Dehradun, Garhwal, Hanol, Himachal, Himalayas, Mahasu, Shiva, Temple, Tons, travel, Uttarakhand, Yamuna
Sometime ago in late spring, we chanced upon an unlikely halt at the state government run traveller guest house at Purola (1530m) in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Travelling on our way to Sankri – base village for Har-Ki-Dun trek…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Garhwal, Govind, Har Ki Dun, Himalaya, Jarmola, Kedarkantha, Mahasu, Mussoorie, Purola, Sankri, trek, Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunotri
Sometime ago we visited the Yamuna Valley in the Garhwal region of Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. We took the route through Dehradun and Chakrata so as to avoid the touristy humdrum of Mussoorie. Having already visited the Ashokan rock edict at Kalsi,…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Bawar, Chakrata, Dehradun, Garhwal, Hanol, Himalayas, Jaunsar, Kalsi, Lakhamandal, Mahabharata, Mussoorie, Shiva, Temple, travel, Yamuna, Yamunotri
Among the cluster of rising ridges located immediately uphill the tri-city Chandigarh, there is quite a collection of small hills that offer instant sylvan refuge from the humdrum of city life. As you climb the road to Shimla in Himachal…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Barog, Barog Tunnel, Cellular Jail, Chandigarh, Dagshai, destination, Hills, Himachal, Kalka, Kasauli, Kumarhatti, Railway, Shimla, Solan, Subathu, travel, Weekend
Not many people would have noticed that an open conical snow-covered peak is visible from Chandigarh on clear winter days. Foregrounded by the Kasauli and Sirmaur hills of Shivalik Range, the peak is distinctively noticeable from the plains of Chandigarh….
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels, Treks and Hikes
Tags: adventure, Chaupal, Choor, Churdhar, Climbing, destination, highest, hiking, Himachal, mountains, Nohradhar, peak, Rajgarh, Shimla, Sirmaur, trek, Trekking