Sparrows are busy playing Catch and Escape in the balcony and performing acrobatics outside the window of our room. They seem to be doing everything on the move including feeding, biting and even making love. The sporty chirrups of the…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: chanshal, Giri, giri ganga, Hatkoti, Himachal, Himalayas, Jubbal, Kharapathar, kuppar, Narkanda, Rohru, Shimla, Theog, travel, Trip
Continuing our run through some of the lesser visited parts of the inhabited Himalayas, we next stopped at the ancient Hateshwari temple at Hatkoti. The ancient village of Hatkoti, located on the right bank of the River Pabbar in Himachal…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Ancient, Giri, Hateshwari, Hatkoti, Heritage, Himachal, Himalayas, Jubbal, Kharapathar, Pabbar, Rohru, Shimla, Temple, travel
My most recent trip to Kotgarh Valley came as a sweet surprise and just as the previous one to the region, was a totally unplanned one. The unavailability of a suitable accommodation at Narkanda, while on a family-trip last monsoon,…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Apple, Church, Golden, Gorton, Himachal, Hindustan-Tibet, Jubbal, Kotgarh, Kullu, Narkanda, Rampur, Satluj, Shimla, Stokes, Sutlej, Thanadhar, Thanedhar, Valley