With a week-full of activities in the lower foothills of Kangra region behind us, we decided to explore the Fort of Kangra, which was the seat of power of the rulers of Kangra during ancient times. Standing on the Kangra…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Ancient, Blog, Fort, Heritage, Himachal, Himalayas, History, Jain, Kangra, Katoch, Photography, Pong, Punjab, travel, Valley
The following post is a part of the “Kailash Mansarovar Yatra” Blog Series Into the Sacred Space. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Previous Post …
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Category: Sikkim, Tibet, Trans-Himalayas
Tags: adventure, Amo, China, Chomolhari, Chumbi, Gala, Gangtok, Kailash, Kangma, Mansarovar, Nathula, Phari, Rinchengang, Roadtrip, Sikkim, Tibet, travel, Valley, Yadong, Yatra
Before last year, I got a chance to visit Thanadhar, the upper sidearm of the fertile and scenic Kotgarh Valley in Himachal Pradesh. Although interlinked and part of the same valley, the road to the settlement of Thanadhar branches off…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Apple, Dhauladhar, Hatu, Himachal, Himachal Pradesh, Himalaya, Hindustan-Tibet, Kipling, Kotgarh, Narkanda, NH22, Rampur, Satluj, Shimla, Stokes, Thanadhar, Thanedhar, Theog, travel, Valley
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
The ensuing thoughts are based on my visit to the popular destination Solang late in the spring last year. Having visited Manali on numerous occasions serving varied purposes, it was only then when the long cherished wish to experience its…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: adventure, Bara Banghal, Beas, Deodar, Himachal, Himalaya, Kothi, Kullu, Manali, Palchan, Photography, Pirpanjal, Rohtang, Solang, travel, Valley, Vashishth