Already high from the impact of the raw folkways of Kwar, I was back at my room in the afternoon. The village was briefly blanketed by a cloud of mist in the morning today. Now with the clouds having boiled…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Baspa, chanshal, dodra, Himachal, Kinnaur, kwar, pujarli, rampur bushehr, Rohru, Rupin, Sangla, Shimla, Tons, travel
The last week of September found me driving up the slopes of Chanshal Pass (3784m) in eastern Himachal Pradesh. Keen to explore the settlements and folkways of the enigmatic Dodra Kwar villages, I set out for a sojourn in the beautiful…
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Category: Epic Road Journeys, Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: bNomadic, chanshal, chirgaon, dodra, Hatkoti, Himachal, Himalayas, kwar, larot, netwar, Pabbar, Rohru, Rupin, Sangla, Shimla, Tons, Uttarakhand
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
As we were heading to Chakrata in the spring of 2013, an Information Board by the highway, near Herbertpur, announced the location of an Asokan Rock Edict at Kalsi still a few kilometres ahead. Honestly speaking, none of us had…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Ashoka, ASI, Asoka, Buddhism, Chakrata, Dakpathar, Dehradun, Herbertpur, Kalsi, Maurya, Rock Edict, Tons, Uttarakhand, Yamuna