tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191608335920259002024-03-19T03:17:39.879-07:00ASHOK PARIMOO'S TRAVEL BLOGAshok Parimoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987415918828456887noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519160833592025900.post-52503196732547868372015-05-03T00:08:00.001-07:002015-05-03T00:08:49.429-07:00Chapter-(13) of my New Blog, Driving through NH-3, From Jispa to Pang<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Chapter
(13) of My this Blog is regarding Driving through NH-3, From Jispa to Pang Via
Darcha---Zingzingbar---Baralacha La Pass----Bharathpur---Sarchu----Gata
Loops---Suraj-Tal Lake---Lachangala Pass---Naki La Pass---Pang<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Labor Force clearing the road at Nalas</h2>
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One of the Nalas where our car got badly stuck</h2>
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early morning we started driving further on to our on-ward's Journey from Jispa to Pang.
After a little while from Jispa, we had to cross about three </span><span style="font-size: 21.1111125946045px;">dangerous</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">and
furiously water flowing Nalas crossings. At one of the Nalas our car got
stuck badly and whatever I did, it </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> move even an inch, unless a group of many </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">en-route</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> tourists too joined us and pushed our car out of muddy water churning Nala. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Darcha</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Darcha
is situated at an elevation of (11,020 ft) above MSL and has a population of 298
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Just a small makeshift refreshing shack on main road side @ Darcha</h2>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Darcha is
a village situated on the banks of Bhaga River in Lahaul region. It’s
about 6 Km from Jispa. There is a primery Health centre and a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">primary</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> school at
Darcha. It’s not any important village. It’s just one of the villages en-route
to Leh. It is also called as as "a lonely cluster of dry-stone huts
and dingy tent camps".<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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A rope-way hanging bridge that leads trekkers to treck to different trekking routes</h2>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Some
buses between Manali to Leh stop for the night at Darcha, where travelers
sleep in tents. The village is the end-point of a popular trek beginning
in Padum, zanskar. Roadside stalls offer basic food to the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">commuters</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">.</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 20pt;">Zingzingbar village.</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very steep ascent of about 18 Km to Baralacha La Pass starts at Zingzingbar.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 20pt;">Suraj-Tal lake and Bara-Lacha Pass</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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La Pass is situated at an elevation of (16,500 ft) above MSL.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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snow clearing at Baralacha</h2>
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Road at Baralacha</h2>
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or Bārā Lācha La and is at a distance of 18 Km from Zingzingbar village.
It is one of the higest Passes of Zanskar Mountain Ranges, situated along the
Leh-Manali Highway NH-3. The Baralacha La is better described as a plateau
where three mountain ranges meet (Pir Panjal, Zanskar and the Himalayas). The
Baralacha La towers over three valleys that meet at a height of over 16,500 ft.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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is a very colourful prominent Gompa at Baralacha that is
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Bhaga River, a tributary of the Chandrabhaga river, after
joining other many tributaries it’s later also called as Chenab
River , originates from Surya-Taal lake, which is situated a few
of kilometers from the pass towards Manali. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Suraj Tal is a popular and </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">mythological</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> lake.</span></span></span></b></div>
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When the snow melts and the road is open for travel, the peculiar shaped
snow hiding between cliffs is a sight to watch. As we reached the Baralacha La,
you came across the cool blue waters of the Suraj Tal that is usually marked by
an outline of snow at its banks. There is a sharp contrast to the surrounding
gray and off white coloured rocks that are scattered around the road and the
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As we crossed the Suraj Tal Lake (Sun-Bathing Lake), the snow capped summit comes into view and we reached the summit after we covered 250 ft up the mountain to
reach the Baralacha La. The
other major tributary of the Chandrabhaga (Moon-Bathing Lake), the Chandra also originates from
glacier at Kunzumla Pass region. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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states that there were two lovers, Chandra being the daughter of the
Moon and Bhaga the son of the Sun-God. To perform their eternal
marriage, they decided to climb to the Bara-lacha-la and from there they ran in
opposite directions. Chandra being active and smart, easily found her way
and reached Tandi after covering the distance of 115 km
(71 mi). Soon Bhaga was found coming with great struggle through the
narrow gorges to Tandi, where consequently both met and the celestial
marriage was performed. Bhaga covered about 60 km (37 mi) distance,
which was very difficult.<u1:p></u1:p> and in ancient times it was part of
a trade route.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Baralacha-La to Bharatpur
is just (2Km). It is a steady descent. The nights here are pretty painfully
freezing one but the sunset is amazingly awesome. Almost every single person
here at this high altitude, heavily gasps for breathing. Throughout the year all
around the Baralacha-La-Pass, the mountain peaks are always covered with thick
snow and Glaciers. Despite the snow covered mountains, the landscape is completely
different. The mountains are still rugged but they start changing colours, from
pink to black and even purple. It’s a feast of colours to eyes.</span></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 20pt;">Sarchu</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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distance between Bharatpur to Sarchu is 38 Km and is situated at an
elevation of (14,100ft) above MSL.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It
has </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">population</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> of 180 people. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sarchu is a military base and has a police check post of (J & K) Police satation. At the police check post, every individual, be it Indian or Foreign tourist, have to enter his / her personal as well as
vehicle documents</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">THE
(HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ENDS HERE. AND LADAKH REGION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE
STARTS HERE.)</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Here,
the Lahaul region ends and the Zanskar region of Ladakh starts<u1:p></u1:p>.</span></b></div>
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starts. It’s a constant very steep ascent with a succession of tiresome driving
through 21 Hair-Pin bends those take us to an altitude above 15,000 ft above
MSL.. And soon after Gata Loops, the Lachlung-La Pass and Naki-la Pass, follow
before one reaches Pang.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and I desided to stop our car to take few picture shots of this </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">panoramic</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> view.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">By the time we came out of our car, from our opposite
direction a “Sumo” traveler tempo vehicle was coming towards us and the Sumo </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">vehicle</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> was driven by a local Ladakhi guy, who advised us and warned us not to
stop anywhere on Gata Loops. We </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">inquired</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;"> the reason? </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">A local cab driver narrated us the Mythlogial Ghost </span><span style="font-size: 24.4444446563721px; line-height: 27.5999984741211px;">story</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"> of Gata Loops.<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The local driver
told us that it’s the place where no one stops unnecessarily on the Gata Loops then asked us to follow him till he took us to a place, a few bends up the road, where he pulled up at a particular
spot. At this spot a small shanty memorial is built, which was, frankly, an
eyesore in the middle of the pristine landscape. We saw that there was a pile of
plastic mineral water bottles dumped in the middle of nowhere. A small temple,
flag fluttering atop, sat amidst the trash. we noticed that all the bottles
were full.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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that years ago, it seems, a truck broke down on the same bend. The driver,
mindful of the cargo he was carrying, told the cleaner to stay with the truck
while he walked to the nearest village to get help. Off he went, trudging the
forty kilometres of mountain roads that separated him from </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">in-habitation</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He got there, totally spent, to find no help in sight. A
storm on another pass had closed the road, there were no mechanics to be found
in the tiny village and, even as the driver waited, the weather closed in. He
was stranded in the village for over a week before a mechanic and a vehicle
came by. By the time the party reached the truck, they found the cleaner dead,
felled by exposure and thirst, high on the bone-dry mountainside. Rather than
carry a decomposing body home, the rescuers buried it close by.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then, things started happening. Travelers stopping on the
loops started meeting a man who begged them piteously for water. People who
refused were soon writhing with mountain sickness, and some even died of it.
Those who obliged, though, saw the bottles they offered drop through the
man’s hands, while he kept pleading for water. Terror struck the region and only
subsided when the locals set up a memorial at the site and made offerings of
water to placate the ghost.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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then, even we (Guru and me), picked up a bottle of Bisleri, leaned across from
inside of our car and threw it onto the pile before the memorial. And then from inside
the car itself we clicked few pictures of this memorial and procceded further on
our enroute journey towards Pang.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Pang is located at an elevation of (15,100 ft) above MSL. And is about 80 Km from Sarchu.</span></b><br />
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can break their tiresome journey to refresh, relax and eat. Pang is a seasonal
temporary make shift business centre camp site, where tourists halt either for
breakfast or Lunch or the dinner OR over-stay for and the night halt. These
temporary Tent-Camp sites also provide bedding for the night stay and charge
very nominal. The allotments of these camp sites for pitching the Tents are
occasioned auctioned at exorbitant price, at Leh.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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day the road to Leh may get blocked due to landslides or flooding Nalas. But by
the morning we left Pang, it had stopped raining and to our luck the road to Leh
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Chapter-(12)
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Driving
through NH-3, From Udaipur to Jisspa Via
Trilokinath—Moosing---Shansha---Tholang---Tandi---Keylong---Jisspa<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Today</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> after satisfyingly
visiting Udaipur and Trilokinath, we drove back towards Keylong town. We drove back on the
same route through which we had driven the previous day. I.e.via</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
Moosing---Shansha---Tholang---Tandi. Once we reached back at Tandi village, we
drove straight to the Petrol Bunk and refilled the fuel to its full capacity,
because knowing well that the next Petrol Bunk would be at Leh City, that is
365 Km away from Tandi.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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(14,128).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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quarters of Lahaul and Spifi. Keylong is situated on the main trade route
between the Rohtang and Baralacha passes above the Bhaga river. Being the
district head Quarter, most of the government offices are located at Keylong.
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As far as communication facilities are concerned, there are police and telegraph
radio nets, telephone exchange at Keylong and postal service throughout the
valley. There are three light-TV transmitter has been installed one in
Sumnam village, second in Baring & third in Udaipur. In the past Keylong
was home for the Moravian missionaries.</span></b></div>
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very green looking refreshingly striking against a backdrop of brown hills and
snow clad peaks. Because of this panoramic setting Lieut. Col., the Honble C.G.
Bruce, M.V.O. likened Keylong to a barbaric jewel--a roughly cut emerald in a
bronze and silver setting. There can not be a better simile to describe the
lush green charm of Keylong during summer's. "It is an oasis of green
fields and willow planted water courses surrounded by brown hills and snowy
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P.W.D. rest house, a Sainik Rest House, a Tourist Bungalow and many hotels
which provide accommodation to the tourists. Several eating joints and
restaurants are also there for every taste.</span></b></div>
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monasteries Tayul, Kardang and Sha-Shur are within a few kms. from this
village. Tourists may also like to visit the temple of the local
deity Kelang Wazir in the house of one Sh. Nawang Dorje.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Keylong town across the Baga Rive there is a Keylong faces the famous Kardang
Monastery, the largest and most important monastery in Lahaul, of the Drukpa sect
of Tibetan Buddhism , which is on a slope across the river from Keylong.</span></b></b></div>
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the Kardang, Shasur, and Tayul monasteries, all within a few kilometres of
Keylong. There is also a small temple dedicated to
the local deity Kelang Wazir in the house of Shri Nawang
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to have been built in the 12th century and houses a large library of
Buddhist literature, including the Kangyur and Tangyur scriptures in the
Bhotia or Sherpa Language. There is also a good collection of fine Thankas,
musical instruments such as lutes, drums, horns, as well as old weapons. There
are colourful frescoes and murals.</span></b></div>
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ruins until it was renovated in 1912 CE by Lama Norbu Rinpoche (died 1952),
who, with Lama Kunga, turned it into "a proper educational and training
establishment."</span></b></div>
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foot (1.23 metres) high silver Chaitya or Chorten preserving the
skull and ashes of Lama Norbu. To the right of it are statues of
Padmasambhava and Tara Devi, and in the back, one of Tagden
Shakyashree, guru of Lama Kunga. 103 volumes of the Kangyur are kept
here, while behind are 64 Tantra books on various subjects. The
second room is the main Prayer Hall with an eleven-headed statue of
Avalokitesvara. On a high pedestal at the right are some of Lama Norbu's
castoff garments and with a skull in front. In the third room is a six foot
wooden prayer wheel with a brass bell on it. There are now about thirty monks
and nuns (chomos) in the monastery, and two British nuns have studied,
meditated, and been initiated in recent years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The monks and nuns have
equal rights, and the monks have permission to marry. The monks spend the
summer with their families working their fields, in the winter they return to
the monastery. There is a huge prayer drum in the monastery with the sacred
six-syllable mantra, “OM MANI PADME HUM”, written a million times on strips of
paper. It also has a Narbo as its head Lama.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Because the monastery is on
the southern bank of the Bhaga River, it gets very little sun, while Keylong on
the opposite side gets far more as it is facing south. Because of
this the Moravian Christian mission, which was established here in
1857, was later moved across the river to Keylong.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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fully destroyed by rain at 1998. The new temple was rebuilt at 1999-2009 by
present monastery head Lama Paljor. The previous monastery head - Lama Apo
rinponche came from Tibet about 1959. He became monastery head in 1970. Lama
Paljor larje was his disciple since he was 13 years old. Khantse rimponche lead
the monastery when Apo rimponche died in 1981. Lama Paljor Larje lead the
monastery from 1999 onward.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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for laymen. It has a number of very old statues and paintings. When a
laymen enters to temple he sees three main statues on the front: Buddha
Shakjamuni statue on the middle, Buddha Vajradhara on the left and Buddha
Padmasambhava on the right. On the right side of the main the laymen may see
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number of old cloth paintings: Tibtain tradition painting, Kalachakra deity
painting, Buddha Jataka, Melorepa stories and so on. Molarepa story is
estimated as 400 years painting.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a number of tradition painting compositions. The Guru-yoga mandala on the right
and Chakrasambara mandala on the left surround the Buddha Akshobhya figure.
This painting as well as all new paintings in and outside the temple were made
by Lama Paljaor himself, who is a master of traditional thangka painting.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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sight seeing around Keylong and its Monasteries, it was evening time. For the
night we </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> want to stay at Keylong, because it’s very busy and noisy town.
So, after finishing our evening tea and eats at Keylong, we drove </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">straight</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> towards Jispa village which is </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">comparatively</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">quieter</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and peaceful village. We
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This beautiful spot is 22
km away from Keylong and 4 km ahead of Ghemur. The village is situated at the
junction of two nullahs with the main river Bhaga. Jispa has a very
large dry river-bed, a rarity in Lahaul.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just on the edge of the
river Bhaga is a small PWD rest house. Near this the river is shallow and
plenty of trout fish can be caught during summers. The place is virtually an
angler's delight. Good juniper plantation is around this village.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Jispa is usually promoted
by travel operators as a necessary halt on the way to Ladakh when
coming from Manali. Not only are the subsequent distances to Leh and Tso Moriri
too much to cover on the same day, but also to enable </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">travelers</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> get </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">acclimatized</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to the high altitudes of the region. Jispa is located at a height
of 10,890 feet above sea level in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To be fair to this village,
it could well be a destination in itself. When you sleep at night, and all you
hear is the Bhaga river along which this village is located, you will know the
reason why. But for an occasional vehicle passing by, including some
oil tankers at three in the night, Jispa is as quiet as you can hope an
inhabited place in India to be. With views as beautiful as you can wish them to
be.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You have not only the river
flowing through that is originating from
“Suraj-tal” near the Baralachala Pass, a few hours drive further on, but the
surrounding peaks covered with mist and clouds creating a postcard picture
look. Step out early morning for a walk with a drizzle on your face,
and soak in the rich greenery around, and wonder why few recommend Jispa for a
holiday. You could spend days here, walking along the river or picnicking
at spots of your choosing within a few hours driving around. You can also visit
the Jispa Rural Museum housing reminders of the history and way of life of the
residents of the Tod Valley of the Lahaul district (where Jispa is located),
and also buy handicrafts made by local women; we missed seeing it as it was
closed. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As common all over Ladakh,
Jispa too has some Buddhist chortens (stupas) conveying the usual sense of
serenity. As do the Buddhist flags fluttering all over. And then there are the
Ladakhi style steps cut on a log of tree that promise to be a stairway to
Heaven, if you can climb these without support.</span></b></div>
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Jispa, it was already evening time and was getting darker, so we thought it’s
better to check in </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">immediately</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> at any of the affordable place or hotels. We were
informed that there is a Hostel of the Himachal </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">Government's</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and the name of
the hostel is “Himalayan mountaineering institute”. This hostel is adjusant to
the main highway road itself and it has rooms as well as Dormitory. The names
of the official </span><span style="line-height: 20.700000762939453px;">in-charge</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of the Himalayan mountaineering institute at JIspa were Mr. Rudra Singh and Sri Ramnaath. Both of them were very cordial, humble
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cycling all along to Leh. Hats off to these tough adventurers. </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now this Blog of mine will cover the details of our (Gurudatt Kamath
& Ashok Parimoo's) journey, that was driven through NH-3, (i.e. the National
Highway that runs from Manali to Leh). But we joined the NH-3, at Koksar
village that comes after Rohtang Pass, (Towards LEH).</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The most scariest, adventurous, treacherous and the toughest
motor-able terrains that we drove through, was the (Hindustan-Tibet Road, NH-21 and
Kaza Grampoo road via Kunzum La Pass). It was an utmost, enchanting endurance
test of man, machine and the sprits?</span></b></div>
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La Pass Via Batal and Chandartal Lake, Chooti Dhara Nalla, Badi Dhars nalla and
Pagal Nalla).</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now we would be driving on HN-3, i.e. through the</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red;">(Dev-Bhumi); the land of Gods
(Himachal Pradesh) to the roof top of the world (Ladakh) reign that’s called
“The abode of the dancing Dragon.</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Because this formidable high altitude road is so hazardously breathless
and climatically the most un-predictive. But at the same time, the thought of
braving this dangerous terrain, the world has ever offered</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">definitely pumps more adrenalin into the
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As per my driving experience this road of NH-3 (From Manali to Leh) is
though tough but it is </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">definitely</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> not as treacherous and hazardous as NH—21, (Hindustan-Tibet Road) or the Kumzum La Pass road. </span></span></span></b></div>
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our further incredible and the adventurous journey starts from Grampoo to Jispa
Via Koksar---Sissu—Gondhla---Tandi-----Keylong--</span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">-Patseo----Jispa. </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(H)-- From Tandi to Keylong = </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">009 Km</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Tandi = </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">8,491ft</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(I)-- From Keylong to Patseo = </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">048 Km</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Darch = </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">10,000ft</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(I)-- From Patseo to Jispa = </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">010 Km</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Jispa = </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">11,000ft</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once
we crossed the Grampoo village we had a big sigh of relief. Because the
treacherous and the most nightmarish stretch of the road was finally over. A
little further from Grampoo village road, finally we joined at a NH-3 junction
of the road, where the Left side of the NH-3, leads to Manali via Rohtan
Pass (13,500ft) and the Right side at the junction of HN-3 leads to Leh via
Kookar etc.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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route, as it is the gateway to the Lahaul-Spiti valley, as well as for Ladakh
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rohtang
pass (altitude 13050 feet) separates Kullu, from the exotic charm of
the Lahaul valley. In Tibetan Rohtang means "a heap of dead
bodies" and the pass stands true to its notorious name. Every year it
must take toll of life and property. This is so because after 11 A.M. sudden
blizzerds and snow storms calledBiannas are only to be expected. The
pass becomes all the more hazardous to negotiate due to frequent
avalanches.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The summit of the
pass turns into lush green meadow in summer studded with violets and
varieties of wild Himalayan and Alpine flowers. Butterflies of numerous and
rare kind and varigated hues also draw the attention of' the visitor.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> At the highest point
on top to the right as one faces Lahaul, is a small stone enclosure and a
water spring which is the principal source of the river Beas; .the other,
Beas kund is at the head of the Solang nullah. The place gained religious
significance because of sojourn of Beas Rishi (the famous Vyasa Rishi, author
of the epic Mahabharata.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To the left of this
pass is the little lake Sarkund. On the 20th Bhadon (early
September) every year a large number of people visit this lake with the
belief and hope that an early morning bath in it will cure all their
ailments.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Almost directly
opposite and obviously only a few kms away is the well defined
Sonapani glacier. Slightly to the left are the twin peaks of Gyephang La,
seats of Pre Aryan Himalayan gods Jamulu and his younger
brother Gyephang. These peaks are snow streaked and snow covered. The
higher peak is 5856 m. high. Gyephang La can be seen from Kunzom, Pangi
Lahaul and from Serchu plains across the Baralacha La. The higher of the two
peaks can be seen on a clear day from as far as the Ridge in Shimla.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Himachal tourism buses
and taxi operators of Manali provide frequent and efficient service to the
tourists in the open season. Tea and snacks are available on the top. However
for food one has to halt at Marhi.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">road provides a rich variety of experiences,
stunning scenery, remote monasteries and a wonderful variety of people -
Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, local ethnic tribes and nomadic leaders. It has many
picturesque valleys, lakes, villages, rice paddies and orchards on the</span></b><br />
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This route was once the important route,
which was part of the ancient trade route between India and Central Asia, that
wends its way through the breathtaking
mountain views.</span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Koksar is about 6 Km from Grampoo village, situated at an altiitude of about (11,000 ft) above MSL and has a population of 650 people. It's the very first village and gate way to
Lahaul. It is situated on the right bank
of the river Chandra. There is habitation on the left bank also. H.P.P.W.D.
rest house and Serai (Doormatery) are on the left bank. Koksar remains covered under snow
during winters. This village is surrounded by high mountains and is
avalanche-prone. Avalanches can be seen piled up even near the river bed.
During winters Koksar is the coldest inhabited place in Lahaul. The river
freezes during winters and is covered with snow to afford regular passage for
human beings as also for mule traffic. Just 6 kms ahead of Koksar towards
Manali is Gramphu from where a diversion to the left leads to Kaza. During
summers rich growth of alpine flowers, beautiful potato fields and numerous
water channels spell bound the visitor. Herds of goats and sheep can be seen
grazing around. This may be of interest to the reader that Khoksar was on the
old trade route from Indian plains to the West Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Koksar village. At Koksar there is a police check post that verifies and enters
in a register, our personal as well as
our vehicle documents. And after the verification, we were allowed to drive
further. Even foreign tourists have to eneter all their personal and Passport details<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a small village with mushroom of small eating shacks and it has a chilled Beer Shop also. Since we too were hungry, we ate our brunch
of omelets, Momos and relishly sipped hot refreshing coffee. </span></b></div>
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Koksar we drove starlight to Sissu village which is about 15 Km away from Koksar. </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This village is situated on the right bank of the river
Chandra at an altitude of 3130m. The village is located on abroad flat
ground above the Chandra river. Good plantations of willows and poplars on
both sides of the road are so dense during summers that at places even the
sun rays fail to penetrate. The terraces are green with potato, peas, barley
and buck wheat. Wild roses of white, yellow and red hues with expanses of
alpine flowers deck the slopes in an unforgettable feast of colours.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a swampy patch on the river side where
the Siberian wild duck and geese halt when on their way back from the Indian
plains. Snow trout is also available in the village near the river side.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Behind the ridge on which the village is situated
is the famous and most propitiated Gyephang peak. Lord Gyephang or Ghepan is
the presiding deity of Lahaul--the protector of people. In olden days people
of Lahaul fought, their wars under the banner of Lord Gyephang. The temple of
Lord Ghepan is in this village. The temple is not open to outsiders. Once in
two/three years the deity is taken out of the temple in a procession.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Across the river one can see the beautiful Sissu
fall cascading over the cliff from the high valley between the two mountains.
A suspension bridge over the river provides easy access to this
picturesque fall. Very good photograph of the fall can be had from the road
just short of the P.W.D. rest house.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The village is situated at a distance of 18 kms
from Keylong, the district headquarters along the right bank of the
river Chandra. Situated at an altitude of 3160 m. on a fairly level expanse
of land this hamlet is large as compared to other villages in the valley. The
village is surrounded by thick foliage of poplars and willows. From Sissue to
Gondhla land is cultivable and fertile. Between these two places the whole
mountain side from the peaks over 6090 m. to the river bed below 3050 m. is
awe-inspiring. Glaciers and snowfields overhanging the precipices make them
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">House of the Thakur of Gondhla, called the Gondhla
castle or fort, attracts a large number of tourists. The Present Thakur Fateh
Chand would like the tourists to believe the Fort is about 20 generations
old, but according to the District Gazateer of Lahaul and Spiti the fort was
built in 1700 A.D. by Raja Man Singh of Kullu whose influence stretched upto
the Lingti plains beyond the Baralacha-la. This Raja also married a daughter
of the Gondhla family to cement his ties with the Thakur. </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The castle is an example of the indigenous timber
bonded stone style of the Western Himalayas consisting of alternate courses
of stone and wooden beams and cemented together with wet clay. This seven
storey high edifice is topped by a wooden verandah which runs round the upper
storey. This is some thing like the Swiss Chalet. The staircases in the
building are partially notched wooden logs. The building has many apartments
which can comfortably accommodate more than 100 people.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The fifth storey was
exclusively meant for the Thakur. It consisted of personal prayer chamber and
a verandah from where the Thakur used to listen to the public and later
pronounce his judgements. Once the walls of the prayer chamber were painted
all over in stone colours. Forty volumes of Kangyur can still be seen
littered around and carelessly stacked on a wooden rack. Ganesha as the main
deity carved on the facade of the prayer chamber. In one of the prayer
chambers the window connecting the outer room is an exquisite work of wood
carving. The 'jali' (net) carved on a single piece of wood looks
exactly like the cane work.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the sixth storey of the-fort in 1720 A.D. when he was on his way to
Trilokinath Temple in Udaipur. Remains of the kitchen and utencils can still
be seen in the room.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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catapults, guns and canons beside other articles of antique value can be seen
rusting in the apartments. Age old costumes, furniture and idols are also
strewn around in a state of neglect. The Thakur is negotiating with the
Department of Language and Culture of Himachal Pradesh to sell it as he finds
it difficult to maintain this structure.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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possession of the Thakur is Sharab Raldi, i.e., "the sword of
wisdom" as Sharab means wisdom and Raldi means a sword. Sword of wisdom
(sanskrit Pragya Kharga) has great importance among the Tibetans. Manjushri
is the Tibetaa god of wisdom and he is always portrayed carrying this sword
of wisdom in his right hand.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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one of his ancestors by His Holiness Dalai Lama when that ancestor had fled
to Tibet sick of the designs of the local people. This sword seems to have
been built in the Toledo technique of spain. This technique is stated to be
superior to the Sheffield technique. In Toledo thin steel wires are beaten
with a hammer to obtain the desired shape of a sword or other like weapon.
One can really observe thin lines in the length of the sword. Earlier this
sword was never shown to the outsiders but now an insistent visitor can see
this prize sword of the Thakur.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Distant view of Gompa of <o:p></o:p></span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466667175293px;">Gondala</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The village gompa is of historical importance. Every
year in the month of July a fair is held for two days. On the first day the
famous Chham or devil dance is enacted. Large number of people turn out
to witness the performance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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greater than life size rock carvings of some deities. Local people ascribe
the work to the Pandavas of the great epic the Mahabharata. But these figures
resemble some Buddhist deities, which is yet to be ascertained.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The village is situated above the confluence of the
rivers Chandra and Bhaga in the Pattan valley some 7 kms away from Keylong.
Revenue and settlement records reveal that Tandi was founded by Raja Rana
Chand Ram under the name of Chandi which over the years got corrupted into
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> There are atleast three mythological stories
connected with Tandi. First, Tandi is believed to means Tan Dehi,i.e.,
giving up of the body. This is associated with Draupadi, the wife of Pandav.
as, who left her body at this place. Second, this is believed that Rishi
Vashishtha who meditated near the hot water springs of Manali was cremated at
this confluence; hence named Tandi, i.e., body consumed. According to the
third, Chandra and Bhaga were son and daughter of the Moon and the Sun gods
respectively. They were in love with each other. To perform their celestial
marriage they decided to climb the Baralacha-la and from there run in
opposite directions encircling a vast tract of Lahaul. Thus flowing
south-east and south-west both met at Tandi to enter the wedlock.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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confluence itself is best seen from Tupchiling, Kargha -and Ghushal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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road leads to Keylong and the other one leads to Udaipur. Though we had to go to
Keylong, but by mistake I took the road which goes to Udaipur and Trilokinath town that is
about 60Km from this junction at Tandi. <span style="color: red;">I didn’t realize that I have
committed a blunder by taking the wrong road.</span> As we drove on, the road was
miserably bad. It was full of deep potholes, badly worn-out with endless
stretches of shooting stones areas. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red;">But by mistake we drove on this above route</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Just to cover 60Km we took nearly three hour. Somehow we
managed to reach Udaipur town. And the best joke is that we didn't realise that we were driving on the wrong track. By the time we reached Udaipur town, it was past
lunch time. As we were having our lunch, one of the co-customer at the </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">restaurant</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> asked us were
we heading to. We said that we were going to Leh Via keylong. Listening to us
he had a hearty laugh and told us that to go to Leh, we had taken the wrong
road. He told us if we traveled another one and half hour further on this road,
it would reach us to district Chamba that is near Dalhoise / Pathankot. We were
shocked to listen to him. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">So in this process of driving up and down on the wrong road we lost about six hours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Anyway since we had reached Udaipur, we decided that for the night we would stay here at Udaipur Forest Guest House. Having come here we thought of visiting Udaipur and Trilokinath also. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Forest Guest house where we stayed for the Night<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This sub-divisional headquaters is situated at the
junction of the mighty Mayar nullah with the main river Chandrabhaga. Situated
53 kms away from Keylong, earlier this village was known as Margul or Markul.
Around 1695 it was renamed Udaipur when Raja Udai Singh of Chamba (1690-172'8)
raised it to the status of a district centre in the Chamba-Lahaul which his
father Chatter Singh had annexed to his Chamba state.</span></b></div>
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the village. Since the altitude is low, apples, walnuts, apricots, etc. are
grown in the area. This village is warm but avalanches-prone; the latter making
it unsuitable for district headquaters. However Udaipur offers the most
thickly forested and green scenery in Lahaul. Hermann Goetz who visited this
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt;">In Kashmiri Language this straw woven slippers are called as “PUL-HOOR”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Trilokinath Stacks of Potatoes</span></b></td></tr>
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representative of the Kashmiri-Kannauj style of, Lalitaditya of Kashmir
(725-756). Most of the Trilokinath temple is of much later period, but the
column bases of the original porch of the sanctuary are of a very special type
characteristic of the reign of Lalitaditya. This Shiva temple was transformed into
a Buddhist shrine by Padma Sambhava. However, according to Goetz its present
Lamaistic image of Avalokiteshvara-Trilokinath cannot be earlier than the 12th
C. This temple continues to attract both the Hindu and the Buddhist pilgrims.
In the centre of the compound one can still see the Nandi Bull of Lord Shiva.
There is also a drain in a wall of the temple at the level of the platform in
the sanctorum which was probably built at the time of construction to drain out
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the hills in the 7th and 8th C. As is typical to the style this temple consists
of a curvilinear stone tower (shikhara) crowned with the
characteristic 'amalka' (imitating a segmented gourd). Like plains
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Devi temple goes back to Ajayvarman's reign in Kashmir, though no
original work of so early a date survives. But part of the Markula temple has
been copied during repairs in the 11/12th and 16th C. The phase of
Kashmiri art in the 11th and 12th C in its transition to the Lamaistic art of
Western Tibet is represented by the inner facade of the temple; main
characteristic of this transitional phase being three headed Vishnu images.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Markula's wood carvings belong to two different
periods, the earlier one consisting of the facade of the sanctum sanctorum and
the ceiling and four main pillars of the mandapa; arid the later one consisting
of two additional pillars, the dwarpala statues on both sides of the
facade, window panels and the architraves supporting the ceiling. The exterior
of the temple is most ordinary as it had to be renewed time and again because
of vagaries of nature. The temple is the usual structure of timber-bonded
stone. The temple is covered with a steep gable roof of wooden shingles in a
steep pyramid looking like the Shikhara temples in the plains. The interior,
however, is rich in artistic quality.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Ramayana, Sunderkand, Yuddhakand, grant of ground by Raja Bali to Vaaman,
three headed incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Churning of the
ocean (Samudramanthan)Amritpaan, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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shape. Eight of these border the big centre piece. The centre piece, is in the
Lantern style. The 'kirtimukha' masks on this centre piece are
characteristic of the 7th and 8th C. Four figural panels on the four basic
directions depict Gandharvas busy with their mates and holding objects like
crowns, bracelets, jewels and charnaras, etc. Their dance, poses are
those of the Bharta Natya andthe costumes resemble the late Gupta period.
Also shown are Nataraj and Gauri with dancing Ganas. Shiva on both sides
is flanked by his alter egos, the Bhairavas. The next panel deviates
from the Hindu pantheon or myth for it represents the "Assault of
Mara". In the centre Buddha is shown sitting on
the Vajrasana inBhumisparshasana calling the Earth goddess to
witness his victory over Mara or the god of Lust and death.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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intricately carved. The niches of the door jambs have been carved into complicated
gables of late Kashmiri style. The facade displays, the Ganga, the Yamuna,
several Yakshas and. Kinnars, ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu the Navgrahas and
Lord Surya (the sun god). The Sun god is repeatedly shown on his chariot drawn
by seven horses making it explicit that the temple was dedicated to Lord Surya.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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as Mahishasurmardini was installed by Thakur Himpala in 1569-70. The
statue was cast by one Panjamanaka Jinaka from Bhadravah. The workmanship of
the statue cannot be called exquisite because the bodies of the goddess and the
buffallo look bloated. The statue head is too big and her Crown resembles the
ceremonial headgear of a Tibetan lama. The enclosing frame suggests brass idols
of the 15th and 16th C. from Rajasthan, the top of it-the backs of early Moghul
thrones. The impact of the Moghul and Rajput styles is understandable which
perhaps penetrated via Balor which then had some control over Bhadravah. The
Tibetan element is also not surprising in a frontier area like Lahaul where
Tibetan Lahaulis treat Markula Devi as rDo-rje phag-mo (sanskrit Vajravarahi).
Previous to this installation Lahaul had been for several centuries under the
Ladakhi supremacy, and it was then that the Lamaistic sculpture was introduced.
At the time of its reconversion into a Hindu shrine it was natural to seIect an
image of Kali because of its superficial similarity to Vajravarahi. The poor
and uneducated local population could hardly make any distinction between the
Lamaistic and the Hindu interpretations of the great goddess. This Hindu
revivalist style was patronised by Raja Pratap Singh (1558-82) of Chamba.
Selection of episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata is typical to this
style. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the master craftsman who built the famous Hidimba Temple at Manali for Bahadur
Singh of Kullu. Historically this theory sounds plausible because Pratap Singh
was the son-in-law and close fried and ally of Bahadur Singh. There is striking
similarity between many figures and other details of the later wood carvings to
the relief's of the Hidimba Devi Temple.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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today’s journey was from Kaza to Losar ---- Kunzum La Pass ---- Chandratal Lake
---- Batal ---- Chooti Dhara Nalla --- Bhadhi Dhara Nalla --- Pagal Nalla ---- Grampoo<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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long drive ahead of us and moreover we had to crossover the most deplorable,
narrowest, toughest, notoriously dangerous “Kumzum La” pass. So, at kaza previous
night itself we had decided that in the morning we must leave as e</span></span><br />
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possible, so that while crossing over this treacherous </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">terrines</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, in case if
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full capacity. Next day after loading our car, by 6 AM once again we were on
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From Kaza we had take the road
that goes from Kaza to Ki-Monastery. On this road after nearly 7 Km from Kaza, on the Left
side of this road there is a big steel bridge that connects the road over
Ki-river. After crossing the bridge,the very first village that comes on this road is called as “Losar
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The picturesque Losar Village<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Losar, which is some 56
km west of Kaza and is also considered as western entrance
to Spiti Valley. The road to Losar passes through some
breathtaking patches of precipitous ravines, which infact is one of the most
scenic segments in the entire region, where any sound echoes and vibrates three
times. The village is prosperous because of rich agricultural products such as Potatoes
and Sweet Green Peas. Some tourists who travel from “Tabo” to “Batal”, prefer
to say over night at “Losar” village, because it is closer to “Kunzum La” pass”
and “Chandartal Lake”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">So far our journey had been
absolutely delightful and our “Little Lilliput-ALTO” car also did a successfully
fabulous job on those most scary perilous roads. So far we were contented and
satisfied. But the only anxiety which was heavy on our mind was how were we going
in one piece to cross over “Kunzum La Pass” then to go to “Chandartal Lake” Set on
the bank of Losar river (aka Spiti river), and </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">near the confluence of “Losar” and “Peeno”
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Losar is a picturesque hamlet adorned with the carpet of
flowers on the pastures and ranches.<span style="background: white;">
And because of its Location. Yak and horse riding are other charms to add to
its beauty and unique experience.</span> Losar offers basic tourist
facilities yet awaiting attention on tourist trail.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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very steep ascend. We have to drive from (13,400ft @ Losa) to (14,900ft @ Kunzum La) within a short span of distance through the narrow
snake like endless winding road, till we reach top of the mountain that is
“Kunzum La” pass. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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comes on the way is Kunzum La Pass. It is the entrance pass to the “Spiti
Valley” from Lahaul district. It is 21 km from “Chandra Tal
Lake” <b><u><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span><br />
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which is at an elevation of (13,054 ft). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Signs of Buddhist influence
in and around Kunzum La Pass, is visible in the form of “chortens” and prayer
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and adventure seekers. The 12 km trek to “Chandratal” is very popular.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just few Km before Kunzum La Pass, there comes a small area of green pastures those are full of greenery and colourful wild flowers and is adorned with a colourful small Gompa. </span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Kunzum La” Pass<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is situated at an altitude of (14,950ft) above MSL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After a back breaking bumpy
ride through this roughest and the toughest snake like steep road, finally we
reached at “kunzum La” pass. We were extremely thrilled and excited with
happiness that in one piece, we could make it up till here. First we drove
straight to “Kunzum La”, female Lama-Monk
Gompa, which is about ½ Km away from the main road. But the majestic
view of the whole Gompa area with its back ground of majestic “Bara-Sigri
glacier” is some thing out of this world. The Gompa area is awesomely spectacular
with numerous numbers of Buddhist prayer multiple colourful fluttering flags,
those are tied from high poles across temple in possibly cress cross directions.
The Myth of the “Kunzum” Gompa is that there is a rock where Holy Kunzum female
Monk had </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">ascended</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> and meditated to attain Mokasha ()</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
mythological rock has imprints of female Monk’s both the hands. When coins are
offered and showered on the imprint of the Kunzum female-Monk’s hand on the
rock. Almost all the coins which are offered stand for few minutes, on its
edges, that mean your prayers have been granted. If the coins fall flat that
means prayers are not granted. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This mythological story is
told to me by my eldest brother Mr. Moti Lal Parimoo, who retired as director
of Geological Survey of India. During nemourous official assigmnemts he had
been camping in these remotest anbd the most trecherous areas from 1964
onwards. And those days the whole team would travel by “Yaks” as means of only
transportation. Those days there were no roads at all. Mind you he still remembers
the names, locations and the trek routes of every inch of these areas of
“Pirpanjal and Dholadhar ranges”. His memory of these areas is amazingly as
fresh as if he had travelled through these ravines just yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Now a days because of road
connectivity lot of tourists throng this Gompa and were </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Medellin</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> with the
divine rock. So to protect the sanctitiy of the rock, a concrete structure is
built over the holly-rock. Now a days this rock is under lock and key. Now a
days since most of the time, the temple doors are locked we cannot see the
“Hand Imprinted Rock” of Kunzum female Lama. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As per the local tradition
and the </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">travelers</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> faith and belief, almost all vehicles that pass through
this PASS take a detour to go to Kunzum’s Gompa to pay obeisance to the deity
and pray for their safe onward journey. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This whole mountain top
“Pass” offers spectacular views of “Bara-Sigri glacier”, the second longest
glacier in the world. Also visible from the top of the pass are the
“Chandra-Bhaga” Mountain and Spiti Valley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“CHANDA-TAAL” LAKE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is at an altitude of (14,100 ft) above MSL<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Up till now from “Losar”
village right up to “kunzum La” temple, we were climbing steep up. Now from
“Kunzum La” temple right upto “Chandratal Lake” and “Batal” village, it is a
constant steep descend of about 14 Km long distance, that too on a winding
snake like narrow dangerous road that has very sharp “Hair Pin Bends”. </span><br />
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descending for about 10 Km from Kunzum La, there is a detour on the Right hand
side of the road which leads to “Chandra Tal” Lake. From this junction it is one
of the most worst motorable road of 4Km. Then to reach the Lake from the last
dead end of the road, we had to trek another two Km climbing up-words, on foot. The
trek was dreadful, exhausting, excruciating, breathless panting and gasping.
But once we viewed the majestic, splendid, imposing Chandratal Lake, it was
blissfully divine and refreshing. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Vast meadows on the banks of
the lake are the camping sites. During springtime, these meadows are carpeted
with hundreds of kinds of wildflowers.</span></div>
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about this lake is that there is no visible source of this lake but there is a
visible outlet of this lake which means that water to this lake comes from
underground as well as from the surrounding Galaciers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The lake is situated on the
“Samudra Tapu” plateau, which overlooks the “Chandra River”.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The lake is one of two
high-altitude wetlands of India which have been designated as Ramsar sites.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Chandra Tal, Moon
lake is Boasting of a circumference of about 2.5 kms, the deep blue-water
of Chandra Tal Lake is the source of the Chandra river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Chandratal lake, once a
halting place for traders who went to Spiti and the Kullu valley from Tibet and
Ladakh attracts a large number of photographers and adventure lovers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The mountains peaks with
snow caps and slopes around the valley rise up to 3000 meters to 6300 meters.
The mountain ranges are called Moulkila and Chandrabhaga which challenge
mountaineers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It has plenty of Greener Pastures for </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">sheep</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> grazing Fields</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This crystal clear blue
water lake lies in a broad grassy plain, which in ancient times was a glaciers.
The lake is accessible on foot from “Batal” village as well as from
“Kunzum La Pass” from late May to early October. There is also a
motorable road from Batal which is 14 km away from “Chandra Taal”, but
before August, its condition can be bad. The road from Kunzum Pass is
accessible only on foot, and it is about 8 km from Chandra Taal. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to Hindu
mythology, Chandratal is the place where Indra, the King of Gods, came down on
his chariot to transport Yudhishthira, eldest of the five Pandavas, in his
mortal form to Swarga (heaven). Locals folklore believes that the fairies visit the
lake at night.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Batal” it is just a refreshing makeshift shelters”</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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hamlet which is another 10 Km from here. It’s again a constant deep treacherous
descend.”Batal” is a hamlet which is settled on the bank of “River Chandra” and
is connected by a concrete bridge. It has a small “Shak” typye of makeshift
shelters, which provides, food, bed and refreshments such as biscuits, wafers,
tea, coffe, omletets, tissue paper rolls, paper napkins, etc. These shanty
shelters are functional only in the summer months.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">We stopped at a makeshift
shelter which was names as “kunzum Den”. The family who runs this “Shelter”, sets up this shelter only during the tourist season and come here every year from
“Manali” just to cater to the needs of the tourists. The “Man of the Shelter DEN” is
Mr.-----. Then like “Trophies” he showed
us the framed copies of many cutting of “National News papers” of different
dates and years, praising his family as “Heros” who saved almost more than 100s lives of the tourists, who at
different times would have got stranded, in crises such as, sudden snowfall,
sudden torrential rains and sudden avalanches, in and around this area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The middle aged “Man of the makeshift Shelter's Den” is Mr. Dorjay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Batal” at the shelter, it must have been only 3:30 PM. So we still had nearly
quarter of the day at our disposal to drive down on our further journey. While
sipping “Hot Tea”, Mr. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Dorjay</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> yong, sat next to us and very seriously looked at
our tinny ALTO car and after lot of casual talking, he took us into confidence and very
authoritatively and convincingly advised
us that during the tourist season, he has been coming at this place @ Batal, since his youth and he knows every inch of
this disastrous area. He genuinely advised us that it was not advisable to
drive at this hour of the day to go to Grampoo. He suggested that we should
stay for the night and not take risk of getting our small car either washed off
across the killer “Nallas” or get the bottom portion of the car seriously
damaged beyond repairs. He suggested
that we could stay if we want, in the government PWD concrete guest house, which
is right opposite to his shelter. He said so because he didn’t want us to think
that he wanted to make money, by providing night food and shelter by forcing us
to stay for the night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The serious reason that he
advised us to stay for the night was that we should leave for Grampoo earliest
in the morning say by 4 Am even before the twilight. As per his advise, by the late night Glaciers stop
melting and the water recedes to a level of just two to three feet depth only, more over the water is clean and we can see very clearly the submerged boulders and rock. So
while driving we could avoid running over boulders, and can avoid getting stuck
in between “Nallas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Glaciers start melting only
after 9 Am, when the sun is at its full heat and then the “Nallas” get flooded
and come gushing down </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">turbulently</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> churning with it tones of slush-mud, rocks and boulders. By evening the
water levels of the Nallas swell upto 5 ft to 6 ft and you can’t see anything like
rock or boulder in the muddy water. The
force of this turbulent water is enough
to wash away medium size motor vehicles. .<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then listening to Mr. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Dorjay</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> experienced and valuable advise, Gurudatt
and myself decided to stay for the night and next day to leave by 5AM. While
leaving Batal 5 in the morning we made sure that at least few vehicles should be
following us so that in case of any disaster, some one may come to our rescue.
As soon as we sat in to our car, to our good luck, we saw a Lorry coming. All
along we drove in front of that loaded with (Potatoes and Green Peas), lorry.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Because of our stressful driving through these notorious Nallas, we could neither click the pictures nor could we shoot the videos of dangerous drive through these Nalla Crossing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">So I am uploading the respective U-Tube Links of each Nalla, to show you guys how dangerious it is to cross these ferocious Nallas that too in a small Alto-car like ours.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">When we reached at the very
rirst “Nall” called as “Choti Dhara”, water was really hardly two feet deep, and it was clear and while crossing we could easily avoid the boulders and we
crossed the ‘First serious </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Hurdle</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">” without any mishap. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So we realised that it was a
million dollar advice given to us by that veteran Mr Dorjey. In our prayers we
thanked him million times.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> Then again after driving for few Km away, the
second hurdle approached, the second “Nalla called as the “Baadhi Dhara”. Here
also water level was only 2 to 3 feet, flow was moderate and boulders could be
seen. But the boulders were so big that whatever I did to the best of my driving
ability, I </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> cruise through without getting stuck on one of the big
boulders. My car got stuck and refused to move further or come back. By then
Gurudatt got down from the car. First on his own, he tried to push the car from
behind, but no success. Then Gurudatt requested to the people who were sitting
in side of the lorry, that was following us. Out of three, two of them got down,
and all three including Guru pushed the car and we came out successfully. So
with two to three minutes we were out and again on the road. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">For couple of Kms the drive
was rickety and rough but somehow we were able to manage it fine. Then at last
the most awaited merciless notorious, ferocious, “</span><u style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Monstrous-Demon-Dragon</u><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">”
called as the mighty “Pagal Nalla” approached and welcomed us with its open
fangs, wide stretched claws, breathing lames of Fire through his nostrils and spraying tonnes and tonnes of freezing Ice water on every passing vehicle and
was furiously </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">swinging</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> his long-neck and huge-head while plundering and flinging rocks and
boulders on every passing vehicle. And with is powerful waging tail he would try to knock down almost every small vehicle that unfortunately came in contact with
the powerful wagging tail. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Somehow courageously we took the plunge to
cross the monstrous “Pagal Nalla”. Previous night a huge chunk of a rock had
fallen in the middle of the Nalla-crossing. It had practically blocked the road in
such a way that only one side of the road which was butting the mountain was completely blocked and the other end of the road which was on the extreme edge
side of the mountain there was hardly three to four feet clearance. So I had
only one choice that come what may, I had to take the risk of driving as close
to the extreme edge of the road as possible. How carefully I
tried to drive, I got badly badly stuck. Out of the four tyers of my car only rear two
were touching the rocky ground and two front were dangling in the air. Whatever
I did, nothing helped. Guru and those three lorry fellows tried to help. My
poor ALTO was sand witched inbetween the huge chunk of rock on the left side
and one of the underneath boulders that had got stuck under the chassis, which
resulted in lifting the bottom of my car above the ground. Poor ALTO did its
best to move but tyres had no grip. So every effort was useless. Same time
while Guru and Lorry gang were helping by doing all possible efforts. Suddenly
Icey frozen water level started rising fast and within ten minutes water level
rose to 4 feet and all the water started gushing inside the car. As the process
of struggling to help, water rising was going on, suddenly tonnes of rocks and boulders started
trembling down. Almost every one ran including myself. I left the car and ran
for my life. It was half an hour and we were still stuck. I knew we are
marooned and doomed. But the only hopeful blessing was that because the road was so narrow that no vehicle could go further on either side of the road unless our
marooned ALTO was cleared. After a little while, two local tourist vans came from the
opposite side, that must have come
from Keylong and were going to towards Kaza. Seeing the road blocked because of
our marooned car. All the passengers from both the vans came to our rescue. All
of them practically lifted out ALTO and took it to the other end of
the road. Gurudatt and myself thanked each and every one and we started our
last leg of the journey.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Gurudatt. First of all he is a south Indian, he is not used to be getting soaked in even normal
cold water, which he may not tolerate for more than 10 minutes. But here in these horrifying
circumstances, knowing it very well that we may die with either shooting rocks
and boulders hitting on our heads and knocking us off to death. At the same
time he may get mummified by freezing in glacier-frozen cold water which was rushing through his </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">limply</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> legs those were submerged right up to above his hips. By the time he sat in the
car his legs were practically numb and practically he had no sensations below his hips. It took alomst coulpe of hours for him to be little ok<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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precipitous, devastating, deadliest, toughest, nightmarish, stressful, traumatic,
shocking and horrifying stretch of the “Hell Road”. No vehicle whoever big or
small it may be, are not safe on this “Hell Road”. The road itself is narrow
and vary dangerously fatal. But on top of that it is most traumatically
dreadful to cross through fully swollen
“Roaring and Soaring” notorious “Three-Nallas” which are called as, (first one)
is called as (Chooti Dhara); then the second one is--- (Baadhi Dhara) and the (third
one) is---notorious (Pagal Nalla). Crossing them all is a “Herculean Task”. None
of the drivers, however expert or experienced driver, he may be, cannot cross
these notorious “Nallas: without getting his vehicle badly stuck or without
getting his vehicle badly damaged and mangled beyond anyone’s wildest
imagination. To crossover these “Notorious Nallas” is an agonising and
excruciating “Agni Pariksha” for all the vehicle drivers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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small vehicle drivers that bother them are that either their vehicles may get
washed by the forceful turbulent gushing muddy deep water or their small vehicle may get stuck up by those disastrous huge rocks and boulders
those have sharp knife edges which are fully submerged and can’t be seen
underneath the turbulently flowing churning muddy water, which invariably
hammer-hard at the bottom of all the vehicle and invariably damage either
petrol tank, or Gear box, or engine chamber, or break spring plates. Whatever
may be, these unseen merciless rocks and sharp knife-edged boulders prove their
might by mangling and tangling almost all the vehicle.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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traumatic nightmare. Right from Shimla to “Batal” (about 600 Km) every single
one warned us that our “Small </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Mosquito</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> ALTO” in front of those gigantic
towering mountains, </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">treacherous</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">terrines</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> and un- </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">predictive</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> “notorious “Nallas” would save us or herself from the merciless onslaught of “Kaza to “Grampoo”
“Hell Road” Because of this warning from almost each and every local inhabitant
of Kinnaur district, Spiti distric had warned us and had advised us to go back
to Shimla and from there take Kulu Manali Rohtan Pass road to go to Leh. At
kaza we became talk of the town and everybody would searmarkishky point at us,
Saying that we two were </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">specimen</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> who are </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">committing</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Hara-Kiri” by trying to go to Gramoo using ALTO------ which was hobbling, wobbling, wheezing, squeaking while making all sorts of engine's stressful gruntings. But some how Gurudatt and I achieved our mission impossible of crossing over to Grampoo. We were very sure that some how some divine would come to our rescue and would reach us </span><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">safely</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> to our destination.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Ashok Parimoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987415918828456887noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519160833592025900.post-37670857490786025442014-11-28T05:57:00.000-08:002014-11-28T05:57:11.735-08:00Chapter --- (9), Hindustan - Tibet Road Fantasy, (July-August 2014)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Singht Seeing around Kaza Town</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #92d050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our today's journey is from </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Kaza Town ----<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Ki Monastery ---- Kibber village ---- Gete village ---- Komic Monastery
---- Hikkim village ---- back to Kaza town.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Because of so many famous
Monasteries in and around Spiti valley, Spiti is called as the “Land of Lamas” The
natural scenery and Buddhist monasteries, such as “Ki Monastery”; “Dhankar
Monastery”; “Shashur Monastery”; “Guru-Ghantal
Monastery”; “Khungri Monastery” in Pin Valley, (Tnagyud Gompa) of the “Sakya-Sect”
in “Komic” village, (Sherkhang Gompa) in “Lahlung” village is (believed to be
older than Tabo Monastery), the only Buddhist Mummy of a Monk in “Ghuen, mummy”
around 550 years old and “Chandrataal Lake” are the main tourist
attractions of the region.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Day (9)—24th July 2014---</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Today from Kaza town at about 7:30 a.m.
our Sight seeing tour around Kaza started. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kibber village. From Kaza the Kibber
village is about 16 Km and its a very steep climb, motorable road . It’s a very scenic
drive where we felt as if we were going to touch the Sky. Though the narrow
winding road was bad, but the surroundings all around were awesomely </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">breathtaking</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: justify;">This species of mountain goat in local language is called</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: justify;"> “Shawa”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: justify;">.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The road pass through a beautiful Landscapes and luckily we
sighted mountains goats those graze above 12,000 ft MSL, This species of
mountain goat in local language is called<span style="color: red;"> “Shawa”</span>. They are short and steady,
but are very firm footed. We sighted these goats in between Keey monastery and Chhima
ranges. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is situated at an altitude of (14,036 ft) above MSL <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Comprising of only 80 houses</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From Ki monastery, a scenic
drive takes you to Kibber which is a small village. From Kibber, the lush green pastures
are spread over hundreds of square Kms. Kibber is the take off point for the
popular “Yak-trek” to </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Tso Moririn Lake”, of Ladakh region</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Local villagers
still use this “Ancient Trekking Trails” on “Yak backs” to trade or barter their horses
for Yaks or to sell for cash. It’s a four days traditional
trekking to </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">trek</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> through “Parahg La Pass” of Spiti region to “Tosomore Lake”
of “Leh-Ladakh” region. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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used over centuries by traders from Trans-Himalayas to reach Spiti for the
annual fair where traders from Spiti, Kinnaur, Ladakh and Tibet use to
participate in this annual fun and fare festival. Here they would conduct
trading of Yaks, Horses, cattle, double-Humped-Camels, domestic spices and the
Silk. That’s why this route is still called as the Silk route.</span></div>
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Further up, 6 Km. from Kibber, we drove up
to a still smaller village called as </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Gete”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> This
village is consisting of just only six houses, with a population of just (30).
It boasts of being the third highest village in Asia connected by road. The view from
here of the whole Spiti valley is truly spectacular. Here for the willing and the
adventurous, there is also an </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">availability</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> of a trek via short-cut to Ki monastery that takes less than an hour’s (hiking). </span></span><br />
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A short drive ahead is the pretty village of Tashigong. It is now considered
sacred earth as the present Dalai Lama stayed here once. He said that Tashigong
reminded him of his home. The view of Shilla peak from here is breathtaking. It
is a good idea to go to the village and ask for ‘Dahi’- generally made from Yak
milk and amazingly tasty. Kaza, Ki, Kibber, Gete and Tashigong are quite </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">close-knit</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> and can be comfortably covered in a day. </span></span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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and the Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary. Kibber Monastery was founded by “Serkang
Rimpochhe” of Tabo. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Kibber lies in a narrow valley on the summit
of a limestone rock. It is located 16 kilometres from Kaza town and twice
a day, there is a local bus service that connects Kibber and surrounding villages
by road with Kaza town. But the bus service is during the summer
months only. Agriculture farming are the main
backbone of the local economy. The lush green fields of green peas and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">potato</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> are abundant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The village has around 80
houses, unique, given that they are made of stone instead of mud or adobe brick
used extensively elsewhere in the Spiti valley. Kibber has a civil
dispensary, a high school, a post office, a telegraph office and a community TV
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Village has
a Govt School till 12</span></span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Standard. There are 28 Students altogether that
are given free mid-day meal, free books and free uniforms by the panchayath.
There are total of 24 staff members who run this Govt. school that includes </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">18 teachers also</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. There
is a newly constructed cemented big building with modern enmities that hosts
the stay of the teachers and the school staff and this building is called as “Gurukul” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Panoramic</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> View of Kibber Village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This sign-board-hoarding has
a delightful message about some of the animals to be found in the Kibber
Wildlife Sanctuary in Spiti.<u><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Across the two mountains
which are separated by a deep gorge river, there is another </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">neighboring</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> small
village called as </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“Chichum” In this village only 60
people are the inhabitants. As no bridge has been built to connect this village
with the main road of Kibber.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> At present, if the villagers from “Chichum”
want to come to Kibber village, they have to use “rickety </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">rope-way</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">” with a small
trolley chair, which runs on a tight steel rope, whose two ends are tied across
on each side of the two separated mountains. To go across to the other side, to
run the chair trolley, in either direction, someone has to sit at the edges of
each mountain, where the rope ends are tied. Then he / she has to pull the
sliding rope of the trolley chair on which someone is sitting. The rope may be
only 700 </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">meters</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> long. But in case some one wants to travel by road from “Chichum”
village to “Kibber” village or to Kaza town, they have to use the motorable road that
is about more than 60 Km long which runs through different routes. During winter
this village of “Chichum” gets completely cut off. During that time no one lives
in that village. Every single person from “Chichum” moves down to </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">safety</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></span></div>
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Keey Monastrey. The distance between Kibber and Ki monastery is about 10 Km. This
drive is a constant steep </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">downwards</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> drive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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spelled Ki, Kye or Kee – pronounced like English key)
is a “Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill at an altitude
of (13,668 ft) above MSL, close to the Spiti river in he Spiti valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is the biggest monastery
of Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for Lamas. It reportedly had 100
monks in 1855.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kachen Dugyal Memorial Old
Aged – Handicapped Society, Spiti Monastery, 2004. Apparently, extensive new
facilities have been built. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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been founded by “Dromton” (Brom-ston, 1008-1064 CE), a pupil of the famous
teacher, “Atisha”, in the 11<sup>th</sup> century. This may however, refer to a
now destroyed “Kadampa” monastery at the nearby village of “Rangrik”,
which was probably destroyed in the 14<sup>th</sup> century when the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: justify;">Series of Guruduth's Pictures</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Key was attacked again by
the Mongols during the 17</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> century, during the reign of the “Fifth
Dalai Lama” and became a “Gelugpa” establishment. In 1820 it was
sacked again during the wars between “Ladakh and Kulu”. In 1841 it was severely
damaged by the “Dogara” army under “Ghulam Khan” and “Rahim Khan”. Later
that the same year suffered more damage from a “Sikh” army. In the 1840s
it was ravaged by fire and, in 1975, a violent Earthquake caused further
damage which was repaired with the help of the “Archaeological Survey of
India” and the State Public Works Department.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The walls of the monastery
are covered with paintings and murals, an example of the 14<sup>th</sup>
century monastic architecture, which developed as the result of
Chinese influence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of ancient murals and books, including the “Buddha” images.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first one is mainly underground and used for storage. One room, called the
“Tangyur” is richly painted with murals.The ground floor has the
beautifully decorated Assembly Hall and cells for many monks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Gelugpa” sect, along with “Tabo” Monastery and “Drangste” Monastery, one of
three in Spiti valley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The monastery of Kee, for
instance, accommodates nearly 250 monks, who reside within the sacred walls in
winter, and stay during the summer with their parents or brothers, working in
the fields, or employed in carrying travellers’ goods. These monasteries have
their regular heads, or “abbots”, and the higher ecclesiastical titles can only
be obtained by the candidates proceeding in person to either Shigatzee
(Shigatse) or Lhassa (Lhasa).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Kalchakara” was conducted in 2000 in the presence of the “14<sup>th</sup>
Dalai Lama”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tourist vehicles on this road. Just before reaching Karmic, we had to pass through
a small Hamlet called as "Langza village"</span></span><br />
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pitched their tents and were camping there in the “Lands of Lamas”. They were
carrying their own all the required items, for cooking, for staying, for
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lonely road, though not very sure </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">whether</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> were we on the right trail or not. But
being a </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">lonely</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> road there was no one to
help us or guide us. Anyway we continued driving and after 20 minutes we were
bit relieved because from a distance we </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">spotted</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Karmic monastery. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Karmic- Monastery</span></u></b>.<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monastery also written by the (Tang-rGyud, Tangyuth)
or “Sa-skya-gong-mig” Gompa at Hikim/Komic, near Kaza, in Spiti valley. It is built
like a fortified castle, on the edge of a deep canyon, with massive slanted mud
walls and battlements with vertical red </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">ocher</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> and white vertical stripes which
make them look much taller than they really are. Situated on the edge of a deep
canyon and overlooking the town of Kaza, Spiti,
is 4 km from the town. It is located on the periphery of the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hikkim is a village in
“Lahaul and Spiti district. It is near to the Kaza location. It is one of
the highest locations in India. Most of the people are Buddhists. The region
remains cut-off from other regions for half the year due to heavy snow fall
over the passes. People use stones extensively to build houses and
structures.”Tangyud Gompal Monastery” is located near to this location. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is one of only two
monasteries belonging to the “Sakya” Sect left in Spiti – the other,
at Kaza itself, is small and relatively insignificant. It reportedly had 60
monks in 1855. The Young Monks studying in the sun. Tangyud Gompa. 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although it is considered by
locals to be very ancient, an examination of the present fortified structure
modelled on a Chinese castle, and other circumstantial evidence, makes it
likely that it was built early in the 14<sup>th</sup> century when the
“Sakyapas” rose to power under “Mongol” patronage.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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there was an earlier “Kadampa” establishment here founded by“Rinchen
Zangpo” (958-1055 CE) and named “Rador-lha”. The name, “Tangyud”, may
refer to the “Sakya” revision of the “Tang-rGyud”, or the 87 volumes of
Tantra treatises which form part of the “Tengyur”. This was carried out about
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by the ‘Nonos’ or local chieftains of Spiti and the monastery has a special
cell built into southeastern side for them when they visit. Tangyud
village is at the foot of the monastery (altitude 4,470 m or 14,665 ft).
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This village is
credited as World’s highest polling station. It is recorded in the “Limca Book
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also credited to have the World’s highest post office. The “Pin Code” is
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dotted by tiny and sparse helmets perched over the peaks of Great Himalayas.
Situated at an altitude of (15,000 ft) above sea level the Kibber village is 18
Km from Kaza and is situated below the Key monastery. It is one of the highest
inhabited villages in the world. It is connected by a motor-able road. It has
the highest polling station of India. Locally it is called known as Khyipur. It
is located in a narrow valley surrounded by mountains from all sides. The rest
house facility is available for the visitors at Kibber. </span></span><br />
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from kaza. It is the highest village in the world at an altitude of (14,048
ft). It is at a short distance from Kaza. The pasture lands of Kibber &
Gette are breathtaking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another highest inhabited villages of the world are Komic
& Hikkim </span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">Komic is at (15,049 ft) and Komic village is at
(15,000ft). Hikkim has just just 13 households and is at a 6-hour hike from the
nearest civilization. It is the 2nd </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">highest inhabited village in
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farming, building and transport for thousands of years. The yak safari at Spiti
valley is similar to that in Sikkim or Leh. It gives an opportunity to go
through the Pin Valley to Kafnu, on the old Spiti- Kinnaur foot road as was
done by the people thousands of years ago. The riders get a chance to camp in
the wild and watch many of the endangered animals and rare birds in natural
habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A route of safari from Demul
to Komic monastery is very popular. A ride on the furs of yak through the
picturesque valleys in high mountains along the river, sojourn on the way near
tiny remote villages, and finally reaching Kafnu, after crossing the Bawa la
pass at 4,900 meters is an unforgettable experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are available Pin valley. The yaks even carry the rider across the rivers. A
night is spent near the village of nuns too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hours to reach the destination and to avoid any kind of altitude sickness,
proper acclimatization is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Fukchung” – A Village of only-Nuns</span></u></b><br />
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monasteries and schools of Tibetan Buddhism in India are situated in the Spiti
valley. A collection of stone caves are situated in the Fukchung village, where
nuns from the Nyingmapa school of Buddhism in Tibet, go for long-term retreats,
meditations and asceticism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><b>Next Chapter of my Blog to be continued-----.</b></span><br />
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Valley ---- Shichling village (with population of only 90) ---- Lingti </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">village</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, (with
population of only 60) ---- Lakhang </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">village</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, (with
population of only 30) ---- Lidang </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">village</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, (with a population of only 150) ---- Kaza
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drive This drive is very scenic with the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">confluence of the River Spiti
and River Pin, flowing </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">all along on the left side of the road and on the right
side of the road there are endless high majestic mountains snow covered peaks. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As
we drove towards Kaza, just 24 Km befor Kaza (or 23 Km from Tabo), on the
right side of the main road, there is a
big high </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Welcoming</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Arch which reads AS “WELL COME TO DHANKAR MONASTERY”
This detour road is 8 km in length which leads right up to the base
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“DHANKAR GOMPA”</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Dhang” or “Dang” means
“Cliff”, and “Kar”or “khar” means “Fort”. Hence “Dhangkar” means
“Fort on a Cliff” </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Dhankar-Gompa” is also known as the
(Drangkhar or Dhangkar
Gompa); (Brang-mkhar or Grang-mkhar), is village and also a
Gompa a Buddhist temple in the district of “Lahaul and Spiti”. It is
situated at an elevation of (12,774 ft) above MSL in the Spiti Valley above
“Dhankar village”, between the towns of “Kaza: and “Tabo”. The complex is built
on a hill top at (1000-ft) high spur overlooking the confluence of the Spiti
and Pin Rivers It is one of the world's most spectacular settings for a Gompa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Tangyud Monastey” in Spiti, and “Thiktse, Likir and Rangdum in
Ladakh”, were built as “Forts-Monasteries” on the Central Tibetan pattern.
“Dhinkar Monastery was reported to have had 90 monks in 1855.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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small village of “Shichilling” which contains the new “Dhankar Monastery”, home
to about 150 monks belonging to the “Gelugpa” School of Tibetan Buddhism. </span></div>
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harsh, lunar landscape, notable sights at Dhankar Gompa includes a statue of
“Vairochana” (Dhayan Buddha) consisting of 4 figures seated back to back
in addition to various crumbling “Thankas”.</span></div>
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the gompa. In 2006, “World Monuments Fund” selected “Dhankar Gompa” as
one of the 100 most endangered sites in the world. A nonprofit group,
“Dhangkar” Initiative, is attempting to organize its conservation.</span></div>
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“Spiti Valley Kingdom” during the 17th century and has some features dating
back to the 12th century. It was the seat of the early rulers of Spiti, the
“NONOS”, who had the right to cultivate the government lands nearby and were
required to keep the fort in repair. They also dispensed justice to the people
and were noted for their harsh penalties until the British replaced them.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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referred to as “Lha-'od-pai-dgon-pa”. "Lha-'od” seems to be the
local pronunciation of “Zla-'od”, the name of a famous Lama who was born
in 1121, according to the “Reu-mig”. “Zla-'od-pa” would then mean "a
follower of Zla-'od." He is apparently the founder or renovator of the
monastery which now belongs to the “Gelugpa” order. The monks assert that
it was not only of earlier origin than the “Tabo” Monastery, but also earlier
than “Srong-btsan-sgam-po”. They have, however, nothing to show of any really
ancient relics. They explain this fact by stating that the monastery was
plundered many times, lastly during the “Dōgrā” war.</span></div>
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monastery. There are many fascinating terrace houses those are built at
different levels, which add to the Beauty of the Monastery. Just to </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">freshen</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> up
we took a little break and we ate little bit of refreshment and fruits. Then we
drove bak to “Shichilling” village, to continue to our further journey to “Pin
Valley”.</span></span><br />
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“Kaza” on the way we have to pass through few small villages which come one
after another in a sequence, such as “Shichling” that has a population of only
(90), next one is “Lingti” that has a population of only (60), next one is
“Lakhang” which has a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">small power
generating hydral project that generates only (2X200) KW. It has a population
of only (30) and then next one is “Lidang” that has a population of only (150).
This is just to show how thinly populated these villages of “Spiti” valley are.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: justify;">The only connectivity of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: justify;">Shichling</span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> village and main road</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> is through the </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.8500003814697px;">Rope-way</span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> chair </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.8500003814697px;">trolley</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> It’s approximate population
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is a detour on the Left side of the main ““Shichilling - Kaza” road. Just 10
Km before reaching “Kaza” town from “Dhinkar Gompa”, on Left side of the road,
we had to cross one Huge Steel Bridge, which is erected on top of </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">confluence</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of river “Spiti” and river Pin. This steel bridge connects “Pin Valley” with the main Kaza road. Once we crossed the bridge,
the road to “PIN” village is a constant
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which is situated at (12,193 ft) above MSL. It has the largest population in the
region with about 200 people. With its sub-zero temperatures and semi-frozen
rivers, Pin Valley is the only “cold desert National Park” located in Himachal
Pradesh. The park lies in the valley of the Pin river, from where it derives
its name. Spreading south of Dhankar in the Spiti district near the Tibetan
border, the reserve forms a natural interface between the Lahaul and Spiti
divisions of the state. It was set up to protect and preserve the rare and
unique Himalayan flora and fauna. Vast and sparsely populated, Pin Valley is
home to 'the grey ghost of the Himalayas', the snow leopard, and its prey, the
ibex. Set against a back-drop of awe-inspiring icy mountain ranges, Pin Valley
is snowed in for a good part of the year and a trek to this fascinating country
should only be attempted by the spirited, adventurous and fit. The region is
also under strong religious influence with some very famous Buddhist
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The climate is dry with
freezing, high-velocity winds and minimal rainfall. Winter sets in early and
temperatures can drop to as low as (-35C). Heavy snowfall makes it risky to
visit the park from late December to March. The summer season lasts from late
May to September when temperatures reach a maximum of (25C), though the nights
may still be freezing. July to October is when the park is accessible. The
month of August is the ‘best time’ to visit Pin Valley, when the temperatures
are most hospitable, at least during the day! Botanists and zoologists would also
find July-August exciting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trekking and camping hence traditional accommodation is limited. Bunkers
provided by the Forest Department are another option. The Buddhist monks are
very hospitable and could invite travellers to a cup of buttery, salty tea, or
perhaps a stay overnight at the Kungri monastery. Villagers in the valley are
also generous in providing shelter and food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Two main trekking
routes are available between mid-July and late September. One option is the
route from Kulu in the West, via the Pin Parvati Pass (11,639 ft). An
alternative route is from Kinnaur in the South via the “Bhaba” valley and “Tari Khango Pass” (11,100 ft).
Trekking at these heights is a fascinating experience. Spiti is full of
jhullas, like the rope bridge across the Parahio river, a tributary of the
Spiti where one crosses a steel wire rope of 12 mm. suspended from abutments on
both sides. Using a rope made of yak hair (that is tied around one's legs with
special knots) one can crawl across. With your heart in your mouth, you can't
help but marvel at the towering snow peaks with glaciers and the river coursing
beneath. There is a relatively new bridge from Attargo village to Pin Valley.
Local guides, porters and the famous Chhumurti horses are available for hire.
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area. The park covering an area of 675 sq km as core zone and 1150 km as buffer
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villages situated in the periphery of the park with a total population of about
1600 people. Besides this there are about 17 Dogharies (Summer settlements)
with some cultivation inside the park. These Dogharies are used as summer
residences by these people. The local residents in the whole Pin Valley conists
of scheduled tribes belonging to Buddhist community. There is a famous Gompa in
the Kungri vilage which is situated on the buffer zone of this park. The Chham
dance and Buchen dance by the Lamas of this Gompa are very famous dances in the
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two 2 KM before from the main entrance road. Kaza is the District Head Quarters
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“Kaza” town, it was nearly 4.30 in the evening. The weather was cloudy and lot
of tourists have reached before us.So almost all the hotels of the town were
full. Somehow we managed to check in a small budget hotel, Hotel “Tashal Delek”,
where after bargaining we had to Pay Rs. 400/- per night. The room was nice and
with TV facility. Kaza has a power cut problem and very low voltage. We could
not charge our camera batteries or the “Mobile phone handsets” during our whole
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Pradesh Spiti, locally pronounced “Piti”, is bounded on its south and west
by the valleys of Kulu and Lahaul; the region of Ladakh lies to the north and
the Kalpa valley lies to the south-east. Geologically and archaeologically,
Spiti is a living museum. The mountains are devoid of any vegetation and
erosion by wind, sun and snow over thousands of years has laid bare the rocks.
The rugged and rocky mountain slopes sweep down to the riverbeds giving the
landscape a moon-like appearance. Kaza is the capital of Spiti Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The town of Kaza, is
the sub divisional headquarters of the “Spiti” Valley in the “Lahaul and
Spiti” district. It is the largest township and commercial centre of the
valley. The town is divided into the old, as </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">“Kaza Khas”</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> and new as </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">“Kaza Somasections”</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The new town contains the administrative buildings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The “Tangyud” (Tang-rGyud) Gompa dates to the early 14<sup>th</sup> century and
is built like a fortified castle with massive slanted mud walls and battlements
with vertical red ochre and white vertical stripes. It is on the edge of a deep
canyon and overlooking the town of Kaza, 4 km from the
town. Approaching it from the south one, sees Kyu-ling (Skyid-gling), the
stately palace of the Nono (king) on the other side of the river.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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mountain ridges on all sides. It has two access points : one from Kinnaur
valley and the other from the Lahaul valley, 11 km from
“Ki-Monastery” , the famous “Gelugpa” establishment. The route
through “Kinnaur” is open throughout the year, except for occasional short
periods resulting from landslides or heavy snowfall. This road, starting from
Shimla , follows the Sutlej river unto a little beyond Reckong
Peo, thereafter turning northwards to follow the Spiti river all the way to
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high Rohtang Pass” to reach “Gramphoo” where it joins the road from “Keylong”
and proceeds south along Chandra River till Batal then climbs up to cross the (14,928-ft)
high Kunzum pass, enters the Spiti valley to reach Kaza. It remains closed
during winter months, normally from October end to June due to heavy snowfall
on both the passes. Kaza is among the coldest place in India. The
temperature varies greatly in a different seasons and during a day, January is
the coldest period of a year with an average temperature of (-37°C),while the
July is hottest month with an average temperature of (13°C).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the ancient “Sakya”. “Tangyud Monastery” in a side valley, 4 km from
the town. It is also popular with tourists and adventure seekers during summer
months because of its central location and connections to rest of the valley and
outside. This central location also makes Kaza an ideal base camp for trekking,
mountaineering and tours directed to other parts of the valley.Some of the
major tourist attractions in and around Kaza beside Tangyud Monastery are the
Key Gompa, Kibber village at an elevation of 4205 Mtrs. Above MSL,Gette Village
at an altitude of 4270 Mtrs. Above MSL,Langza village famous for presents of
marine fossils, the Pin Valley National Park, a protected area for avourite
high altitude wildlife and the Losar village 60 km to the north of Kaza at
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checking in the hotel and unloading the luggage from our car, we ventured out to expolre
Kaza town. While we were roaming around Kaza town, we met couple of localities
who as usual, just out of curiosity inquired from us where were heading to.
Then the same monolog dilog by the localities started </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">scaring us
that our “Mosquito size car-ALTO” </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> be able to reach us in one piece to Leh
via Kunzum La pass and the most notorious 3-Nalas, called as (1)—“Chooti
Dhara” (meaning small stream), (2)---“Badhi Dhara” (meaning bigger stream) and
(3)---“Pagal Nala (meaning the unperdictive Mad-Stream)</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. All of the local inhabitants scared us so much that we didn’t know
what to do. Every single person suggested, "it was better that we go back to
Shimla and then from there take the route for Leh, Ladakh via Kullu, Manali,
Rohtang Pass, Kelong etc". That means we had to go back about more than 600 km
to reach Shimla and then to take another 359 Km to reach via Kulu, Manali road. Listening to these negative suggestions from the Locals, Guruduth’s and My mind
stopped working or thinking. Both of us went in to stressful depression. We didn't know whom to listen or what to do? Not
even a single person suggested or encouraged us that we could make it. We really got freaked out
and dreadfully scared. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">At kaza we two became talk of the town and everybody would smuggisly point at us, Saying that we two were mad </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">specimen</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> who were </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">committing</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> “Hara-Kiri” by trying to go to Leh via Kunzum La pass using ALTO.</span></div>
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two (Guruduth and myself), just sat down, sipped couples of cups of piping “Hot
Lemo-Tea” and tried hard to relax. Then after a while, just two of us planned.. </span><br />
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was that we would hire a lorry, load our car into that lorry and that would
reach us right upto Gramroo village by crossing all the hurdles of Kunzum La
Pass, as well as three natourious Nalas. </span><br />
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hire a local experienced driver, who would be familiar with those treacherous
roads. And by his driving experience, he may reach us stately to Grampoo village, crossing all the hurdles of this treacherous road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“A” didn’t work, because all the lorries who were going back via Grampoo
village were over booked to carry loads of pereciable “Green Peas”. Since it was Green Peas peak season. So no empty lorries were available.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some how we managed to hire, supposed to be an expert youthful looking local driver. His name
was Sunny. He was young and seemed quite a confident driver. But since we
didn’t know how good driver he was? We requested him to come, the next day morning
and drive us to sight seeing trip around Kaza monasteries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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promptely at 8 AM, he reported at our hotel and drove us towards Kibber
village. We observed that his driving was so, so. He was too </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">unsteady</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Some how he managed to reach us up to Kibber village.
Next he was supposed to be taking us on more tougher terrain of deplorable road
towards Komic Monastery and Hakim Monastery. Those roads would have been a real test of
his driving skill. While returning back from Kibber, suddenly he stopped the car and
talked to some one on his Mobile phone. Then he again sat in the car and told us
that his father got siddenly very sick, (who lived in Pin valley). So he had to go back to
Kaza, and could not come with us </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">at least</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> for that particular day. He drove us back to Kaza and disappeared
and never came back. Though he had promised that next day he would definitely
come to drive us to safety across Kunzum La Pass. So, that was the end of our Plan “B” too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Now we
were left with no choice, either we turn back and take Shimla, Kulu, Manali,
Rohtang, Keylong road or I drive myself on this </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">treacherous</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> road and
face the dreadful consequences, whichever may come across while driving through
Kunzum La Pass and those dreadful notorious three Nalas. Our situation was some thing like, as they say “SO NEAR, YET SO FAR AWAY”. Anyway in these horrible situations, we
both were terribly depressed, frustrated, discouraged, dejected, upset and had practically endless nightmares. We
didn’t know in this uncertainty what to do? After hours of brain storming and
weighing all the probabilities and possibilities, we took a </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">decision</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> that come
what may, since we had taken all the risks of reaching till Kaza. With </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">positive</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> attitude and </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">self-confidence,</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> I </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">decided</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> that come what may, I would take the dare
devil risk of driving our </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">“Small </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Mosquito</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> ALTO” on those gigantic towering </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">mountainous</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">treacherous</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">terrains</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> and unpredective “notorious “Nalas”. Now I was confident that our ALTO car would save us and herself (I mean the Alto car) from the merciless onslaught of “Kaza to “Grampoo” “Hell Road” </span></span><br />
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next journey is from Nako village to ---- Malling ---- Chango ----Sumdo (an ITBP
check post is there. Here River Spiti and River Parcha, which comes from Tibet, joins) ---- Hoorling ----
Gue village (this village has Lama’s "Mummy temple") ---- Back to Hoorling ---- Lari village ---- Tabo (NH-22,
ends here) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Bus stand. Nako bus stand and Nako Helipad are next to each other. From this Bus
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drove through the narrow road of Nako-village and parked our car in one of the
corners, at the entrance of the Nako Monastery</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b>Dalai Lama had conducted “Kalchakra” ceremony”
here in 2007</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">.</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> During that
time a big beautiful traditional residential building was built for Dalai Lama’s
stay. A new Monastery Building too was constructed during the same time of
“Kalchakara Ceremony”, which is now used for daily prayers and day to day
religious activities of the Monastey.</span></div>
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2007, for 14</span></span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Dalai Lama’s stay during Kalchakara ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Very adjacent to this newly constructed Monastery building, there is
a (900 year old monastery ), </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>that</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><span style="color: red;"><b> was established by "Lochen Rinchen Zangpo", in the first half of 11th century.</b></span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Since the old Monastery is
a very ancient construction that has become very, very weak. That’s why the New
Monastery building was constructed. And this 900 year ancient Monastery structure, just
to preserve it is now locked and closed from being used. They open the old
monastery structure only on certain special occasions. We were very lucky, because one of
the monks obliged our requested of seeing the Old Monastery from inside. He
unlocked the door and took us inside. From inside, the old Monastery is
awesome. Inside the old monastery, there is a small circular prayer hall, which
still has the smell of centuries old ancient fragrance. The old monastery has
ancient architecture of just mud and stones and centuries old colourfull murals and paintings, those
are faded now, but are awesome. The old Monastery still has a beautiful huge 30
feet high statues of Buddha made of clay and is hand painted with original
organic colours. The ancient paintings and the ancient murals, hanging on the
walls, still have the faded organic colours which were (as per Lama), painted
some 900 years ago. Whatever said and done, I have no words to express the beauty of most artistically intricate geometrical drawings and designs, those
have proportionate Dragons and Demons faces. The apt colours combinations and
Tanka paintings are exuberantly lively.</span></div>
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we entered the new prayer hall of newly constructed Monastery building. Since,
it was<span style="color: red;"><b> “Amavase day"</b></span> when we visited the Nako Monastery. It is a very auspicious
day for Nako Buddhist villagers. Nako village Buddhist community’s religious
chores of the monthly prayer were going on. As we entered the prayer hall, just
to show respect to the religious Congregation, Guruduth and I folded our hands
in a “Namaste” posture and to pay respect, we simultaneously bowed our heads
too. We humbly seeked the permission from Lamas and requested them if we two could
join them in their prayers. In Unison every Lams happily gestured us to sit
down. We peacefully and composedly sat throughout the whole prayer rituals. The
Buddhist Chants sung in soothing unison, were so heavenly, divine, blissful, peaceful
and mediating that we felt blessed to be part of this religious rituals. Once
the rituals of the prayers were over, we started conversation with the
particepents of the prayers. In the congregation, there were males as well as
females too. They informed us that the entire polpulation of males and females are married,
have their children and lead a normal domestic family life. Some of the Lamas are
government employees, some of them are teachers and some of them have their own
business too. But most of the Lamas are agriculturist.</span></div>
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village performs these “Buddhist community religious ritual festive prayers” on
every date of 5th, 15th, 25th of every month. Especially during “Amavase” day,
it is a very big celebration. On that day, the whole of Nako village Buddhists
folks get together for this celebration. </span></div>
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are the whole sequence of </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">community</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> cooking, serving and relishing the Pradsdam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The women folk of whole of Nako town
collectively cook in bulk, variety of tasty and delicious food, enough for all
the Buddhists of the town. Then once the rituals of the prayers were over,
first of all the Eats (as Prasadam) were served to all the Lamas who performed the
rituals, in the main hall of the New Monetary. Along with the rest of
congregation even Guruduth and I were served the same Prasadam (Eats). The
Prasadam that was served consisted of butter tea, biscuits, buns, baked roties and
sweets. Then </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">finally</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> after the Prayers ceremony was over, everyone of the whole
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an ancient style. To save themselves from severe winter <span style="color: red;"><b>(--30 degree centigrade)</b></span>,
the houses are constructed in such a way that the walls of every house touches
the walls of every other connecting house. This prevents the flow of freezing cold
winds to pass through. The hoses are small in height, have thick stone walls, and
have small entrance doors, small windows with just about five to six feet high roof
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Series of photographs showing pattern of Old Houses in Nako</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">All most every house has three stories. In the lower most floors, they
keep their </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">cattle</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> inside the houses, they themselves live on the second floors and then they put all of their household belongings, items and food grains on the third
floors. To insulate the roof tops, the roofs of the houses are made of wooden
logs, those are covered with very thick
layers of Hay. Then the Hay is covered and coated with thick layers of mud. By
living in the middle floors of the house, the family members insulate themselves
from the sever winter. The warmth is generated from the bodies of cattle those
are tied at the bottom most floor of the houses as well as from the insulated
roof tops. It keeps them warm though out the severe winter. The old town has
small narrow inter connecting stone laid lanes, those look like Maze. The old
town is settled on one side of the Nako Lake.</span></span></span></div>
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Prasadam eating at the Monastery, later during the day we checked in one of the hotels
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caretaker was a Nepali boy called as Raju. The cash crop of Nako is green peas,
which is grown in plenty and is the best in the region for its </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">juiciness</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">, firmness, crispness, sweetness and </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">nutrition</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> value. Here once again we met the Holland couple whom we had met at Kalpa village. Generally Tourists take a break here for the night stay. Now there are many
hotels and guest houses in this village, some of them are constructed in old traditional
way with local materials, they are popularly known as Home stay. During Off
seasons, tariffs of these home stay guest houses are less and available at a
range of from Rs 600 /- onwards, per day. Normal guest houses are available at
a price of Rs 650/- . Extra bed are at a range of INR 100 to 150/-. Room rent
may vary. Tourist luxurious tents are available at a price of INR 1500/- per
day. These tents are promoted on Eco tourism concept. Tents are having all basic
facilities with attached toilet but without TV facility. In Nako even good
hotels do not have TV facility inside rooms. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">During the Dinner we met a
lady whose name was Neeru, a Taiwanese national who was a doctor by profession
and was travelling all alone from Srinagar via Leh Ladakh. We shared our
experiences with each others and her next destination was Kalpa (she pronounced
it in a funny </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">squeaky</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">nasal</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> way as KAPPA). It was nice talking to her. The temperature at night was very
cold and water leakage from our bathroom made our room even
colder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The mobile connection gets
very feeble here. Airtel does not connect at all and BSNL has a very weak
signal. Even the STD booths have difficulty in connecting the lines. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">History of Nako Village<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Nako is a village
located in Kinnaur district. The area is known for its lake,”Nako Lake” which
forms part of the border of the village. Nako Monastery is located in the </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">center</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of the Nako village. it receives tourists during the summer months only.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nako Lake is a high
altitude lake. It forms the part of the boundary of Nako village and seems
that the village is half buried in the lake's border. It is about 3,662 metres
(12,014 ft) above sea level. The lake is surrounded by willow and poplar
trees. Near the lake there are four Buddhist temples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Near this place
there is a foot like impression ascribed to the saint “Padmasambhava”. Several
miles away there is a village called Tashigang around which there are several
caves where it is believed that Guru Padmasambhava meditated and gave discourse
to followers. There is a waterfall nearby which has snow water falling like a
river of milk. Legend says that it is a heavenly realm of fairies. In one of
the caves you are still able to see the live footprints of these fairies or
other demigods. It is a sacred place for the people of these valleys. Followers
come from as far a place as Ladakh and spiti valley.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Day (7)—22nd July 2014---</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Our today’s Journey would be
from Nako to kaza town. For the coming night we would be </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">stopping</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> at Kaza town.</span></span><b style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Since all night long, it had
been raining. Just to avoid road blocks
due to continuous landslides, From Nako we started our journey early in the morning
(at 6.00 AM) hoping that we could easly clear the Malling stretch. The whole
stretch of about 10 Km of Malling range is a</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">ctually</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Prone area for plenty of Landslides. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From Nako climbing deplorable steep road towards Malling<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">At one of the most narrowest stretch of this </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">dangerous</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Malling road, there
is a permanent small temple structure of the “Goddess DEVI”, which is constructed
by (BRO), where all most all the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">travelers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> before venturing out on this dangerously fatal road, pray for their safety.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">At “Malling” itself there is a permanents base camp of (BRO), (Border
Road Organization). The (BRO) has a big manpower permanently camped here. They
are fully trained workforce of (BRO) and are equipted with heavy machinery too,
to maintain the highway. (BRO) works nonstop throughout the day right from
8 AM to late evening. The whole stretch of “Malling” is landslide prone area. There
are many areas where continuously shooting rocks keep rumbling down which
invariably brings down tonnes of mud slush too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Early morning at about 6:30
AM when we reached at the beginning of Malling's Landslide area, a portion of the road was blocked due a huge landslide, that would have been caused during the last
night’s nonstop rain. We were shocked to see the amounts of Mud and huge rocks
that had blocked the road. Since it was very cold in the early morning, (BRO) manpower </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">hadn't</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> come to work. Gurudatt got down from the car to inspecting the
colossal damage caused by the landslide. After inspecting unbelievable size of the landslide, Gurudatt suggested that we should go
back to Nako town till the (BRO) start's clearing the boulders and the road. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">While driving back to Nako, on our way at the base camp of (BRO), Gurudatt got down from our car and went into the camp to informed them about the road block. Then one of the men of (BRO) suggested
us that we should come back only after 10AM, by then they would clear the bad stretch of the
road. We came back to the same hotel and slept till 10 AM. </span></span></span><br />
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to the spot of road block, (BRO) were still managing with manpower and heavy
machinery to clear the road. After clearing big boulders, big vehicles were
allowed to go first, where as we were asked to stop, because our small car ALTO, which has
lesser bottom clearance from the road. It was amazing experience to see that
while (BRO) men were working, many stray shooting stones were still continuously shooting
down. Then finally after half an hour’s wait, we were allowed to proceed. We
thanked the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(BRO) team and proceeded onwards
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Drive from Nako to Tabo ( 62 KM ):---</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After
21 KM drive from Nako, we reached “Chango” village, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="color: red;">which is situated at an
altitude of (7,125ft) above MSL. </span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Aproximate Population of Chango village is (634) comprising of 160
famalies</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Distant View of Chango Village<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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comes “Sumdo” village. Here at “Sumdo” a little away from the RCC connecting bridge,
the rivers “Parchu which runs from Tibet and Spiti” join here.</span><br />
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of China, there lay another cold desert of India alike Ladakh, known as “</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Spiti Valley”.
The breathtaking views, panoramic vistas and magical multi-colours mountains of
this barren land makes it almost identical to Ladakh and at times even more
beautiful. </span><br />
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where only body comes back and soul’s keeps wandering somewhere there.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The district
of “Lahaul-Spiti” consists of the two formerly separate districts
of “Lahaul” and “Spiti”. The present administrative centre is
“Keylong” in “Lahaul”. Before the two districts were merged,
“Kardang” was the capital of “Lahaul” and “Dhankar” the capital of
“Spiti”. The district was formed in 1960.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In whole of the “Spiti”
region it doesn’t rain, that’s why it is called as a high altitude or cold desert
having close similarities to the </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">neighboring</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> “Tibet” and “Ladakh” regions
in terms of terrain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The harsh conditions of
Lahaul and Spiti permit only scattered tufts of hardy grasses and shrubs to
grow, even below 4,000 metres. Glacier lines are usually found at 5,000 metres.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Animals such as Yaks and
Dzos roam across the wild Lingti plains. However, over-hunting and a
decrease in food supplies has led to a large decrease in the population of the
Tibetan antelopes, Argali, Kiangs, Musk Deer, and Snow Leopards in
these regions, reducing them to the status of endangered species. However, in
the Lahaul valley, one can see Ibex, Brown Bears, Foxes and Snow Leopards during
winter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The language, culture, and
populations of Lahaul and Spiti are closely related. Generally the Lahaulis are
of Tibetan and Indo-Aryan descent, while the Spiti Bhotia are more
similar to the Tibetans, owing to their proximity to Tibet. Fairer skin and
hazel-colored eyes are commonly seen among the Lahaulis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lahauli and Spiti Bhutia belong to the Tibetan family. They are very
similar to the Ladakhi and Tibetans culturally, as they had been placed
under the rule of the Guge and Ladakh kingdoms at occasional intervals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Among the Lahaulis, the
family acts as the basic unit of kinship. The extended family system is common,
evolved from the polyandric system of the past. The family is headed by a
senior male member, known as the Yunda, while his wife, known as the Yundamo,
attains authority by being the oldest member in the generation. The
clan system, also known as Rhus, plays another major role in the Lahauli
society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Spiti Bhutia community
has an inheritance system that is otherwise unique to the Tibetans. Upon the
death of both parents, only the eldest son will inherit the family property,
while the eldest daughter inherits the mother's jewellery, and the younger
siblings inherit nothing. Men usually fall back on the social security system
of the “Trans-Himalayan Gopmas”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The lifestyles of the
Lahauli and Spiti Bhotia are similar, owing to their proximity.
Polyandry was widely practiced by the Lahaulis in the past, although this
practice has been dying out. The Spiti Bhutia do not generally practice
polyandry any more, although it is accepted in a few isolated regions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a simple ceremony performed in the presence of village elders. Divorce can be
sought by either partner. The husband has to pay compensation to his ex-wife if
she does not remarry. However, this is uncommon among the Lahaulis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Agriculture is the main
source of livelihood. Potato farming is common. Occupations include animal
husbandry, working in government programs, government services, and other
businesses and crafts that include weaving. Houses are constructed in the
Tibetan architectural style, as the land in Lahul and Spiti is mountainous and
quite prone to earthquakes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Most of the Lahaulis follow
a combination of Hinduism and Tibetan of the Durkpa Kagyu order, while the
Spiti Bhotia follow Tibetan Buddhism of the Gelugpa order. Within Lahoul, the
Todh/Gahr (upper region of Lahaul towards Ladhakh) region had the strongest
Buddhist influence, owing to its close proximity to Spiti. Lahoul has temples
such as Trilokinath Temple, where pilgrims worship a certain god in different
manifestations, notably in the form of Shiva and
Avalokiteshvara where in Udiapur (near Keylong) is a puritan temple.
This bas-relief, of marble, depicts the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara (the
embodiment of the Buddha's compassion) in a stylized seated position; Hindu
devotees take it to be Shiva Nataraj, Shiva dancing. This image appears to be
of sixteenth century Chamba craftsmanship. It was created to replace the
original black stone image of the deity, which became damaged by art looters.
This original image is kept beneath the plinth of the shrine. It appears to be
of 12th century Kashmiri provenance . Much of the art thieves are active in this
remote belt because of neglected gompas and temples.Raja Ghepan, one of the
major deities is greatly workshipped by almost all Lahauli.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Before the spread of Tibetan
Buddhism and Hinduism, the people were adherents of the religion 'Lung Pe
Chhoi', an animistic religion that had some affinities with the
“Bon” religion of Tibet. While the religion flourished, animal and
human sacrifices were regularly offered up to the 'Iha', a term that refers to
evil spirits residing in the natural world, notably in the old pencil-cedar
trees, rocks and caves. Vestiges of the Lung Pe Chhoi religion can be seen in
the behaviour of the Lamas, who are believed to possess certain supernatural
powers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Losar festival
(also known as Halda in Lahauli) is celebrated between the months of January
and February. The date of celebration is decided by the Lamas. It has the same
significance as the Diwali festival of Hinduism, but is celebrated
in a Tibetan fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At the start of the
festival, two or three persons from every household will come holding burning
incense. The burning sticks are then piled into a bonfire. The people will then
pray to Shikar Apa, the goddess of wealth (other name Vasudhara) in the
Buddhist religion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Pattan belt of the
valley in Lahoul most population follows Hinduism, but counts for 14 percent of
the total and they are called swanglas. The “FAGLI” festival is celebrated
between February and March all over the valley. This festival is a new-year
festival and closely precedes beginning of Tibetan and Chinese calendar.
Notable is the Pattan people are the late settlers in the valley around 1500
A.D. and have broad highlights and have distinct language on the likes the
central Asians, Chamba, Pangi, Pashtoons and Uyghurs. This belt is known for
the convergence for Chandra and Bhaga rivers to form Chenab.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Mooling-Uadaipur region), Punan or Todh/Gahr(Keylong-Zanskar). People of Pattan
Valley are largely Hindu and each village has its presiding deity. The
inhabitants of Tinan Valley is influenced by both Buddhism and Hindu. The
people of Punan (Todh/Gahr) is mostly
influenced by Buddhism.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SUMDO (ITBP CHECK POST)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Approximate altitude of Sumdo village is (10,600 ft) above MSL</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Approximate Population of Sumdo village is (172), </span></span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"> comprising of 38 families</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sumdo is another (ITBP)
check post ahead of Chango where we had to mark our entry
to Spiti region. Foreigners are supposed to submit a copy of
inner-line permit at Sumdo check post. Sumdo is also
considered as political border
of Kinnaur and Spiti Valleys. FromSumdo, detour goes
upwards to Kaurik (aka: Sugar point) and Lepcha (Indian
army post at Tibet Border). Indian Nationals require special permit to
visit Kaurik & Lepcha. These permits are issued
from ITBP check post at Sumdo after submitting valid
identity cards.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From Sumdo village the
district of SPITI starts. As soon as we cross the bridge that is constructed
across river “Spiti, we enter “Sumdo” (ITBP Check Post). At “Sumdo” check post,
all the details of the tourist including their vehicle details and other
documents relating to their ID are </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">verified</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and entered in a register, at the check post. For foreign tourists, other than their usual documents like their Passport
details, their Visa details, their “Inner Line Permit” that is issued to them
by DC of that particular Indian area,
have to be verified and then entered in a register which is kept at the
office of the check post. Now from July-(2012-13), for Indian nationals the
“Inner Line Permit” is not required. Where as in earlier days, even Indians has
to obtain the “Inner Line Permit” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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Tabo, there are three diversions on NH-22. First one leads to Indo-Tibet border.
The second one leads to “GUE” village and the third one leads to Tabo village
and Kaza town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the road, immediately next to the check post. It is a very rough and very steep
road on which only (4 by 4) vehicles can climb. It goes right upto “Shipki La
Pass which is situated at (16,000 ft) above MSL,” It is the last Indian village
on this side of Tibet border. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The second diversion is</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> that, from Sumdo check
Post, while driving towards Tabo, after 5 Km there is another detour on the <b><span style="color: red;">Left side of the
NH-22</span></b><span style="color: red;">,</span> which leads to <b><span style="color: red;">“GUE” Village,
which is situated at an approx (10,000 feet) above MSL.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Post, if we drive straight, that road leads to Kaza.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To go to “Spiki La Pass” which is at (16,000ft)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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“ALTO” car, which surely wouldn’t have been able to climb on this steep
gradient deplorable rickety road. Had Gurudatt and I taken the risk of
venturing out on this most treacherous road, it would have been sure suicidal. So we decided not to go to “Spiki La Pass”.
More over if I am not mistaken, I don’t think if civilians are allowed to go “Spiki
La Pass” unless special permission is taken from Army? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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facing “Tabo” village, we have to take a Left side detour of 8 Km at “Hoorling”
village.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Then a colourful arch invites you into the village of “Gue”. From
here, it’s an 11 km rickety drive along a deplorable narrow road abutting the mountains.
There are hardly a dozen houses in the village and the gigantic mountains
engulf it from all sides. The last structure in the village, atop a small
knoll, is said to house of Gue mummy. In this village there is a Monastery
also.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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of Gue village is less that (80) </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">and it’s
approximate altitude is (8,200 ft) above MSL</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">While the mummified body of "Saint Francis Xavier” was already </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">placed in a glass container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;"> in Goa. Round about the same time, a docile, humble religious divine Buddhist monk named as “Sangha Tenzin”was mummifying himself in the most remotest inaccessible part of distant India. He was painfully mediating and praying for the peace and </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">tranquility</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;"> of his fellow Tibetan Buddhist, who were being brutally ruled by Tibetan mighty “Ming Dynasty” rulers, (1368-1677). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">It's believed that the Lama "Sangha Tenzin" must have had attained the "Samadhi" That's why his mummified body is in the sitting position itself. His body is not laying down flat on ground. Where as </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">“Francis Xavier” would have died of sickness, that's why his mummified body is in a flat lying down posture.</span><br />
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Buddhism, Jainism is a Yogic schools of a higher level of
concentrated meditation, which transcends the realms of body, mind and
intellect, and where the logical and analytical ability of the being becomes
silent. Samadhi, being the ultimate stage of Yoga, symptomatically represents
itself as the transcendental state, wherein even consciousness of the yogi
might get detached from the body. According to Bhargava Dictionary, Samadhi
is the exercise of austerity of a Yogi whereby he acquires the power of
suspending the connection between the body and soul as long as he likes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Final
liberation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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final liberation or videha mukti after willfully leaving their bodies
at the time of death. It is at this time that the soul knows a complete and
unbroken union with the divine, and, being free from the limitations of the
body, merges effortlessly into the transcendent Self. This final liberation is
referred to as mahasamadhi (ultimate samadhi) and is a voluntary and
controlled exit of the soul, from the body by the fully liberated yog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">The monk or Lama, known as “Sangha Tenzin” body has undergone a natural mummification.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Natural mummification is an extremely difficult process in which the body is made to react in such a way that body fats and fluids reduce at a constant rate and the organs that can decay are reduced in size. A special diet is given towards the end to preserve the meat on the bone. The body is kept in a posture where the monk can continue to meditate, by using a restrainers around the neck. This esoteric practice is a part of the “Dzogchen” tradition in the “Nyingma” sect of Buddhism. Northern Honshu in Japan also follows this practice of natural mummification.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">When we reached at “Gue”
Lama’s temple, the entrance door was locked. We </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> know whom to approach
for unlocking the entrance door. An elderly looking Buddhist might have
seen us from a distance, while we were driving towards the village. He took an
exhausting sprint just to ensure that we don’t return back without paying homage
to “Gue mummy". He unlocked the Temple door and did show us the Lam's mummy and the
temple. He was so humble, respectful and hospitable to us, that just to express
our gratitude’s for his generous efforts, we offered him some money but he
adamantly refused to accept and smiled absently. He robbed our hearts. A very rare incident, just to find such a solemn masterpiece of human in our present day wicked world.</span></span></span></span></div>
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“mummy” of a sitting Lama, who is now enclosed in a glass cubical house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As we step inside, a closer
observation revealed that Lam’s has empty eye sockets and the broad forehead. The
mummy is amazingly by nature itself well-preserved with unbroken skin; teeth, nails and bristles
of hairs on his head, fully intact. When we inquired about the mythology of this mysterious
Lama, he told us of how blood oozed out of the ground when people were digging
the area to build houses. This led to much fright and </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">furor</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> among the villagers and on further careful digging, the mummy was found. The silk robes on him seem
to conceal the tremendous POWER and WILL that he must have had to undergo the
mummification process. We inquired from that elderly gentleman who opened the doors </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">for us</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> of “Gue Lama’s” temple , “How old is this Gue mummy?”
He replied, “Sons, it is difficult to say, may be 500 years, 600 years or may
even more. In fact no one knows exactly how old Gue Lama is, but he has been protecting and blessing our whole region down the ages.” He added with an astounding abundant faith,
“MUMMY LAMA IS OUR LIVING GOD”. Local people here around this Gue village, with
respect, religious faith and conviction call this Lama as “MUMMY LAMA”. It is
believed that this revered lama was a Tibetan monk named Sangha Tenzin, who
gave up his life about 600 years back while meditating in the squatting
position. He was discovered mummified inside a tomb. The locals of Gue knew
about the mummy only since 1975, when an earthquake brought down a part of the
tomb. But the sheer remoteness of the area kept it out of bounds. Carbon dating carried out
by some foreign scientists estimated it to be about 550 years old.</span><br />
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“Gue” Lama’s blessing and prayed for our safe onward journey. We felt blessed, re-</span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">energized</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and fresh to
drive on our further treacherous journey. MAY “GUE” LAMA BLESS US WITH SAFE JOURNEY”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Saint Francis Xavier, SJ, born as
Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta (7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), was a Roman
Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Kingdom of Portugual. He too was a
divine missionary appionted at Goa, who helped and anointed people suffering
from incurable diseases, relieved devotees from their miseries. Most of his
life, he spent in and around Goa. He was a noble soul. On 3 December 1552, he
died in China at Shangchuan Island (Present day Hon Kong). Somehow by the
divine natural process, even his body too got mummified. On 11 December 1553,
Xavier's mummified body was shipped to Goa. The body is now in a church of the
“Basilica Of Born Jesus” in Old Goa, where it was placed in a glass
container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is situated at an altitude of (10,760 ft} above MSL<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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135 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Families</b></span></span><br />
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“Gue” mummy village, we joined the main road at “Hoorling” village which is 9
Km away from “Sumdo” From Hoorling, Tabo is 19 KM. All around this region,
where ever eyes can see, its barren, arid, infertile land surrounded by huge
mud mountains, whose peaks are cover with snow and Glaciers. No trace of trees,
greenery or even a speck of grass can be seen. The whole area is like any
desert. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">Inbetween “Hoorling” and “Tabo” we come across a small village called
as “Lari” which has a population of 235 people only. Tabo is a
small town on the banks of the River “Spiti”. It has a population of
450. It is the sub-divisional headquarters of “Spiti”.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Distant view of Tabo village</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tabo Monastery. Inside photographs of the Monastery is strictly
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Buddhist monastery which, according to legend, is said to be over a thousand
years old. <b><span style="color: red;">His Holiness the “Dalai Lama” had expressed his desire to
retire at “Tabo”, since he maintains that the “Tabo
Monatery” is one of the holiest “Monasteries”. In 1983 and 1996,
HH the 14 th Dalai Lama conducted the” “Kalchakar” initiation ceremony in
Tabo, which coincided with the millennium anniversary celebrations of the Tabo
monastery.</span></b> The ceremony was attended by thousands of Buddhists from across the
world. Tabo Monastery's present spiritual head is “Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche”. Tabo
Monastery (Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery) was founded in 996 CE in the Tibetan year
of the Fire. Ape. by the Tibetan Buddhist Lotswa (translator), “Rinchen Zangpo
”(Mahauru Ramabhadra), the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of “Guge”. Tabo is
noted for being the oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in both
India and the Himalayas. A large number of frescoes displayed on its walls
depict tales from the “Buddhist Pantheon”. There are many priceless collections
of “Thankas” (scroll paintings), manuscripts, well-preserved statues Frescos
and extensive murals which cover almost every wall. The monastery is in need of
refurbishing as the wooden structures are aging and the “Thankas” scroll
paintings are fading. After the earthquake of 1975. The monastery was rebuilt,
and in 1983 a new “Du-kang” or Assembly Hall was constructed. The monastery is
now protected by the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Archaeological</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Survey of India (ASI) as a national historic treasure of India. New
monastery is under construction.</span></span></div>
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“Monastery”, we had our Lunch at a "Name-less" small restaurant. After the lunch as we were getting ready to </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">proceeded</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> toward Kaza town. Here also the local drivers again asked us</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> where were we heading to? And we said, “Leh-Ladakh” In disbelief </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">their mouths too fell wide </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">open</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">and their heads too shook repeatedly, in negative gesture saying “Oh No”, not possible? Then they also warned us about the </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">dangerous</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> condition of the </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">further</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">treacherous</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> road. They also seriously suggested us that it was better we turned around and went back via Kullu, Manali,
Rohtang, Leh Road.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> Anyway since we has reached till here, we thought let's take a chance and continue towards Leh Via Kaza, Kunzum La Pass itself. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our
next en-route journey is from Kalpa ---- Roghi village ---- Back to Kalpa
---- Back to Rekong Peo (ATMs & Petrol Pumps are here) ---- Back to Powari
(Last Petrol Pump is here too. Then the next Petrol Pump is at Kaza town which
is about 260 Km from here) ---- Akpa ---- Poo ( In this village Petrol fuel is
available only at a particular Shop, who charges extra money for every
litre) ----Doubling ---- Yangthang --- Nako village</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s population is (1,236), comprising of 310 famalies only.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mind you “KALPA IS A PLACE OF PURE BLISS”<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We liked the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">tranquility</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of this village so much that we </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">wouldn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> mind visiting this village once again</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Earlier Kalpa was the headquarters of Kinnaur district,
but later changed to Reckong Peo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Since Reckong Peo is crowded and most noisy town, we decided not to
stay there. Instead we decided to stay at Kalpa village, which is about 10 Km away from
Reckong Peo and is a beautiful, peaceful, serene, tranquil and tranquilizing
paradise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From Rekong Peo there are two roads those leads to Kalpa. First one is, an old road to Kalpa that leads from the
Right side of the main circle of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Rekong Peo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> town and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">the second one is which leads from Left side of the main circle
of the Rekong Peo town. Ignorantly we took the old road to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Kalpa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> which goes from the
Right side of the main circle of the Rekong Peo town. After driving for a little while, we immediately realized that we had taken the wrong road. Because it was a narrow, deplorable
mud road which was full of potholes with uneven and badly worn out edges of the road. This road is generally used only by the local inhabitants, who live in villages those come on
this side of the road.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Since we were
already driving on this road, we decided to continue and try our luck. As it was raining heavily
and the fog was so thick that</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">the
visibility was not beyond two feet of distance. Though we had kept our "car’s-head-lights-ON", but still we could not see the narrow road properly. It was getting darker and darker by </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">minutes</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and because of the poor visibility, the drive became so stressful, that we decided to park our car on one side of the road and just relax. After may be about 10 to 15 minutes, we again continued driving. Nearing Kalpa village we came at a junction
of a fork roads where there were two roads splitting. We </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> know which one
to take to reach Kalpa village. Because of </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">continuous</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> heavy rain and thick Fog, not even a single soul was around to
help us or guide us. Anyway we took our chances and decided to take a road on
the Left side of the fork, which goes down. Luckily that was the right decision, because
that road is the one which goes down straight to Kalpa Bus stand. We parked our car in
one corner of the Bus stand itself and checked in the nearest Hotel named as
“New Shivalik Guest house” owned by Deblok Group of Hotels, Calcutta. </span></span><br />
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dinner at a nearby </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">Restaurant</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> called as "Mayur Cafe", which is at the Bus Stand itself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Then under the street lights of the village, for about an hour we went around few places which were closer to our hotel itself. Then after coming back to our hotel room, we were dead tired and we just threw ourselves on our beds and got knocked down into deep frenzy sleep. We slept like a dead Log.</span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Day (5), 20th July 2014:--- </span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The awesome view of Kinner
Kailash peak was clearly visible from the window of our hotel room. The whole view was
a real treat to our eyes, mind and soul. Mind you the majestic view </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">was soothing, comforting and mind boggling experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We got up leisurely
and pampered ourselves with hot water bath, nice shave and nice deodorant spray.
Since last three days, it </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">hadn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> stopped raining. After heavy breakfast at our
hotel </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">“New Shivalik"</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> itself, we took out our umbrellas and ventured out on foot to visit the famous temple
and the Monastery of Kalpa village called as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">“Narayan-Nagini” Temple and “Hu-Bu-Lan-Kar Monastery”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> And did little shopping too. We bought two traditional Kullu-Caps, each one for each of
us.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">In fact just to kill time, we did
more of window shopping in the whole town, than the actual shopping. And Guruduth Kamath got busy with his photo shoot sessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Kalpa is a moderate plateau
with a history of ancient temples and its religious mythologies. Here in this
small town the main attractions are “Narayan-Nagini” temple and “Hu-Bu-Lan-Kar
monastery”. This monastery was founded by “Rinchensang-po” ( 950-1055 AD ),
where as the “Narayan-Nagini” Temple is believed to be 1500 years old. From
Kalpa we can get the spectacular and impressive view of three peaks “Roldang
Peak which is (12,537 feet) above MSL”, “Jarkanden Peak which is (14,760 feet))
above MSL” and the “Kinner Kailash Peak which is (13,780 feet) above MSL”. The
local inhabitants follow a syncretism of Hinduism and Buddhism and many temples
around Kalpa are dedicated to both Hindu and Buddhist gods and goddesses. </span></div>
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temple, are next to each other and are connect with the upper Kalpa through a
series of stone steps. But the gradient of these step are so steep that we outsider tourists while walking, start </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">gasping</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">, panting</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and feel breathless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">One of the most famous music director </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">of Himachal Pradesh,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Surender Negi, is from Kalpa.</span><br />
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posh and luxurious guest houses. The tariff range from Rs.1,500/- to Rs.
3,500/- per night. Kalpa has almost all the basic required facilities like post
office, hospital, Schools, shops and small restaurants. These restaurants offer
Indian and Chinese foods for the tourists. In the village there are many private
“Home Stays” type of guest houses offering
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very close to Temple and Monastery. Here we almost had all the meals while our
stay at Kalpa. She always served us with a smile, freshly cooked hot meals.</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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at Kalpa. Since last four days, it had been continuously raining nonstop. The
whole area was wet with rain water and thick clouds. Due to heavy rain wetness,
even our spirits felt depressing, soggy and drenched. Because Guru wanted to
click pictures but could not do because of rain and clouds. Then we had heavy breakfast and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">out of frustration we </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">drove our car to explore nearby places around Kalpa.</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Roghi Village:--</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is situated at a altitude
of (4,500 feet) above MSL and is about 6-7 KMs from Kalpa. But the condition of
the road from Kalpa to Roghi was narrow,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> It’s a very small village. We can call it more
a hamlet than a village. It has a very
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> It is surrounded by full of apple orchards. Its
a very nice place to have a short hikes or walk across village from Kalpa. Here
in this soothing, seductive, serene, peaceful hamlet, we practically felt </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> as if the time had stopped and we were somewhere in the ancient past. These villagers here have such a great and vast knowledge of the origin of its inhabitants, its
prehistory, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">its</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> folk-lore, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">its</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> mythology. its flora and fauna. If desired by tourists, they decently and
politely share quite an enormous and amazing knowledge of the whole Kinnaur
Valley and its region. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> In this village there are two ancient temple which are
supposed to be originally buit about more than 2,000 years ago. One temple
house’s “God Narayan” and the other nearby temple is of “Goddess Kali” . Both
these temples have been renovated many a times but they have maintained the old
architecture and have slate- stone roof toppings.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kothi Village:--</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Just 3 km from Recong Peo,
this village has a Chanadika Devi temple which has an unusual architectural
style and fine sculpture set amidst a picturesque mountains backdrop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Day (7), 22nd July 2014:---</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We
got up in the morning by 6 AM, had hot water bath, freshened ourselves and
immediately after our heavy breakfast, we loaded our car and drove down towards
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drive down first back to Reckong Peo and then to “POWAR”. This time while
coming down from Kalpa village towards Reckong Peo, we took the “New main
Tar-Road”, which is wide and good road. Though it is 10km from Kalpa to Reckong
Peo, but because of early morning less traffic and good road, we reached
Reckong Peo within just 10 minutes. Here Gurudatt wanted to buy new reading
glasses, because previous day, he had lost his reading glasses. At seven in the
morning none of the shops were opened, so we continued driving down towards Powari
village which is at NH-22. Because of the anxiety of the road conditions of our
further journey, we forgot to fill petrol at Reckong Peo and here at Powari too.
The next petrol bunk is at Kaza which is about 230 Km from here. And without realizing our blunder we drove
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From Powari right upto Kaza, the road gets from bad to worst. All along at different distances of the
road, there are many huge hoardings installed by (BRO), which reads that
this road is one of the most treacherous Road in the world. The whole
stretch of NH-22, is maintained by (BRO), under the mission named as “DEEPAK”. Right from Powari to Grumpo via Kaza and Kunzum La the road is
formidable.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It is high altitude’s most deplorable road that is so hazardous and treacherous
that it is a deadly nightmare to drive a
small car-ALTO like mine, which has the least bottom clearance. The whole stretch
of the road was full of unexpected surprises of </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">enormous and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">dangerous</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> magnitude. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">The sudden
horrifying landslides which would come down with rumbling shooting stones and huge
boulders, those while hitting the road surface would break road into bits and fragments.
Sudden flash floods caused by Nallas, which while gushing down bring with it,
huge shooting stones and tonnes of mud-slush. The mud is so sticky and
thick that it practically gets glued to vehicle tyres, which loose road grips that can causes vehicles to skid and lose control
of driving that can lead to any serious fatal accidents. All along the landslides
areas, nonstop BRO men were working and clearing the road blocks and were controlling
the traffic too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Somehow we managed to reach
“AKPA” village. “AKPA” is the last village in KInnaur District. After AKPA, the
district “Pooh” starts. we met couple of foreign bikers here, who were heading towards Kalpa. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">We just briefed them about the road condition as well as about Kalpa village.</span><br />
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village at NH-22, there is a road junction, where one road goes to Poo village
and the other leads straight towards Nako. Here we took a detour of 3 Km. road
which climbs steep right up to Poo village</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poo is situated at an altitude of (8,736 feet) above MSL <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It's approximate population is (1,192)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poo, or Pooh, also
spelled Puh, is a small town in Kinnaur district. It is also known as
"Spuwa". The approximate population given within a 7 km radius
of the town is (1,192).</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Poo is 25 km from
Powari along National Highway 22. It is renowned for its natural beauty,
green fields, apricot orchards, vineyards and almond trees. Inscriptions,
suggest that Poo was an important trading centre in the early 11th century.</span></div>
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Francke arrived in Poo from the south in July, 1910, it was the first
village he found where the language was "entirely Tibetan".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is an ancient temple,
the Lotsaba-bai-lha-khang, dedicated to
“Shakyamuni” or “ Lord Buddha” and attributed to the great
translator (or Lotsaba), “Rinchen Zangpo” (958–1055). The shrine has
wooden columns supporting a high ceiling. It has murals and a painted door from
the period of “Rinchen Zangpo” (10th to 11th century), though they are in a
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pre-Buddhist deity, “Dablā”, who has no dwelling or altar in Poo (although he
has a Devata temple devoted to him at Kanum. His only manifestation
is a pole with a small idol set on its upper portion and adorned with yak tail
hair and long pieces of coloured cloth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">About 10kms. ahead of Pooh, river
Sutlej enters India near Shipki la & Spiti river joins it at Khab.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">Poo </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">is on NH-22, there
is a detour which turns to the right side and the road climbs steep up that
reaches Poo town. From Spillo, Poo is at about 3 Km distance. At Spillo, while
turning towards Poo, one lady who was walking up to Poo, asked for a lift. We
gave her lift. While talking we </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">inquired</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> about the availability of Petrol fuel.
she told us that at Poo town there is a shop who sells petrol fuel also and
then from that shop itself we could drive down through Army camp, to join NH-22. We needn’t come
back on this road again. Her information was very helpful, because our car
Petrol was getting exhausted and the next nearest Petrol bunk was at Kaza,
which is about 200 Km away from here. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">And at the same time we saved lot of
time, while driving down through Army camp </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">barracks</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> from other side of the town. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We had reached Pooh village at 12.45. at noon time. After seeing the Monastery, We rushed
through the narrow lane of the town, to the only shop where Petrol was
available. We had to pay Rs. 10/- extra per liter. We filled our car tank with
20 liters of petrol. To come back, I </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> manage to reverse my car, because
of the narrow lane. Then a local driver came and helped me reversing the car.
We let Pooh at 1.30. Since in the Poo town there are no eating joints, so lunch was not available. Then we just brought
about a dozen of Bananas and headed towards Doubling Village.</span><br />
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Most of the time Sutlej river and beautiful valley were running all along to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">To climb up towards Nako village, the road was
winding up like a snake with sharp bends, which climb the mountain road till we
reach at a “Y” junction. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At this junction, the
highway takes a U-turn to climb up (right/east) towards Yangthanga as well as
Nako village. The lower road leads to Leo village. The old NH22 passes though
Yangthang village. The new NH22 passes close to the Nako village and crosses the
Malling nala at a greater altitude, thus reducing the chances of closure of
highway due to land slides.</span><br />
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today’s journey would be From Sangla ---- Rakcham --- Mastrang Chowki (here
there is an ITBP Check Post) --- Chitkul ---- Back to Rakcham ---- Back to
Sangla ---- Back to Karcham ---- Powari (To go to Rekong Peo, here we have to
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<b style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Day-4) 19th July 2014:---</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Today morning after
refreshing ourselves with our natures morning chores, we packed our luggage and
loaded it into our car boot. After vacating and settling the hotel room bill,
we walked upto a near by road side Tea stall that was named as “Suresh Dhaba“ Here in this small </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">shack</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> we had plentiful hot and tasty breakfast.</span></span></span></div>
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at the Indo-Tibet-China border and is the last village of this Sangla Valley
area. It had been raining torrentially and the whole area was completely
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hardly see the road beyond 5-feet distance. Even though we had kept our car’s
“Head- Lights-ON”, but still the visibility was very, very poor. In this torrential rain, we were driving at a snail speed. Because of dilapidated road, our car was practically
wobbling, hopping, tossing, stalling and practically crawling towards Rachcham and Chitkul.</span></div>
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village called </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rakchham which is 10 Km from Sangla and
is at an elevation of (10,000 ft) above MSL.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> This small village has a
beautiful picturesque scenic view and has other than many private hotels, a brick and cemented government guest houses
for tourists to stay. It’s so scenic that lot of Bollywood movies had been shot
here. The whole surroundings are so awesomely amazing that it looks something
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After Rakchham, with lot of
difficulties of crossings couple of unpredictive boulders filled, “Nalas”
(Stream Crossings), some how we managed to reach at <b><span style="color: red;">“Mastrang Chowki”</span></b> which is
situated at an altitude of <span style="color: red;"><b>(12,500 ft) above MSL</b></span>. It is only 4 Km before
Chitkul. It’s an (ITBP Check Post), which is always manned by the ITBP Army
personals. One of the ITBP Jawan was guarding this post in freezing cold and
torrential rain. I came out of my car and saluted that Army Jawan and loudly
wished him “JAI HIND” Because of the
loneliness, he looked so frustrated, damp and dull and bored. But suddenly there was a big smile on his face, when I
wised him “Jai Hind”. He too proudly reciprocated by saying “JAI HINDH” After
checking and entering into a register book, the details of our personal identity documents as well as
our car documents, he sincerely suggested us that since it had been raining
nonstop. There may be sudden flash
floods. As per his personal past experiences, because of Nalas flash floods,
there were very good chances of getting this road cut off and blocked partially or completely, for a week
or two. So he suggested us that since it had been raining nonstop heavly from
last couple of days we wouldn’t be able to see anything around Chitku and it would be wise that we turn back and go back to Sangla. More over every inch of the
Chitkul area would be completely engulfed and covered by the blanket of thick
Fog and heavy clouds. Understanding the severity of the situation, we listened
to ITBP Jawan’s sincere advice. We immediately drove back to Sangla. Later in
the day we came to know that Chitkul road had been cut of due to heavy
landslides. In our prayers we thanked that ITBP Jawan for his concerned advice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We reached back at Sangla at
about 10.30 AM. We decided to drive down straight to “Reckong Pao” town, which is about 62 Km away. To go to “Reckong
Pao” we had to drive back first to Karcham village and then drive on NH-22, towards Powar village, which is situated at an altitude of (8,736 ft) above MSL. To go to “Reckong Pao”,
at Powari we had to take a detour on the right side of NH-22 which goes
straight upwards towards “Reckong Pao” and Kalpa village</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Chitkul, is also known as the Crown of Kinnaur valley”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Population of Chitkul village is </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">approximately</span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> (583)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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not enter this valley without a special permit from the Government of India,
due to its strategic location, on the Indo-Tibet-China border. Even today to
enter Chitkul, every one has to show the details of His/Her ID documents at Mastrang
Chowki ( ITBP check Post) and only after the </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">verification, is</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> allowed to </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">proceed</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> furthet to Chitkul. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Due to its steep and
difficult mountainous terrain and very cold climatic conditions, this region is
quite remote, underdeveloped and thereby not much visited by tourists? In fact
Kinnaur </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">district</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> comes under the tribal zone of [HP] and the rural inhabitants are given
special attention and special privileges by the government of [HP], for the
upliftment of their living standards. The remoteness of the region probably is
a boon in disguise as the spectacular beauty of the nature, it by and large
possesses, is still virgin and not yet spoilt by the influx of hordes of
flocking tourists.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">"Chitkul "
is the last in-habituated village on old Hindustan - Tibet Road. It is situated
at an altitude of 3450 Mtr. [11,345 ft.], which makes it the highest village of
Baspa Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The River Baspa originates from the
snow-mountains of Chitkul and flows through Chitkul towards next village
"Rakchem" The latest census indicates, that the population of Chitkul
is 583.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Its location is marvellous from
point of view of Nature's Beauty. Snow covered mountains from all round,
with lush green forests and River Baspa flowing through the Village. The wonderful
charm of nature, at its peak, is around mid-March, when snow is not troublesome
for approach to this remote point and simultaneously you get snow everywhere
around you to enjoy. The nature's charm of " Chitkul" like any other
outstanding place] has to be seen to appreciate it. Both " Chitkul
" & " Rakcham " are nice places for trekking and fishing in
river Baspa. During summer time one can enjoy " Igloo Nature Camps "
near Sangl. There are 3 temples of local Goddess " Mathi" here. The
main temple is said to have been made 500 years ago. Great Pagoda "
Kagyupa Temple " has old image of " Sankyamuni Buddha" Sangla--
Rakcham is 10 Kms pleasant drive and Rakcham-- Chitkul is 14 Kms highly
picturesque drive, along the mountain-river Baspa. This drive is one of most
memorable drive. I have never seen a stretch, scenically more beautiful than
this 14 Kms. It cannot be described in words. It has to be seen with one's
own eyes to believe it. Mind you anyone and everyone would love this serine,
calm, peaceful and meditating mountainous small hill retreat.</span></div>
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forts in Himachal Pradesh. Do check out when you are in Sangla Valley.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Misc.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Trails & Meadows around Sangla:--- There
are loads of trails in these apple orchards which can be hiked around while your
stay in Sangla Valley. There are some lovely meadows too (one near Rakcham
village as I remember) as well which can be visited or spent time to bask in
the lap of pristine mother nature. </span></div>
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people who love being midst nature and actually feel it. There is a Trout
Fishery Farm on the other side of Baspa River near Sangla Village too
which is nice to visit and can be covered in this walk itself. What better
having a trout for yourself and later barbecue it over camp fire in the evening.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Powari is situated at an altitude of (8,500 feet) above MSL.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Aproximate Population of Powari village is (1,000)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">From Sangla we reched “Powari Village” via Karcham. Powari is about 45 Km from sangla. At Powari there is a "Y" junction at Nh-22, where one leads to Poo and Kaza and the other leads to Rekong Peo and Kalpa.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is situated at a height of (7,513 ft) above MSL</span></b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s, 260 Km from Shimla. It’s population is about (7,500) people<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As soon as we reached
Reckong Peo town we visited the Tourism Dept information </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">center</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">, which is at
the entrance of the town itself and we collected Himachal tourism </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">brochures</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> from Himachal Touriism office and more over </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">inquired and collected</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">information</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> regarding our
further onwards journey. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reckong Peo is a very
hustling and bustling town with full of activities of daily chores. The locals
from this town as well as nearby villages were busy buying required house hold stuffs, medicines,
clothes and other required grocery stuff for storing for the rainy days as well
as for winter season. The government officials were buys with their day to day
official work. In this town there are district administrations offices such as
DC office, SP of police’s office, Degree College, full fledges Hospital and the
town is full of Hotels who cater to the needs of the tourists. The whole town
is swarming, crowded, busy and noisy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as Peo by the local inhabitants. It is headquarters of Kinnaur
district. Reckong Peo is named after a </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">community</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of people who used to own this
place in ancient times.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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headquarters, but later it was changed to Reckong Peo. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reckong Peo came into
existence on 1st May 1960. In accordance with history, it is believed that it
was earlier known as Kinnaura. There are many legends and myths attached to the
history of the district. In between, the 9th and 12th century the district was
under the rule of the Guge Kingdom of Tibet. After that, it was divided into
seven parts, which jointly came to be known as Sat Kund.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The district was later
conquered by Akbar, which resulted in the insertion of this district into the
Mughal Empire. After the fall of the Mughal Empire, this district was then
known as “Chini Tehsil” which played a vital role in the progress of the
region.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Kinnaur District. It is one of the twelve administrative districts of
Himachal Pradesh. It is at an altitude of 2,290 meters above mean sea
level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Summers in the town of
Reckong Peo are very moderate, and this is the finest time to visit the town of
Reckong Peo. However, the winters are too cold. The maximum temperature
in this time will range nearly (25°C) and the minimum temperature remains nearly (-10 °C). The best time to visit Reckong Peo is from March to June and from
September to December.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at a distance of nearly 3 kms away from Reckong Peo, Chandika Temple is
dedicated to deity Chandika.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is 2831 m from Reckong Peo.
Here River Spiti confluences with River Sutlej. A little bent from here takes
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kalpa is a small hamlet at an
elevation of 2960metres in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. This place is
at a distance of 13 kms from Reckong-Peo. From Kalpa we can get views of
three peaks: Jarkanden (6473m), the Kinner Kailash (6050 m) and Roldang
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for its thick forests and lush green flower scattered meadows. It serves as a
perfect base for trekking to the various regions situated close to the valley. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;"> Kinner Kailash is a
mountain range in Himachal Pradesh, at an elevation if 6500 mts above sea level
and is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists. It's very difficult to reach Mount Kinner Kailash. </span></div>
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Chango is famous for the quality of its apples that grow in its dryness and low
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temple dedicated to the local deity, Tangtashu. It is 105 kms from Reckong Peo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beauty, Buddhist Monastery, local deity Dabla-shu etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is well-known for Nako Lake and
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July 2014:--- </span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Next day morning at Bhavnagar, after a deep sound sleep, we got up leisurely by 8
AM. All night along it had been raining </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">continuously</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. After hot water bath we packed up our luggage and reloaded it into our car and then drove straight on a steep up-ward gradient road that leads
straight right upto the main market of Bhavnagar, at NH-22. Here we stopped for our breakfast. We entered into
a small road side tea stall called as “Krishna Tea stall” In this tea stall
there were two teenage girls who were helping their father to make “Moo-mos” Guruduth clicked series of pictures of the whole process of how to make “Moo-mos”. It was
interestingly fascinating to see how effortlessly and </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">efficiently</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> they were
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is the white immortal flying horse</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">). While we were busy reloading our car, most of the Locals, out of sheer </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">curiosity</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">inquired</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> from us, where
were we heading to? As we told them that we were going to Leh-Ladakh via NH-22. In disbelief their mouths opened wide and their heads shook repeatedly, in negative gesture saying “Oh No”, not possible? Then they warned us about the seriousness of the condition of the </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">treacherous</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> road ahead of us. It was not only the tough deplorable road condition, but it was also that the </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">clearance</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> in between the low-chassis of our Alto car and the deplorable road was a very serious concern and was also a very serious problem. All of them </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">advised</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> us that because of the low clearance of the car and big boulders on the road ahead, our car would </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">definitely </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">break down somewhere on the way. Most of them suggested us that it was wise we turned around and went back via Kullu, Manali,
Rohtang, Leh Road. After paying little heeds to their sincere advise, like big fools, we decided to </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">continue</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;"> driving on NH-22 itself.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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region of Himachal Pradesh, which faces one of the most dreadful torrential
rains. And the main cash crop of the whole district is “Apples”. Because of the
sweetness, crispness and the juiciness “Kinnauri Apples” fetch three times more
cash than the apples from the rest of Haimach Paradesh. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Father of Apple
cultivation in Himachal Pardesh, is “Samuel Evans Stokes” alias “Satyananda
Stokes” (16 August 1882 - 14 May 1946). He started apple cultivation in
1916 at “Kotgarh & Thanedhar” 17 Km from Narkhand<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He was an American who
settled in India and later participated in the Indian Independence
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He is best remembered today
for having introduced to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, where apples are
today the major horticultural export crop.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1904, aged 22, Samuel came to India to work at a Leper colony located at
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1912, Samuel married a local “Anglo-Indian” Rajput girl, purchased a chunk
of farmland near his wife's village and settled there. His wife, Agnes, was the
daughter of a first generation Rajput Christian. Samuel's father had
settled a considerable fortune upon Samuel, and the purchasing power of this
inheritance was magnified manifold in the remote, beautiful part of India where
he settled.</span></div>
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improving the farmland he had purchased and was able to access scholarly
resources unknown to the other villagers in this </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">endeavor</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. identified a new
strain of apples developed by the Stark brothers of “Louisiana”, USA as
being suitable to the “Shimla Hills” and began cultivating them on his
farm. This was in the year 1916. The resulting bumper crops, coupled with
Samuel's access to the white people who ran the export business in
Delhi encouraged the other farmers also to do as Samuel was doing, and he
helped them wholeheartedly in every way. Indeed, he purchased more land and
devoted it to growing apple cultivars which the villagers would use to seed their
own farms. The local economy was vastly reinvigorating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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shattered with the loss of his son Tara to amoebic dysentery. He moved closer
to Hinduism and a few years later in 1932 he converted to Hinduism, taking
the name "Satyananda" while his wife Agnes also changed her name to
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strong sense of social justice and later became active in India's freedom
struggle for independence from Great Britain. Stokes had the rare honour
of being the only American to become a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC)
of the Indian National Congress. Along with “Lala Lajpat Rai”, he represented
Punjab. He was the only non-Indian to sign the Congress manifesto in 1921,
calling upon Indians to quit government service. He was jailed for sedition and
promoting hatred against the British government in 1921, becoming the only
American to become a political prisoner of Great Britain in the freedom
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feel with and like an Indian, share his sorrows and throw himself into the
struggle, has proved too much for the government. To leave him free to
criticise the government was intolerable, so his white skin has proved no
protection for him.</span></div>
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an extended illness shortly before Indian Independence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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introduction of Kinnaur </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">district,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> about its important towns, culture, people,
religion, their heritage, customs, traditions, and the life styles of its
people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Important towns </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">of Kinnaur </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">district</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> are Nichar, Sangala Valley,
Kamru, Chitkul, Powari, Recong Poe (District Headquarter), Moorang, Pooh, Nako,
Changho and Leo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kinnaur district produces of
the finest qualities of apples which fetch three times more price compared to
the rest of Himachal Apples. Other fruits produce in this district are almonds,
dried apricots, locally called as (Chulis), grapes, raisins, chilgoza
(Chestnut), grapes, beans, Jeera (spice) and Saffron.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kinnaur, surrounded by the
Tibet to the east, is in the northeast corner of Himachal Pradesh, about
235 km (146 mi) from the state capital, Shimla. It has three high
mountains ranges, namely, Zanskar, Himalayas and Dhauladhar that
enclose valleys of Sutlej, Spiti, Baspa and their tributaries. The slopes
are covered with thick wood, orchards, fields and picturesque hamlets. The much
religious Shivling lies at the peak of Kinnaur Kailash mountain. The district
was opened for the outsiders in 1889. The old Hindustan-Tibet Road passes
through the Kinnaur valley along the bank of river Sutlej and
finally enters Tibet at Shipki La pass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is not only the scenic
beauty which appeals to the young and old alike but also the life styles of the
people, their culture, heritage, customs and traditions. The people have strong
culture and beliefs, generally follow Buddhism and Hinduism, believing the
Pandavas came and resided in the land while in the exile<kamru village.
Thousands-year-old monasteries still exist in the area. Buddhists and Hindus
live in harmony symbolising the traditional brotherhood and friendship of the people
of both the faiths. The high terrain here facilitates adventures and sports.
Trekking routes include the 'Parikarma of Kinnaur Kailash'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not constitute a homogeneous group and display significant territorial and
ethnic diversity. For a better understanding of ethnic and cultural
distribution, Kinnaur district may be classified into three territorial units. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lower Kinnaur</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> comprise area between Chora
at the boundary of the Kinnaur district with Rampur Bushahr and Kalpa including
Nichar and Sangla valleys. The people of Lower Kinnaur are primarily of the
Mediterranean physical type. It is difficult to distinguish them from the
people residing in the adjoining Shimla district with whom they have some
affinity. The people of lower Kinnaur are mostly Hindus though the
ethno-historical factors have resulted in growing Buddhist influence.</span></div>
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and Kanam including Moorang tehsil. The people of middle Kinnaur are of mixed
racial strain. Some have marked Mongoloid and others marked Mediterranean
features. In some cases there is an admixture of the above two in varying
degrees. The inhabitants are Buddhist as well as Hindus. Many people have faith
in both the religions. It is very common to see Buddhist flag in most houses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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north-eastern part of the district i.e. the area between Poo (Town) and
Hangrang valley extending up to international border with Tibet. The
predominant physical type of upper Kinnaur is the Mongoloid though a few
persons with Mediterranean features are also seen in the area around Poo. Some
persons show the blending of Mediterrean and Mongoloid elements in varying
degrees. However the people of Hangrang valley are almost universally
Mongoloids. They mostly follow Mahayana Buddhist religion.</span></div>
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of music, dance and singing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Kinnaur society is
</span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">divided </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">into two broad occupational groups- peasants and the artisans possibly
of diverse ethnic origin. These groups are represented by Gujjars and Kanet
Rajputs and Schedule Castes. The Kanets comprise the main cultivating community
of the area and use honorific surname Negi. Among the Kanets there are three
grades. In the first grade Kanets there are as many as fifty sub-castes, in the
second grades there are seventeen sub-castes and in the third grade who work as
potter have three sub-castes. Waza Kanets belong to the third grade and are
considered inferior among Kanets. There are two Scheduled caste groups based on
the occupation. One group traditionally make and wove clothes whereas the
others are primarily blacksmiths. There is a third caste called who are
carpenters. The main profession of Ores is carpentry. In social status the Ores
are equal to blacksmiths. Among the scheduled castes blacksmiths and carpenters
considered themselves superior to Weavers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Languages<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Both regional as well as
social difference have influence on the linguistic climate of the region. A
typical village is a mixture of Rajput, Blacksmiths and Carpenters, and all
three speaks separate languages. The regional difference in language is
spectacular - out of the total nine languages spoken in the district, six are
regional differences and two are social varieties. Seven out of nine languages
belong to Tobeto-Burman language family whereas the two caste languages
belong to Indo-Aryan language family. All of these languages are
predominantly used in the communication at home. It is quite common to hear the
people speaking in their own language even In Reckong Peo, the district
headquarters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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strong Hindu and Buddhist influence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The people of lower Kinnaur</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> are largely Hindu.
Their most important gods and goddess are Durga (Chandi), Bhairon, Usha (Ukha),
Narayan, Vishnu, Badrinath and Bhimakali. The Blacksmiths and Carpenters have
their favorite deities such as Nag Devta. In addition, each village has its
presiding deity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The inhabitants of middle Kinnaur</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> are
Buddhist as well as Hindu. The important Hindu deities of middle Kinnaur
include Chandi, Gauri Shankar, Kansa and Narayanjee. Dabla, the local god of
Kanam village, has certain features traditionally associated with the Bon
religion. The image of Dabla is installed along with those of Buddha and Guru
Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) in one of the monasteries at Kanam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The religion of upper Kinnaur</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is mostly Tibetan
Buddhist. Almost every village has a monastery with monks recruited from
amongst the (Kanet).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Buddhism is the main
religions in the district followed by Tibetan Buddhism, Bon is not practiced
but some are mistakenly or bought by money. These three religions have
undergone religious mixing, along with some indigenous shamanistic practices.
One can see some Buddhist influences on the Hindu religion in Lower Kinnaur,
the mixing of Buddhist and Hindu beliefs in varying degrees in Middle Kinnaur,
and even the influence of Hinduism on Buddhism in Pooh of Upper Kinnaur.
However, Buddhist Hangrang remains largely untouched by Hindu influence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One can see Hindu gods being
worshipped side by side with Buddhist deities in Buddhist and Hindu temples,
especially in Middle Kinnaur. Dabla, one of the major Bön deities, is greatly
revered by the Kinners in the area. Folk Hindu gods are also worshipped in
Middle and Lower Kinnaur. These include the Durga (locally known as
Chandi, Narayan, Vishnu) and many other folk Hindu–animist gods. Folk deities
play a major role in the daily life of the Kinners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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animist ghosts such as Banchir, Rakshas, and Khunkch also play an important
role in the belief system of the Kinners. Pujas and horns of domestic
animals are used to ward off the evil spirits, in order to bring good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Buddhist Lamas play an
important role in the daily life of the Kinners, and young monks of Upper and Middle
Kinnaur are trained from a young age in conducting religious ceremonies,
devoting their lives to Lamaism and learning to read Tibetan scriptures
and Buddhist doctrines. When they become Lamas (male monks) and Chomos
(female nuns), they are given religious duties, which include presiding over
the religious and secular affairs of the Kinners. They are generally divided
into two groups, namely, the celibate Gyolang, who shave their heads, and the
non-celibate Durpu, who do not shave their heads.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the most sacred mountain for most Kinners. Every year it is visited by
thousands of locals on religious pilgrimages known as Yatra, Hindu and
Buddhist alike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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situated high in the Himalaya, where vegetation is sparse and consists
primarily of hardy grasses. Alpine species such as Juniper, Pine, Fir, Cypress
and Rhododendron can be found at elevations between 3,500 and 5,000
metres, primarily in Middle Kinnaur. At lower altitudes, temperate-climate
trees are found, including Oak, Chestnut, Maple, Birch, Alder, Magnolia, Apple
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About 10 KMs from Kalpa, you
can find the nearest petrol pump at Reckong Peo. There is one more fuel pump at
Powari which is on Hindustan-Tibet Highway. Most of the time the fuel pump at
Powari was not functional. On NH-22 at Tapri highway itself there is one fuel
pump which is fairly new. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fuel tank at Narkanda which is fair in terms of quality as well OR the last
petrol pump in Rampur that comes on the right side while going from Shimla
side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know in Sangla Valley. Otherwise, you may find one for sure at Reckong Peo
about 8 KMs away from Kalpa and 38 KMs away from Sangla</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Day(3):-- 18th July 2014:---</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Today’s from
Bhavnagar village, on our further o</span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">nward</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> journey, we would be travelling on
the rough portion of NH-22. From here onwards we would be climbing upwards
throughout the most deplorable snake like winding road of Wangtoo, Tapri, Chaling,
Karcham and finally Sangla. Our today’s night stay would be at Sangla village.</span></span><u style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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Hydroelectric Plant is a 1,000 megawatts (1,300,000 hp) on the
Sutlej river in Kinnaur district. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The dam and power station are located between
the villages of Karcham and Wangtoo, where the plant also gains its name. Jaypee
Karcham Hydro Corporation Limited. The construction on the power station began
on 18 November 2005.The first generator was commissioned in May 2011, the
second in June and the final two in September 2011. The (322 ft) tall
dam at Karcham diverts a substantial portion of the Sutlej into a 10.48 m
(34.4 ft) diameter and 17.2 km long headrace tunnel to the
underground power station downstream at Wangtoo. At the station, the water powers
four 250 MW generators before it is sent back into the Sutlej via a 1.2 km
long tailrace tunnel. Water not diverted by the dam is sent over the
Spillway and down the normal course of the river. The main spillway is
along the crest of the dam and is controlled by six redial gates. Just
upstream of the dam is the 300 MW Baspa II Hydroelectric Plant and downstream
of the Karcham Wangtoo is the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Dam. </span></div>
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Chaling village, NH-22 was blocked due to heavy Landslides. These two villages
are just 4 Km away from each other. But to avoid 4kms of Landslide area, all
vehicle drivers had to take 25 Km detour road through Urni village, which has
very steep gradient and is very narrow with only mud road which are full of
potholes. From Tapri side, first we had to climb up for about 15 Km to reach
Urni village and then drive down the steep slops for another 10 km to come and
join at Chaling. Since only one way heavy vehicles traffic was allowed, but
still we took nearly more than one hour just to cover 25 Km. One way traffic was
controlled by Police as well as BRO staff.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“URNI” Village</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Urni village is situated at
an altitude of (4,760 ft) above MSL</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Urni</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> though is a very small village, but mind you
it has mind boggling landscapes, scenic beauty and awesome natural surroundings
which are so soothing to eyes that it feels blissful. In Himachal Pradesh, Urni
is one of the most devastatingly worst effected landslide areas. </span></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After “Chaling”, “karcham” is 4 Kms away</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. “Karcham”
holds a Hydro Electric Dam by Jeypee Indusries which produces 500 MW of power. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 115%;">To go to Sangla Valley or
also known as the “(Baspa Valley)”, we had to take a diversion towards
right side of the road from Karcham
which is at “Hindustan Tibet Highway” that goes further onwards
towards “Kaza” from Shimla. The distance from Karcham to sangla is
about 16 Km. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It’s very steep climb and the
road though is moderately good, but is very narrow and is full of blind curves
and bends where we see nothing beyond the curves. For the first time drives
like me, it’s very dangerous drive and we had to drive very carefully and
slowly. One mistake and we would be tumbling down through deep gorges and would
be plunged deep into furiously flowing river Baspa. Later they would have had
to pull out badly mangled car and our </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">carcasses</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> only.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">Important :--- Please you must go through this Video Link. This shows that how dangerous road it is that Guruduth and I,travelled through. "This road is called as THE "ROAD TO HELL" </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skC8u4Ok0Kg%C2%A0" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skC8u4Ok0Kg </a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally at about 3 PM we
reached Sangla town. Since we were dead tired and very hungry, the very first
thing that we did was that we straight went in to one road side small eating
joint and had hot Muttter-Paneer, Daal, Chawal for lunch. Then we started, room
hunting for our night stay. The PWD guest house was full and then finally we managed to take a
room for the night stay at a nearby hotel named as “Ashiana Guest House”. First
the manager of the hotel at the counter told he would be charging Rs. 700/- per
night. Since it was a rainy season that means it was off season, after lot of
coaxing and bargain, somehow we managed him to agree for Rs. Rs. 400/- Once we
settled down in our hotel room, it
started raining heavily and continued raining whole night through. In the same
evening itself, in the rain itself we drove down across the river Baspa to
visit “Trout Fish Farm”, which is on the other side of river Baspa. And once we
came back from “Trout Fish Farm”, we went to visit "Snake-Temple" called as Bering Nag Temple. Just adjacent to the temple, there is a "Buddhist Monastery" too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In the night we had dinner at a </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Tibetan</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">Cafe</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and had hot
soup, moomos and Chowmein.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Since we realized that
wherever and wherever we take hotel rooms for our night stays. There wouldn’t be more than
one or two electrical plug-points in any rooms, where we could plug in for charging,
our electrical </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Gadgets</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">, like our Mobile Phone hand-sets; half a dozen batteries
of Gurudatt’s and my cameras etc. So, just to avoid this major problem, at
Sangla itself, from one of the electrical shop, we bought on electrical extension
cable </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">connector,</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> which had 5 plug- points. It was so convenient that throughout our
further onwards journey, without any hassle we could simultaneously changer all
most all our required electrical Gadgets. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At Sangla agricultural department
of Himachal Pradesh has started growing and cultivating Saffron and Jeera
(spice), also called as Cumin. Though the quality of saffron grown here is not good compare to
Kashmir Saffron. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The river Baspa which flows through sangla is rich with Trout
and Mahsheer fish. Across the Sangala town on the other side of River Baspa,
Himachal Fishery department has an establish a Trout Fish farming, which they
supply to other small time Trout fish </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">entrepreneurs</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. Important factor of rearing
Trout fish is that the temperature of water should remain always less that 15 degrees centigrade. Otherwise Trout fish would
die. Since it is very difficult to rear Trout, so it is very expensive fish and
cost almost Rs,500/- per Kg. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We can reach this Trout Fish farm either on foot, covering 3 Km or we can drive through the Hydral Project and reach by road
covering 6 Km. But mind you the road is very narrow and is throughout a mud road, which is
full of slush and potholes. It’s very risky to drive here and this mud road
does not go right upto the “Trout Fish Farm”. We have to park our vehicles at
the Nalla crossing (across which there are still the remains of a badly damaged
concrete RCC bridge) and then we have to walk about one Km through beautiful
groves of Pine and Deovdar (Ceder </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">trees</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">) forest . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mind you it’s an awesome experience to see
the scientific process of breeding and rearing new spawned baby Trout fish. At
the Trout Fish Farm there are always technical staffs who would explain
scientifically the whole process of rearing Trout fish from Baby to full grown
size. It is an awesome experience to know all about this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nestling inbetween two mighty mountain ranges, Sangla is one of the most picturesque glaciated valley of Kinnaur. Valley
is a part of Kinnaur</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and is inhibited by Kinnauris. A part of the population also depends on tourism. The
valley remains closed for six months during winter (from December till May)
when the snowfall is heavy. The old Indo-Tibet road connects Sangla to The
National Highway 22 at Karcham.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sangla is the major town in
the valley having petrol pump, Bank ATMs, Post Office, Restaurants, Hospital, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Liquor</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Bar,
mid range hotels and shops. The valley is surrounded by lush green forests, green </span><span style="line-height: 20.7000007629395px;">meadows</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">, snow clad mountains as well as the other beautiful landscapes. It's location is in the greater Himalayan ranges that gives
it a milder climate than the plains. The Baspa River flows in the Sangla
Valley which enriches in apple orchards, apricot, Wall-nut, Cedar trees, and
glacial streams with trout. The main villages in the valley, include Chitkul, Rakcham, Batseri, Themgarang, Kamru, and Sapni. The nearby
Baspa Hydel-Project has been completed in 2009. Besides the natural
beauty of Great Himalaya Kamru Fort, Mata Devi Temple & Baring Nag Temples, Biddhist Monastery are the main attractions of the Valley. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Link of my blog's previous Chapter--(3)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://ashokparimoo.blogspot.in/2014/10/chapter-3-hindustan-tibet-road-fantasy.html">http://ashokparimoo.blogspot.in/2014/10/chapter-3-hindustan-tibet-road-fantasy.html</a> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shimla --- Sanjouli
---- Dhalli ---- Kufri ---- Fagu ---- Theog --- Shilaroo ----Narkhand ---- Kingal ---- Sainj
(from here you can take diversion to go to (Kulu, Manali) ---- Rampur (Bushar) ---- <o:p></o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Sarahan ---- Jeori ---- Negul Sari ----
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Day-2)- 17th July 2014:--- </span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By about 6 AM, in the
morning we just got up from our car seats, where we were sleeping for the night
and drove our car straight to Shimla’s Main-Bus-Stand. Here we used “Sulabh
Souchlaya” (public Toilets) and freshened ourselves of the morning chores. Then at “Amrit Daba”
which is a little away from the main bus stand, we had breakfast, of bread, butter
and omelette with hot milk. It was
filling and very tasty breakfast. By 7 AM we were on our way to further journey
upto Bhavnagar, which is about 130 Km
from Shimla. All along it was drizzling, cold and
foggy journey. But the road was good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is just 5 Km away from
Shimla town. Sanjauli is the main suburb of Shimla. It has many inhabited
places nearby- Cemetery road, HB colony, Bhatta Kuffar, Sanjay Van, Dhingu
dhar, Shanan, Navbhar, Chaulanti and areas other side of the Sanjauli-Dahli
tunnel. Sanjauli is situated just below the Jakhu Hill. Sanjauli has the Famous
Sanjauli-Dahli tunnel made by British government during that time when Shimla
was capital of British India. Sanjauli has the very old Government College,
Sanjauli, compels one to halt at its portals and ruminate on the value-oriented
education being imparted by this premier institution of Shimla. The college
enjoys the distinct position of not only being the first Degree college to have
been set up in Shimla in 1969, but also the first college to have been
conferred with the status of Centre Of Excellence in 2006. It came into
existence in 1969 and is affiliated with Himachal Pradesh University. Few
Meters away from Sanjauli College there is Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla
is the area's healthcare centre, hosting a medical college and four major
hospitals. Near Sanjauli, Navbhar is the place where the St.Bede's College
Shimla and Jesus And Marry Chelsea convent School is situated. Dhingu mata Temple
is the one of the best place of Sanjauli, road to the temple for light vehicles
is also available. Sanjauli has a very wide and long Market spread from
Sanjauli Chowk to Tunnel. Apart from this Sanjauli has unique architecture of
houses. Sanjauli Cemetery is the only cemetery in Shimla that is still in use.
Presently it is used by the Indian Christians but originally it was started by
British in 1921. Since 2008 Sanjauli has bye pass road to Dhalli diverting from
main road to town near Degree College through Chaulanthi</span></div>
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steep climb. It is one of the highest and most favourite tourist spot of
Shimla. Kufri is a small hill of Shimla. It is located 13 km from the
state capital Shimla on the National Highway No.22. The name “KUFRI” is
derived from the word "Kufr" meaning a lake in the local language.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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including Kufri was once a part of the Kingdom of Nepal until the area was
ceded to the British Raj as part of the “Sugauli Treaty”. This region
remained obscure from the rest of the world until the British discovered'
it in 1819.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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surrounding region “Kufri” has a Himalayan Wild Life Zoo which hosts rare
Antelopes, Felines and Birds including Himalayan Monal, the state bird of
Himachal Pradesh. During winter a meandering path through the potato
plantations turns into a popular Ski track.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shilaroo village is about 47 Km from Shimla. It is India's highest hockey
facility. Top-level and local hockey players from all over the country travel
to the stadium to get trained there. Because training in an oxygen-deficient
environment increases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. Practicing at
such heights helps the players to utilize greater amounts of oxygen, which will
enhance their sporting capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the stadium is the weather. India has a mainly tropical climate, but in
Shilaroo the temperatures remain below freezing point from October to February.
In these conditions, Indian top-level hockey players can get ready for
tournaments in Europe. With Desso synthetic turf the pitch will be available
all year round, even during the coldest winters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The road from Kufri right
upto Narkhand via Fagu, Sanjoli is a
constant descend. Narkhanda is just about 50 Km from Kufri and is on the
Hindustan Tibet road (NH - 22), Narkanda offers a spectacular view of snow
ranges. This is an ideal retreat for the tourists who seek seclusion in
mountains. It commands an unique view of the eternal snow line, the inviting
apple orchards and dense forests. Narkanda is famous for Skiing & Winter
sports. During these days the slopes come alive with skiers. The skiing at
Narkanda was started in 1980 and since then HPTDC is conducting skiing courses
every year. Narkanda is a gateway to apple country of Himachal Pradesh. .</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“HATU PEAK”--- is
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On top of
the hill, ancient Hatu Mata temple is located. The peak offers spectacular view
of the entire Himalayan ranges, snow clad mountains and in depths are the dense
forests, green fields and apple orchards. Hiking is recommended to reach the
peak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Sheltered in the shadow of a high mountain, The “Hatu” derives its name from the highest peak of the area – “Hatu”. Just off the Hindustan “Tibet” highway, The Hatu is located among quiet surroundings. It is an ideal location for leisure and sightseeing and also serves as an excellent stopover, while moving along the Hindustan Tibet highway. The Narkanda ski slopes are 1.5 km from the hotel. With serene views of the peaks, valleys and orchards on permanent display,</span></div>
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Narkanda on NH - 22 and famous for ancient Mahamaya Temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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THANEDHAR”:<u> ”--- is at (4,172 ft ) above
MSL</u></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (17 km link road bifurcating from Narkanda
takes you to the Himachal's Horticultural heartland, “Kotgarh” and “Thanedhar”,
renown for apple orchards. The famous Stokes Farm is located at “Thanedhar”. Mr.Stokes
came to India on a trip and while on a summer visit to Shimla, fell in love
with its environments, which included the charming hill folk and settled down
in “Kotgarh”. </span><br />
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itself. He started the apple farm which soon became renown with its Red
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km from “Narkanda”, passing through the Sutlej Valley and crossing over to “Luhri”,
“Ani”, “Khanag” through one of the best scenery in the Kullu Valley takes you
to “(Jallori Pass)”. A 30 minute level walk from the Pass takes you to “(Sarolsar
Lake)” among deep forests. See nature at it's best. Sainj is siutated at an altitude of 5,000 ft above MSL. it is about about 70 Km from Shimla. At this town there is a cross section of roads which leads in diffrent directions to Kullu, Manali, Rampur and Shimla. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Palace of Theog Kingdom at sainj</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cross section of roads which leads to Kullu, Manali, Shimla, Rampur anf NH-22</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The principality of Bashahr (also
known as Bashahar, Bushahar, Bushahr) was once among the largest of the
twenty-eight Shimla Hill States under the administration of the British Rule keen
to invest on regional and transcontinental trade and exploit Himalayan
resources. It bordered on the north with Spiti, on the east with Tibet, on the
south with Garhwal, and on the west with Jubbal, Kotkhai, Kumharsain, Kotgarh,
and Kulu. Caught in the machinations of the British imperial enterprise, it was
subjected to political-cum-economic vicissitudes, acceding to the Indian Union
in 1947. On the 8th March 1948, along with twenty other princely hill States of
Punjab and Shimla, Bashahr signed an agreement which resulted in its inclusion
in the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rampur, a small township
situated at 1,005 meters on the left bank of the Sutlej, served as Bashahr’s
winter capital. Being well connected with major trading routes that joined
Indian markets with Central Asia and Tibet, it buzzed with mercantile activity,
especially in November during the Lavi fair, the largest trading event in the
north Himalayas attracting traders from Kashmir, Ladakh, Yarkand, and the
Indian mainland. Concerning the origins of the Rampuri fair, the Census of
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"About three hundred
years ago during the regime of Raja Kehar Singh of Bushahr, a trade treaty was
signed between the Bushahr State and Tibet…Horses from Tibet and swords from
Bushahr were exchanged in token of this friendship. It was written in the
treaty that their friendly relations would continue till this time…Since then,
it is presumed that trade relations increased and eventually [the] Lavi fair
was held.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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along pilgrimage routes to sacred sites in western Tibet shared by Hindus, Bön
and Buddhists alike, i.e., Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar.
Missionary and pilgrimage activities, intensified by trading possibilities,
created the conditions for Tibetan Buddhism to take a firm stronghold in these
borderland regions. Twenty-two kilometres from the village of Namgya in upper
Kinnaur, laid the Shipki pass which linked caravan routes to and from western
Tibet. This treacherous transcontinental passage must have been in use from
ancient times, for among the ruined castles reported by Francke at Shipki
village, there were no living memories of the origins of mKar gog, the oldest
of them built above the village in cyclopean style.Rampur also have Hydo
electric projects like NJPC and Rmpur Project bye SJVNL A second castle, known
as Seng ge mkhar, is said to have received its crooked ground plan “through a
race round its base executed in opposite directions by a poisonous snake and a
scorpion,” and was built, in all probability, during the Ladakhi occupation of
mNga’ ris by orders of King Seng ge rnam rgyal (1570–1642) and called after
him.It is 30 km from Sainj.</span></div>
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dedicated to the mother goddess Bhimakali , presiding deity of the rulers
of former Bushahr State. The temple is situated about 180 km from
Shimla and is one of 51 “Shakti Peethas” . The town Sarahan is
known as the gate way of Kinnaur . Down below at a distance of 7 km
from Sarahan is the River Satluj. Sarahan is identified with the then Sonitpur, mentioned
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manifestation of the goddess is reported to the Daksha –Yajna, incident when
the ear of the Sati fell at this place and became a place of worship as a
Pitha - Sthan. Presently in the form of a virgin the icon of this eternal
goddess is consecrated at the top storey of the new building. Below that storey
the goddess as Parvati, the daughter of Himalaya is enshrined as a divine
consort of Lord Shiva.The temple complex has another three temples dedicated to
Lord Raghunathji, Narsinghji and Patal Bhairva Ji (Lankra Veer) - the guardian
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">History<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Bushahr State. Bushahr dynasty earlier used to control the state
from Kamroo. The capital of state later was shifted to Sonitpur. Later Raja Ram
Singh made Rampur as the capital. It is believed that the country of Kinnaur was
the Kailash mentioned in Puranas, the abode of Lord Shiva. With its
capital at Sonitpur this former princely state was extended up to entire
area of Kinnaur where for sometimes Lord Shiva disguised
himself as Kirata. Today, the Sonitpur is known as Sarahan. Banasura,
the ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, eldest among the one hundred sons of great
ablative demon King Bali and the great grandson of Viahnu votary
Prahlad, during the Puranic age was the ruler of this princely state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Gods were generous when
they have gave Sarahan its settings. Located halfway up a high mountain side,
the road to Sarahan winds past flowering Pine trees that give way to stately
Oaks. Dozens of small streams rush past. The fields and orchards that surround
the small villages with their slate roofed houses, compose pictures of pastoral
perfection. Above Sarahan, a many deodar trees rides the slopes and higher
still, encircling the Bashal peak, are trees of smooth birch and variety of
wild flowers and rare medicinal herbs. This sparsely populated tract is steeped
in ancient legends and here is the famous Bhimakali temple regarded as one of
the Fifty One sacred Shaktipeethhs. The temple's unusual architecture and
wealth of carvings have made it a resplendent example of what is loosely called
the Indo-Tibetan style. Deep down the alley flows the river Sutlej and across
lies the snow-clad Shrikhand peak.<br />
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Saharan is the base for numerous treks and is the gateway to Kinnaur. It is a
place of pilgrimage, a heaven for nature lovers and the temple complex attracts
a variety of admirers. Here is a place that offers extraordinary travel
experience.</span></div>
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Bhavnagar, it was about 4 PM. All long the drive it had been raining heavily
and the visibility was getting poorer and there were bright chances of facing
sudden landslides on our further journey. We didn’t want to take any risk of
getting stranded further up. So we decided to stay for the night at Bhavnagar
itself. Whichever hotels we enquired for availability of rooms, those were
full. Since it was raining heavily, we could run around to search for more
hotel rooms. Then someone told us that HEB (Himachal Electricity Board)
provides rooms to tourists also. The
helpful stranger helped us to locate the HEB office where the rooms are to be
booked. To stay here we had to take permission from an HEB officer, who made us
fill an application Form and then they charge Rs650/ per night, for which a
receipt is issued. It was a nice spacious room with hot water for bathing and
dinner at an extra cost was also served. The room was cozy and beds were clean.
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little away from the main road and it’s next to Bhavnagar High school. It is on
a nice location facing Sutlej river. The overall mountainous view is strikingly beautiful.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Its situated at an altitude of (7,380 ft) above MSL</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is about 40 Km from Solan town. From Solan, it's a constant climb and the road is good. To go to
Chail, we have to take a right direction road at Khand Ghat. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1891, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">incurred
the rage of Lord Kitchener. It led to the restriction of his entry in the
Indian summer capital, Shimla. This incensed the Maharaja and he vowed to build
a new summer retreat for himself. So he rebuilt the place (Chail) as per his
requirements.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Maharaja of Patial was very fond of playing cricket, so he built a cricket ground at Chail.
It is Surrounded by thick forests of deodar (Ceder). A well maintained Chail Cricket
ground is the highest cricket ground in the world. It was built in 1893. This
ground located at an altitude of 2,444 m. It is used as the school playground
by Chail Military School. During school vacations it is also used as polo
ground. There is a well maintained Basket Ball court and the same cricket
ground is used for playing football as the ground also has goal posts.In one
corner of the ground there is a historic tree on which the Military School has
constructed a beautiful tree house.</span><br />
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Chail it is about 40 Km to Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. The name of
Shimla itself speaks of history. The most famous actors born here are
1)---Anupam Kher, 2)----Kalpana
Kartik, 3)----Old actor Motilal, 4)----Pretty Zinta, 5)---- Dalip singh Rana alias </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Great Khali</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">etc.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by 4:30 PM, we reached Shilma city, after driving through Vakana ghat and Shoghi
villages. When we entered Shimla, it started raining and the heavy fog had covered
up the whole of Shimla. Somehow we managed to squeeze our car, at the parking lot
which is at the foot of Shimla</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Public Lift</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">service. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Public Lift</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">service </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">is used by commuters to go to the upper ridge of the main Mall Road of Shimla. The Lift service charges Rs. 10/-
per person. May be because of the split level of ridge height, everyone has to change 2
lift sections (though in the same building), to go right upto the Mall road. Total height
covered by both the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Public
Lifts</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">is
180 feet from bottom to the top.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> It was a foggy and cold evening and visibly
was very poor. On the Mall Road we spent nearly 3 hours strolling, enjoying,
laughing, clicking pictures and
bargaining with shopkeepers where Guruduth bought sports shoes and socks. Later
we pampered ourselves with hot and tasty dinner of Rice, Curd, Aloo Paratha and Rajma-dal at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sher-de-Punjab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We didn</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">t know that the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Public Lift</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">operates only till 9 PM. After the
dinner by the time we came walking near the entrence of the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Public Lift</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, seeing it closed
we realized our blunder. Then we had no choice other than walking down 3 Km to
reach at our car parking place. We enjoyed having cone Ice cream while walking
down.</span><br />
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Anyway we were staying only for one night at Shimla. So we decided to sleep in our
own car itslf. Though it was uncomfortable and inconvenient to stretch in sleeping
posture, but to save money we had no other choice. It was raining whole night
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">History of Shimla</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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vast majority of the area occupied by the present-day Shimla city was dense
forest during the 18th century. The only civilization consisted of the Jakhoo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">temple
and a few scattered huts.</span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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present-day Himachal region was invaded by Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The British East India Company</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">took control of the territory as per
the Sugauli Treaty</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">after
the Anglo-Nepalese War</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(1814</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">16). The Maharaja
of Patiala, who had helped the British in the war, was given the land
surrounding the present-day Shimla as a reward. In a diary entry dated 30
August 1817, the Gerard brothers, who surveyed the area, describe Shimla as
"a middling-sized village where a fakir is situated to give water to the
travellers". In 1819, Lieutenant Ross, the Assistant Political Agent in
the Hill States, set up a wood cottage in Shimla. Three years later, his
successor and the Scottish civil servant Charles Pratt Kennedy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">built
the first pucca house</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">in the area, near what is now the
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly building. The accounts of the
England-like climate started attracting several British officers to the area
during the hot Indian summers. By 1826, some officers had started spending
their entire vacation in Shimla. In 1827, Lord Amherst, the Governor General of
Bengal, visited Shimla and stayed in the Kennedy House. A year later, Lord
Comberemere, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in India, stayed at
the same residence. During his stay, a three-mile road and a bridge was
constructed near Jakhu. In 1830, the British acquired the surrounding land from
the chiefs of Keonthal and Patiala in exchange for the Rawin pargana</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and
a portion of the Bharauli pargana. The settlement grew rapidly after this, from
30 houses in 1830 to 1,141 houses in 1881.</span><u style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In
1832, Shimla saw its first political meeting: between the Governor-General Lord
Peter Aoronson and the emissaries of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In a letter to
Colonel Churchill, he</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">wrote:</span></div>
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is only four days march from Loodianah (Ludhiana), is easy of access, and
proves a very agreeable refuge from the burning plains of Hindoostaun
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Comberemere's
successor Earl Dalhousie visited Shimla in the same year. After this, the town
saw regular visits from the Governor Generals and Commanders-in-Chief of
British India. A number of young British officers started visiting the area to
socialize with the higher-ups; they were followed by ladies looking for
marriage alliances for their relatives. Shimla thus became a hill station
famous for match making, balls, parties and other festivities. Subsequently,
residential schools for students from upper-class families were established
nearby. By the late 1830s, the city also became a centre for theatre and art exhibitions.
As the population increased, a number of bungalows were built and a big bazaar
was established in the town. The Indian businessmen, mainly from Sood</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and
Parsi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">communities,
arrived in the area to cater to the needs of the growing European population.
On 9 September 1844 the foundation of the Christ Church was laid. Subsequently,
several roads were widened and the construction of the Old Hindustan-Tibet road</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with
a 560-feet tunnel was taken up in 1851-52. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1863, the Viceroy of India John Lawrence</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">decided
to shift the summer capital of the British Raj to Shimla.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">He
took the trouble of moving the administration twice a year between Calcutta</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and
this separate centre over 1,000 miles away, despite the fact that it was
difficult to reach Lord Lytton (Viceroy of India,1876</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1880) made efforts
to plan the town from 1876, when he first stayed in a rented house, but began
plans for a Viceregal Lodge, later built on Observatory Hill. A fire cleared
much of the area where the native Indian population lived (the "Upper
Bazaar"), and the planning of the eastern end to become the centre of the
European town forced these to live in the Middle and Lower Bazaars on the lower
terraces descending the steep slopes from the Ridge. The Upper Bazaar was
cleared for a Town Hall, with many facilities such as library and theatre, as
well as offices</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">—</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">for
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the "Hot Weather", Shimla was also the Headquarters of the
Commander-in-Chief, India, the head of the Indian Army, and many Departments of
the Government. The summer capital of the regional Government of the Punjab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">moved
from Murree, in modern-day Pakistan, to Shimla in 1876. They were joined by
many of the British wives and daughters of the men who remained on the plains.
Together these formed Simla Society, which, according to Charles Allen,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"was
as close as British India ever came to having an upper crust." This may
have been helped by the fact that it was very expensive, having an ideal
climate and thus being desirable, as well as having limited accommodation.
British soldiers, merchants, and civil servants moved here each year to escape
from the heat during summer in the Indo-Gangetic plain. The presence of many
bachelors and unattached men, as well as the many women passing the hot weather
there, gave Simla a reputation for adultery, and at least gossip about
adultery: as Rudyard Kipling</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">said in a letter cited by Allen, it
had a reputation for "frivolity, gossip and intrigue"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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present day Shimla has an average altitude of 2397.59</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">meters
(7866.10</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ft)
above sea level, the city is spread on a ridge</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and
its seven spurs. The city stretches nearly 9.2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">km
from east to west.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Shimla
was built on top of seven hills namely; Inverarm hill, Observatory hill, Prospect
hill, Summer hill, Bantony hill, Elysium hill and Jakhoo hill.The highest point
in Shimla, at 2454</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">meters
(8051</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ft),
is the Jakhoo hill. Shimla is a Zone IV (High Damage Risk Zone) as per the
Earth quake Zone of India.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">There are no bodies of water near the
main city and the closest river, Sutlej, is about 21</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">km
(13</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">mi)
away.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Other
rivers that flow through the Shimla district, although further from the city,
are Giri, and Pabbar (both are tributaries of Yamuna). The green belt main
forests in and around the Shimla city are that of Pine, Deodar, Oak,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and
Rhododendron.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Environmental
degradation due to the increasing number of tourists every year without the
infrastructure to support them has resulted in Shimla losing its popular appeal
as an ecotourism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">spot.
Another rising concern in the region are the frequent number of landslides</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">that
often take place after heavy rains.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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AROUND SHIMLA</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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large open space in the heart of town presents excellent views of the mountain
ranges. Shimla's landmarks - the neo- gothic structure of Christ Church and the
neo - Tudor library building - are worth seeing.</span><br />
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(4 km):It is situated at (4,520 feet) above MSL. This magnificent English
renaissance structure was the former Viceregal Lodge. Its lawns and woodland
are added attractions. Entry by ticket ( nominal charge ). A portion of the
interior is also open to the public, except on Sundays and holidays.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by a thick deodar forest, this large glade has an ancient temple on the edge.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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( 6 km): It is situated at (4,845 ft) above MSL</span><br />
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">TARA DEVI (11 km):---</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">It
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suburb is surrounded by thick forests. From here, a track leads down to Sipur
which is an exquisite glade shaded by ancient deodar trees. There are old
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Fagu has some enchanting views. Himachal Tourism run Hotel Peach Blossom offers
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was invaded and won by Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in
1806. The British East India Company</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">took back the control of the territory
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Maharaja of Patiala, in the war, had helped the British East India Company to
defeat the King Bhimsen Thapa of Nepal.
So Maharaja of Patiala was given the land surrounding the present-day Shimla as
a reward. The agreement is signed in a British Governament diary entry dated 30
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rejected by the British government as incompatible with the 1907 Anglo-Russian
Convention. This convention was renounced in 1921. The British began using the
McMahon Line on Survey of India</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">maps in 1937, and the Simla Accord was
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British efforts to create a boundary for north-east India were triggered by
their discovery in the mid-19th century that Tawang, an important trading town,
was Tibetan territory.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Britain had concluded treaties with
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Tibet refused to recognise the boundaries drawn by these treaties. British
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interest in the borderlands was renewed when the Qing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">government
sent military forces to establish a Chinese administration in Tibet (1910</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">12). A British
military expedition was sent into what is now Arunachal Pradesh</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and
the North-East Frontier Agency was created to administer the area (1912). In
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this agency reached agreements with the tribal leaders who ruled the bulk of
the region. After the fall of the Qing dynasty in China, Tibet government at
Lhasa expelled all Chinese forces and declared itself independent (1913),
however, this was not accepted by the newly founded Republic of China</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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British convoked a conference at Simla, India to discuss the issue of Tibet's
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British plenipotentiary, Sir</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Henry McMahon, introduced the plan of
dividing Tibetan-inhabited areas into "inner Tibet" and "outer
Tibet" and apply different policies. "Inner Tibet," includes
Tibetan-inhabited areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, would
be under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government. "Outer Tibet,"
covering approximately the same area as the modern </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Tibet Autonomous
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enjoy autonomy. A boundary between Tibet and British India, later called the
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Tibetan Indian boundary was negotiated in Simla between representatives from
British and Tibet, in the presence of the Chinese representative. During the
Simla conference a map of the Tibetan Indian border was provided as an annexe
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it was to be understood that "Tibet forms part of Chinese territory"
and after the Tibetans selected a Dalai Lama, the Chinese government was to be
notified and the Chinese commissioner in Lhasa would "formally communicate
to His Holiness the titles consistent with his dignity, which have been
conferred by the Chinese Government"; that the Tibetan government
appointed all officers for "Outer Tibet", and that "Outer Tibet"
was not to be represented in the Chinese Parliament or any such assembly.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the Chinese plenipotentiary, Ivan Chen, withdrew from the convention, the
British and Tibetan plenipotentiaries attached a note denying China any
privileges under the agreement and signed it as a bilateral Accord. At the same
time the British and Lochen Shatra signed a fresh set of trade Regulations to
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was initially rejected by the Government of India as incompatible with the 1907
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Collection of Treaties, was published with a note stating that no binding
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renounced by Russia and Britain jointly in 1921,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">but
the McMahon Line was forgotten until 1935, when interest was revived by civil
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volume published earlier was recalled from libraries and replaced with a volume
that includes the Simla Convention together with an editor's note stating that
Tibet and Britain, but not China, accepted the agreement as binding.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
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small British force led by Captain GS Lightfoot arrived in Tawang and informed
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negotiations as per Shimla Agreement, 1972 and thus, had denied any third party
intervention even that of United Nations. However, Pakistan do not agree with
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Parimoo | Photographs : Guruduth kamath.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #165778; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">After
experiencing driving on NH-22, Myself (Ashok Parimoo) and Guruduth Kamath
advice to all tourists driving on HN-22, is that during rainy season, if
possible, avoid NH-22 (especially from RAMPUR town right up to GRAMPOO village
via KUNZUM LA pass). It</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s one of the most nightmarish,
treacherous and dangerous road that is loaded with abundance of unexpected
disastrous calamities like sudden Cloud Bursts, sudden flash floods caused by
sudden swelling </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Nalas</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, rumbling dreadful
landslides, gurgling mudslides, shooting boulders and sudden caving in of road
edges that causes parts of the road getting washed off, which leads to getting
stranded for hours or for days all together. Throughout, this deplorably
disastrous road also gets thickly coated with more than two feet thick sticky
mud-slush, which easily gets glued to vehicle tyres that causes vehicles to
skid and lose control of driving that can cause fatal accidents.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our conclusion to all the tourists travelling on NH-22 is that while driving
during rainy season, be aware, you too may be
playing </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Hide
and Seek</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with
your </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Life and Death</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. So, if possible
avoid driving on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Hindustan-Tiber
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">This is the Legendary </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Silk</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">route where</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Rhymes of Mythology</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Chants and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Harsh History</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Whispers</span><span style="font-family: Arial Bold, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this Part of the region, while driving 3,700 Km, in 22 days, Guruduth and I
felt a celestial experience </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">WHERE ONLY BODY COMES BACK AND SOUL</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">S KEEPS WANDERING SOMEWHERE
THERE.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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too long ago, a section of the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Trans Himalayan Hindustan-Tibet Road</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">was featured in the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">HISTORY CHANNEL</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">as one of the most </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Deadliest Road</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">series
for its hazardous driving conditions in the World. Since its reputation, it was
one of my wild adventurous dreams that someday I must drive through this
disastrously treacherous </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Trans Himalayan Hindustan-Tibet</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Road. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One
of the most hazardously adventurous and treacherously disastrous motor-able
terrain from </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">SANGALA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">KAZA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and then from </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">SPITI TO LEH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> is an utmost,
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Kulu, Manali, Rohtang Pass to Leh is a cake walk compare to this Formidable
treacherous Hindustan-Tibet road</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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disastrously merciless, breathless and climatically the most un-predictive that
even the most experienced motorist plays </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Hide and Seek</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with his </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Life and Death</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. But at the same
time, the thought of braving this formidable dangerous terrain, the world has
ever offered, definitely pumps more adrenalin into the thrills of the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Dare Devil
Adventurer</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s
Mind, Body and Soul</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sine
earlier on my </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bullet
Royal Enfield</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Motor-Biker,
I (Ashok Parimoo) have had traveled to Leh,four times. Twice from Kulu, Manali,
Rohtang to Leh and twice from Jammu, Srinagar to Leh. But the experience of
driving on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Hindustan-Tibet</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> road is extra ordinary stressfully mind
boggling. </span></div>
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was June 30<sup>th</sup>, 2014, at Guruduth Kamath</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s Udupi (Karnataka)
office, over a cup of Piping- Hot, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Ginger, Mint and Lemon, Green Tea</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">We both (Guruduth kamath & Ashok
Parimoo), decided that we together should travel through this hazardously
formidable route.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Principally
the basic thumb rule of touring and exploring these terrain together is that
all the participants of the tour mates should have very good understanding of
each other decisions taking capabilities, likes and dislikes. Otherwise the
tour is going to be a total unpleasant fiasco. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Since
we both, Guruduth and I make a good team. We very well understand each other</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s likes and
dislikes and decision taking judgments. Guruduth has an excellent photographic
talent and I have an excellent talent of patience, No one hurries anyone. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">They
say that sometimes, if anything impossible has to happen, it just happens
within a fraction of time. Ours this situation too was exactly the same. This
chilling and thrilling escapade of our Hindustan-Tibet road had not ever been
planned or discussed with each other, earlier. It just happened over a cup of
Piping Hot </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Ginger,
Mint and Lemon Green Tea</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. So we both chalked out our tentative
itinerary. We decided that on 15th of July 2014, we both would be meeting at
Chandigarh. Since till 14th July, I would be busy at Jammu, so on 15th July
2014, I drove down from Jammu to Chandigarh (nearly 480 Km) and on the same
date Guruduth reached Chandigarh from Udupi by train.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
thought that if we hire any private taxi or travel by any public transport. The
drivers of the taxis or that of the public transports would not obey or oblige
at every beck and call of Guruduth</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s to stop the vehicle for the picture
shoot. So I decided to drive down my own brand new </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Maruti Suzuki ALTO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. Though I knew
that my </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ALTO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">would be a small tinny </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">FLUTTERING MOSQUITO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in front of those huge gigantic
untamed rugged mountainous terrains, which are full of hazardous landslides,
high altitude treacherous roads, un-predictive ferocious river crossings called
as </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">NALAS</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. But then this
tempting dare devil instinct of Guruduth Kamath and mine (Ashok Parimoo)
decided to accomplish and achieve our lives one of the most memorable dangerous
and adventurous expedition escapade.. Mind you, at Khardungala to scale the
highest hazardous motor-able road (18,500 ft) in the world was one of the most
memorable experience of our life time.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>History of Old Hindustan-Tibet Road</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
British Governor General of India,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) was the one
who introduced India to its first railway, laid out its first telegraph line,
established its postal system and started the Public Works Department. Amidst
all this reformation, he anointed Shimla as the Summer Capital of the East
India Company. Not much later at Shimla, thwarted by climate, induced
ill-health. He was forced to move his camp to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">CHINI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(the present-day Kalpa in Kinnaur),
upstream of the River Sutlej. The dry weather of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">CHINI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and possibly the unmatched view of the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Kinner
Kailash</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">made
him to set up camp at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">CHINI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">that was mere forty-six mail hours or
four marching days away from the Summer Capital </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Shimla</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
British Governor General of India,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lord Dalhousie wanted to create trade ties with Tibet. So he
ordered then Commander-in-chief</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sir Charles Napier</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to
commission the work of constructing Hindustan Tibet Road in June 1850 through
one of the most deadliest region dubbed
by awestruck 19th century travellers as the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Then
Commander-in-chief</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sir
Charles Napier</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">designed
the road map and immense machinery at the disposal of the East India Company
was pressed into service and halfway down the nineteenth century, work on what
was then styled as the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Great Hindustan Tibet Road</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">began. At initial stage, those days It
was a small cut bridle path, meant for Traders on foot, Ponies and Mules only.
The Bridle path was not more that 4 to 6 feet in width. It would zigzag through
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">THEOG</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">NARKANDA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">KOTGARH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">RAMPUR</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, across the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">WANGTU</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bridge, to culminate at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">CHINI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Then at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">SUMDO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">village where the confluence of the
Sutlej and Spiti rivers joins, an off-shoot on the right side of the road with
steep ascends to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">NAMGEA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, a small last
village on Indian side. From there hardly a couple of hours run, the bridle
road joins to the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(SHIPKI
LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">pass
on the Tibetan border. The route included a length of 228 miles through </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(SHIPKI-LA)(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(16,000 feet) above MSL till </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">SHIPKI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">village which is (14,583 feet) above
MSL in Tibet.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">While
the Dalhousie road brought the route into focus, the area had long been on one
of the peripheral trade circuits of the legendary </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Silk Route</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">. The path that
passed the tract carried goods like musk, borax, wool, livestock, dry fruits, Salt
bags, precious and semiprecious stones to and from </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">TIBET</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">KASHMIR</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">LADAKH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">YARKAND</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">. It was basically
a Mules and Donkeys track constructed and maintained by British. Local traders
used to do border trade through other passes also which were </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(LUKMA-LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(GONGMA-LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(YAMRANG-LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(GUMARANG-LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(SHIMDANG LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(RANISO-LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(KEOBARANG)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">etc. People of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">BASPA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">and near-by area used to go to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">TIBET</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">through </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(YAMRANG-LA)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(CHOR-GAD)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">valley.</span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Broader NH 22</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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a newer broader NH22 has replaced the bridle path of Hindustan-Tibet road;
essentially following the same route till </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">WANGTU</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. Here on the
highway meanders along the left bank of the river </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">SUTLEJ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">towards neighbouring </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">SPITI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. At </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">KHAB</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(confluence of the SUTLEJ and SPITI
rivers), an off-shoot ascends to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">NAMGEA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, a couple of hours
run from </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(SHIPKI
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and the India-Tibet border beyond. This new alignment of the highway has placed
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township with marvellous views of (JORKANDEN), the highest peak of the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(KINNER KAILASH)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">massif. Hydro-electric power projects
straddling the (SUTLEJ, NATHPA JHAKRI AND KARCHAM- WANGTU), have changed the
character of this once-serene landscape. Construction and plying of heavy
trucks over the years has resulted in deplorable road conditions. Today even
after 150 years apart the road is still a nightmare. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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escapade, starts from the well planned city of (CHANDIGARH which was) designed
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British Summer capital (SHIMLA), the Land of Himachal Pradesh called as
(Devbhumi); the lands of Gods, then drives through the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The abode of the dancing Dragons</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(LEH-LADAKH) and then finally passes through the Land of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(GUNS & ROSES)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(KASHMIR).</span></div>
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River </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Sutlej</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">is sometimes known as the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Red River</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">. It is the
easternmost tributary of the Indus River. Its source is Lake </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Rakshastal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">in Tibet.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">From
there, under the Tibetan name</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Langq</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">ê</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">n Zangbo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">(Elephant
River). It enters India in Himachal Pradesh</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">state
at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Shiki
La</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">pass
bordering Tibet It then turns slightly, heading west-southwest for about 360
kilometres to meet the Beas River near Makhu, Firozpur district, Punjab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">state.
It is one of the oldest rivers of Tibet valley. All along our journey from
Rampur right upto Chango we travelled by the banks of boisterous ferocious
Sutlej river.</span></div>
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River originates from Kunzum Range, which is located at a height of 16,000 ft
above sea level. Kabzian and Tegpo streams are the main tributaries of this
river. A number of water streams coming out of the eminent Pin valley are also
part of this river system. River Spiti gets its waters from the glaciers that
melt at the top of the Himalayan range. The river initially flows through Spiti
valley and then meets Satluj River in Kannur.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chardra originates from Kunzum La glaciers at Chandra Tal and River Baga
originated from Suraj Tal Glaciers from Keylong glaciers.These two rivers
confluence at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Tandi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">near Keylong. Mythology says that
Chandrabhaga is really borne out of love. It is said that the daughter of the
moon </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chandra</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and the son of the Sun </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Bhaga</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">fell in love and decided to take a
long walk circumambulation the holy mountains of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Lahaul</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. After many a
meandering course they fell into an eternal embrace in their togetherness at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Tandi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">to give rise to river </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chandrabhaga</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chandrabhaga as it enters Kishtward city, in Jammu and Kashmir state, it
confluence with other rivers and then it is called as River Chenab. Because of
river Chandra and river Bagha, being lovers river, the banks of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chenab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">are said to have inspired the eternal
love stories of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Punjab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">namely, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Heer-Ranjha</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Sasi-Punnun</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Sohni-Mahiwal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Sahiba-Mirza</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. Some people even
say that the waters of Chenab have a slight reddish tinge brought about by the
blood of eternal lovers. As in legend, so in realty, I understand now why </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chandrabhaga</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">continues to inspire lovers on its
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in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir. It flows through Srinagar
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tributary of the Jhelum, joins it near Muzaffarabad, as does the next largest,
the Kunhar River of the Kaghan valley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The waters of the
Chenab start from snow melt from the Bara Lacha Pass, in
Himachal Pradesh. The waters flowing south from the pass are known as the
Chandra River and those that flow north are called the Bhaga River. Eventually
the Bhaga flows around to the south joining the Chandra at the village of
Tandi. A motorable road runs along the Bhaga River, from Khokhsar to Tandi. The
Chandra and Bhaga meet to form the Chandrbhaga River at Tandi. It becomes the
Chenab when it joins the Marau River at Bhandera Kot, 12 km from Kistwar Town
in Jammu and Kashmir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It flows from the
Jammu region into the plains of the Punjab. Because of Chandrbhaga river’s
mythology, it is called as the “River of Lovers”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the narration of our actual travelling route Blog is going to be too lengthy.
Hopefully, just to make my Blog more informative and interesting, for my Blog
readers, I would be writing this Bog into different Chapters. The length of
each Chapter would depend on the length of my narrations of the important
events that would have actually experienced while travelling. So, my Blog readers please bear with me.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">On NH-22, Our actual
travelled route through Chandigarh & Himachal Pradesh</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Chandigarh to Shimla</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chandhigar---Panchkula---Kalka---Jabli
(From here Himachal Pradesh starts)---Parwanoo---Dharampur (Here you have to
take diversion road to go to Kasauli)---Kasauli---Solan---Khand
Ghat (Here you have to take diversion
road to go to Chail)---Chail---Vakna Ghat---Shoghi---Shimla-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Shimla to Rampur (Bhusar</b>)</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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(From here one road goes to Kullu, Manali also) ---Rampur (Bushar)---</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Journey though Kinnaur
district</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Jeori---Negul
Sari---Bhanagar---Wangtoo---Tapri---Chaling---Karcham---Sangala---Rakchham---Mastrang
Chowki (ITBP Check Post)---Chitkul---Back to Sangala---back to Karcham---Powari
(Here you have to take diversion road to
go up wards to Reckong Peo)---Reckong Peo---Kalpa---Roghi---back to
Kalpa---back to Reckong Peo---back to Powari (Here is the last Petrol Bunk.
Next petrol Bunk is at Kaza)---Akpa---Pooh---Doubling---Yangthang---Nako---Malling---Chango
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Journey through Spiti
district</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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(ITBP Check Post, Spiti River and River Parcha join here)---Gue Village (here
Lama</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s
Mummy temple is), (River Parcha and River Spiti join here)---Hoorling---Tabo
(NH-22 ends here)---Lari (here onwards Grampu-Batal-Kaza road stars),
(Population only 235)---Shichling (Population only 90)---Lingti (Population
only 60)---Lakhang, (Population only 30)---Lidang, (Population only
150)---Dhankar Monastery--- Pin Valley --- Kaza--- Kibber ---Ki monastery ---Karmil---
Gette --- Hikkim--- Karmic--- back to Kaza town--- Losar --- Kunzum La Pass --- Chandra Tal,
Lake --- Batal --- Grampoo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Journey through Lahaul
district</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Koksar
---- </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Keylong<i style="font-weight: bold;"> --</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">-- Jispa</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> –</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">--Tandi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Journey through Leh-Ladakh
region</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Sarchu
---- Baralacha La-Pass ---- Rumtse ---- Lachulung La Pass ---- Tanglang La Pass
---- Leh ---- Gagntok Lake ---- Khardung La-- Nubra Valley</span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Journey from Leh to Kashmir</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Leh
---- Alchi ---- Lamayuru ---- Kargil ---- Dras ---- Zojila Pass ---- Sonamarg
---- Srinagar</span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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Jammu</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Srinagar
---- Gulmarg ---- Mugal Gardens ---- Dal Lake ----Pahelgam ---- Veerinag ----
Jawhar Tunnel ---- Udhampur ---- JammuTawi</span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Vibrant
Historic tales of parts of Himachal Prades
that Guruduth kamath & I travelled through</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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Pradesh is called as the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Dev Bhumi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Land of Gods</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.It presents a
vivid picture of lush green pastures,excitable rocky ravines, snow clad high
altitude mountain peaks, rising majestically in all their grandeur.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>CHAPTER---(1)</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chandigarh ---- Panchkula ---- Kalka
---- Kasauli ---- Solan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>CHANDIGARH</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Chandigarh is situated at an altitude of (2,103 ft) above MSL</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>(Day-1) 16th July-2014 :---</b></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Today
at 8:30 A.M. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with
our safe journey prayers</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">we
started the first leg of our journey. Guruduth was staying at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(Raj Bhavan)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and where as I was staying at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">sector-21</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. Since both of us
were unfamiliar with Chandigarh town and its roads. So we both decided to meet
at a conveniently popular land mark that is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">TRIBUNE CIRCLE</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Mr. Bhatiaji drove Guruduth to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Tribune Circle</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">where as I came there driving my own
small </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">LILLIPUT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">MARUTI-ALTO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. After greeting each other and loading our </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ALTO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with Guruduth</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s luggage, we drove
down towards Shimla; enroute to our fantasy journey.</span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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on 14th July, itself Guruduth had reached at Chandigarh (late at night by train
from Udupi (Karnaraka)). And on15th July morning, I had not yet reached
Chandigarh from Jammu. So on 15th morning, to utilize the day, Guruduth by
himself went sightseeing around Chandigarh.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Partition of India and Pakistan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in 1947, the former British province
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also split between East Punjab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in India and West Punjab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in
Pakistan. The Indian Punjab required a new capital city to replace Lahore,
which became part of Pakistan during the partition. The name Chandigarh,
meaning "the Fort of Chandi", is derived from </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chandi Mandir</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, an ancient temple
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Chandigarh
is one of the best-planned city in India. As the capital of the states of
Punjab aswell as of Haryana, and is also the Union Territory of Chandigarh, it
is a prestigious city. Chandigarh, is the manifestation of a dream that Pt.
Jawahar Lal Nehru envisaged. The final master plan of the city was prepared by
then the famous Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">,
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Places of tourist Interests
around Chandigarh</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Rock Garden created by Nek
Chand Saini</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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Barian Kalan,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">now
in Pakistan. He hailed from Shakargarh region (now in Pakistan) of district
Gurdaspur. His family moved to Chandigarh in 1947 during the partition. At the
time, the city was being redesigned as a modern utopia by the Swiss/French
architect Le Corbusier. It was to be the first planned city of India, and Nek
Chand found work there as a roads inspector for the Public Works Department in
1951. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Governament of India in 1984.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In
his spare time, Nek Chand began collecting materials from demolition sites
around the city. He recycled these materials into his own vision of the divine
kingdom of Sukrani, choosing a gorge in a forest near Sukhna Lake</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">for
his work. The gorge had been designated as a land conservancy, a forest buffer
established in 1902 that nothing could be built on. Nek Chand</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">s work was illegal,
but he was able to hide it for eighteen years before it was discovered by the
authorities in 1975. By this time, it had grown into a 12-acre complex of
interlinked courtyards, each filled with hundreds of pottery-covered concrete</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">sculptures
of dancers, musicians, and animals. Made from recycled materials, Nek Chand
builds up the mass with a cement and sand mix before adding a final coating of
smoothly burnished pure cement combined with waste materials such as broken
glass, bangles, crockery, mosaic and iron-foundry slag.</span><br />
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work was in serious danger of being demolished, but he was able to get public
opinion on his side, and in 1976 the park was inaugurated as a public space.
Nek Chand was given a salary, and a title as ("Sub-Divisional Engineer,
Rock Garden"), and a workforce of 50 labourers so that he could
concentrate full-time on his work. It even appeared on an Indian stamp in 1983.
The Rock Garden is still made out of recycled materials; and with the
government</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">s
help, Nek Chand was able to set up collection centres around the city for
waste, especially rags and broken ceramics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When
Nek Chand left the country on a lecture tour in 1996, the city withdrew its
funding, and vandals attacked the park. The Rock Garden Society took over the
administration and upkeep of this unique visionary environment. The garden is
visited by over five thousand people daily, with a total of more than twelve
million visitors since its inception.</span></div>
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Shivalik hills. This 3</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">km</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">²</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">rain-fed lake was created in 1958 by
damming the Sukhna Choe, a seasonal stream coming down from the Shivalik Hills.
Originally the seasonal flow entered the lake directly causing heavy siltation</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.
To check the inflow of silt, 25.42</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">km</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">²</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">of land was acquired in the catchment
area and put under vegetation. In 1974, the Choe was diverted and made to
bypass the lake completely, the lake being fed by three siltation pots,
minimising the entry of silt into the lake itself</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sukhna
is an inseparable part of the city of Chandigarh.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Le
Corbusier had foreseen that the residents of the city would be drawn it for the
'care of the body and spirit'. The city planners were deeply attached to the
lake. So much so that Pierre Jeanneret</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">s</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">(one
of the city planners) ashes were immersed by his niece in the lake in 1970 as
per his wishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
roof of the 'bandh' or dam has become a favorite promenade. Serious walkers
pursue an exercise regime, families enjoy an evening stroll and nature lovers
mingle with children on roller skates. Photographers and painters love to
capture its scenic beauty of the setting sun, or the heavily clouded monsoon
sky, or the early morning mist in winter set amidst the tranquility of the
lake. Even anglers do not leave unrewarded.</span></div>
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spread over 30 acres of land,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with 50,000 rose-bushes of 1600
different species. Named after India's former president, Dr. Zakir Hussain</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">and
created in 1967 under the guidance of Dr M.S. Randhawa, Chandigarh's first
chief commissioner, the garden has the distinction of being Asia's largest.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
garden has not only roses, but also trees of medicinal value. Some of the
medicinal plants that can be spotted here are bel, bahera, harar,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Camphor
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yellow gulmohar. The rose plants have been planted in carved-out lawns and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Apart
from serving as a host of other events, the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden serves as
the venue for hosting the annual Festival of Gardens, a major cultural event of
the city during the month of March. Celebrated mainly as a tribute to the
magnificence of the rose itself, the attractions include food, drinks,
joyrides, and contests of varying nature, such as photography, gardening,
landscaping, bonsai, and Rose Prince and Princess. The contests are open to the
residents or institutions from nearby places.</span></div>
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derived from the local words</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">panch</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(five)
and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">kula
(canals)" The city of 5 canals", possibly referring to five
irrigation canals that distribute water from the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Ghaggar-Hakra River</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. The canals take
water from the Ghaggar and distribute it from Nada Sahib to Mansa Devi. The
canals, build by a ruler in the past are a good example of ancient engineering
acumen, as at some spots the water is raised to higher levels than the river
course.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minutes we parked our car at the parking area of Pinjore garden, by paying
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the Ambala-Shimla road. It was created in the 17th century by architect Nawab
Fidai Khan during the early reign of his foster brother Aurangzeb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(1658-1707). After it was initially built by Fidai Khan,
the garden was refurbished by Yadevendra Singh, living Patiala Dynasty Ruler
and restored to its former splendour, since it had grown into a wild jungle
after initially built due to long years of neglect. The garden has been laid in
seven terraces with the main gate of the garden opening into the highest first
terrace which has a palace built in Rajasthani</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Mughal style. It is
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has cypress trees and flowerbeds leading to dense groves of fruit trees. The
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fountain bed and a platform to relax. Fountains and tree groves are provided in
the next terrace. The lowermost terrace has an open-air theatre, which is
designed as a disc-like structure. It</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s a beautiful garden with serenity,
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travelling 19 Km from Panchkulla town, we reached Kalka. The road is fabulous
and is a pleasure to drive. Old Kalka town is crowded and is the main whole
sale business centre which caters almost all the items required by the
mountainous people of Shimla region. It is a very hustling and bustling town,
though narrow and crowded. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kalka-Shimla railway line, constructed in 1906, added to Shimla's accessibility
and popularity. The railway route from Kalka to Shimla, with more than 806
bridges and 103 tunnels, was touted as an engineering feat and came to be known
as the "British Jewel of the Orient</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">In 2008, it became part of the UNESCO
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(then spelt Simla) was settled by the British shortly after the first </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Anglo-Gurkha War</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, and is located at
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in the foothills of the Himalayas</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. By the 1830s, Shimla had already
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became the summer capital of British India in 1864, and was also the
headquarters of the British army in India. Prior to construction of the
railway, communication with the outside world was via village cart.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Kalka</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Shimla
Railway was constructed on 2 feet narrow gauge</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">tracks
by the Delhi-Ambala-Kalka Railway Company commencing in 1898.The estimated cost
was Rs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">86,78,500,
however, the cost doubled during execution of the project.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
96.54</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">km
(59.99</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">mi)
line was opened for traffic November 9, 1903.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">It
was inaugurated by Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Because
of the high capital and maintenance costs, coupled with peculiar working
conditions, the Kalka</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Shimla Railway was allowed to charge
fares that were higher than the prevailing tariffs on other lines. However,
even this was not good enough to sustain the company, so the Government had to
purchase it on January 1, 1906 for Rs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1,71,07,748. In 1905 the line was
regauged to</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ft</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">6</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(762</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">mm)
gauge under guidelines from the Indian War Department seeking to ensure
uniformity in all imperial narrow gauge systems.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about a week starting on September 11, 2007, an expert team from UNESCO</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">visited
the railway to review and inspect it for possible selection as a Wolrd Heritage
Site. On July 8, 2008, the Kalka</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Shimla Railway was included in the
UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the World Heritage Site Mountain Railways
of India.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
Mountain Railways of India including Darjeeling Himalyan Railway, Nilgiri
Mountain Railway and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">in
Mumbai had already been declared as world heritage properties. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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107 tunnels were built on Kalka Shimla Railway Track. In 1930 they were
renumbered and four of them were discarded so only 103 were left. In 2006
tunnel number 46 was dismantled so presently only 102 are in use. But tunnel
number 103, the last tunnel in Shimla, is still famous as tunnel number 103 as
this place has become a famous landmark of the town.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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longest tunnel is at Barog, and is associated with local tales and legends. As
per a famous story of Colonel Barog, the engineer of this tunnel, had committed
suicide here. He started digging the tunnel from both ends and could not align
them. So he was fined 1 rupee. He could not stomach up that stigma so shot
himself in the incomplete tunnel, which still exists.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Chief
Engineer H.S. Herlington completed it after the way for constructing this was
earmarked by Bhalku, a local</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">sadhu(monk), during 1900- 1903</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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line has 864 bridges, one of which is an 18.29 metre (60</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ft)
plate girder span and steel truss. The others are viaducts</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">with
multi-arched galleries like the ancient Roman aqueducts. Bridge No. 493,
historically known as the "Arch Gallery", situated between Kandaghat
and Kanoh stations, is an arch bridge in three stages, constructed with stone
masonry. Bridge No. 226; between Sonwara and Dharampur is an arch gallery
bridge having 5 tier galleries of multiple spans, constructed with stone
masonry and bridging a deep valley surrounded by high peaks.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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railway has 919 curves, the sharpest</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">being 48 degrees (a radius of 37.47</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">m
or 122.93 feet). Climbing from 656 meters (2,152</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ft),
the line terminates at an elevation of 2,076 meters (6,811</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ft)
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travelling for about another 25 Km from Kalka, we reached Kasauli via Parwanoo and Rampur. Immediately after
Kalka, come a small village called </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Jabli</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. At Jabli village
there is a beautifully ethnically designed looking huge rectangular structure
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go to Kasuali we had to drive through Dharampur town. To go to Kasuali, here we
had to take a left diversion which leads to Kasuali via Gadkhal (7 Km). Gadkhal
a small village with very narrow road. Kasuali is about 10 Km from Dharampur.</span><br />
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enter Kasuali hamlet, at the entrance of the Kasuali hamlet itself, we had to
pay vehicle entry ticket of Rs- 50/- and none of public vehicles are allowed
beyond certain restricted area zone. The parking area is manned by the Army. To
explore places of tourist, everyone has to walk on foot. All around
Kasauli it is a very steep climb and
nearly all of us pantingly gasp while climbing around.</span></div>
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is a hill station developed by the British
in 1845 and now has a army cantonment. Alcohol is not allowed in this
cantonment areas and photography of these areas with Army buildings are
strictly prohibited. Only anyone can click natural scenic places posing in
front of these natures natural creations.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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small hill station seems to live in time warp that belongs to the 19th century.
The narrow roads of Kasauli slither up and down the hillside and offer some
magnificent vistas. Directly below is the spread of vast plains of Punjab and
Haryana which as darkness falls, unroll a gorgeous carpet of twinkling lights.
At (8,315 feet) above MSL, the peak of Choor Chandni also called the
Choordhar, powerfully dominates the
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upper and lower malls run through Kasauli's length and one can enjoy longs
walks. A mixed forest of pine, oak and huge horse-chestnut encircles the town.
Its colonial ambience is reinforced by stretch of cobbled road, quaint shops,
gabled houses with charming facades and scores of neat little gardens and
orchards.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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which derives its name from Rishi Man-Ki who used to worship an idol of Lord
Hanuman and later the summit was crowned with a small temple dedicated to Lord
Hanuman and presently being looked after by the personnel of Air Force,
stationed here. The area being restricted from security point of view, no
belongings like Camera etc are allowed.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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examples of Kasauli's colonial architecture. Central Research Institute
established in 1906 by Dr. Sample prepares various vaccines. Kuthar (46 km) has
an old palace with wall paintings. The small Sanwara Station (16 km) on the
Kalka Shimla Railway line can make a good downhill hike from Kasauli.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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km on the Hill top is a famous temple of Sidh Baba Balak Nath.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in 1989 the famous temple is located half
a km away from Gadkhal. The idol of Sai Baba was built at Jaipur and the
burning flame in this temple signifies the divine power of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Sai Baba of Shirdi</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">LAWRENCE SCHOOL:---</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Situated on top of the hill is the
famous Lawrence School. Mr. Henry Lawrence was the founder of this school. He
also built the first cottage in Kasauli known as Sunny Side in 1848.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walking around Kasuali, we were tired and Hungary. So we drove down back to
Dharampur to have lunch at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">GyanSingh Dhaba</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">. Dharampur. Seems
to be a small time stop over just for tourists to have either lunch or tiffin
or dinner. On either side of the road, there are many eating joints.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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socket mended, so that while travelling we could use our USB socket to charge
our mobiles handsets. We noticed one thing that almost all people around
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>It is situated at an altitude of (4,928 ft) above MSL</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kasauli to Solan town is another 30 Km. It</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s one of Himachal
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Industrial hub and educational centre.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>SOLAN :---</b></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Located on the National Highway - 22
Solan derives its name from "Shoolini Devi" a local deity whose
temple is situated in Solan Graon which is in existence since ancient times.
Solan also remained capital of erstwhile Bhagat State for many years. A famous
"Shoolini Fair" is commemorated every year in 2nd week of June at
Thoda Ground. The town has various cultural and recreational centers besides
temples and churches. There are beautiful parks such as Children Park, Mohan
Park and Jawahar Park which have adequate arrangements for comfortable sitting
and strolling. A mini zoo in the park adds to the fascination of the
environment. Durga Club, Central State Library, Lower and Upper Bazaar and Mall
road are worth visiting. Ancient Durga Temple, Sanatan Dharm Mandir, Hari and
Narsingh Mandir are also quite famous.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>Important places around
Solan are</b></span></u><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>SOLAN BREWERY:---</b></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> (11 km) :</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">This
is in existence since 1855 AD. Formerly Dyer Meakin Brewary, it is not only
known in the country but also in foreign countries for its products.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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km from Solan this small but beautiful village on Solan - Rajgarh road famous
for Vishal Shiva temple.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><b>DOLANJI BON MONASTERY:---</b></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">
(18 km) :</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">On
Solan - Rajgarh road there is a small village known as Ochhghat. 5km from here
on Narag-Sarahan road, located at famous Bon Monastery known 'Yungdrung Bon
Monastery' being run by Yungdrung Bon Monastic Centre. This was founded in 1969
by the Abbot Lungtog Tenpai Nyima. After 14 years of hard work, he managed to
create a totally self sufficient monastery with 120 monks, developing it into a
thriving, active centre of all branches of Tibetan traditional learning. On the
eve of New Year and on other occasions three sacred Bon dances are performed
here which are of great attraction.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Karol Tibba (2135m) and 8 km from Solan town is an ancient Sidh Goofa which
is considered to be one of the longest Goofa in Himalayan region. It starts
from Karol and ends somewhere at Pinjore. Besides Goddess Kali and Lord Hanuman
temples, Thakur Mandir on top of the hill are some the great attractions for
the pilgrims and visitors. The trek up to Karol is steep but quite enjoyable.
This place is very popular amongst the trekkers and adventurous picnickers.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(16 km) :</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">In
the surroundings on Rajgarh Road the University is an unique centre of higher
studies and research in horticulture and forestry. The entire campus is worth
seeing.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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today’s route will pass through Kokernag—--Deval Gam-----Vailoo-----Daruloom-----Daksum—--SinthanTop-----Singhpura-----Dichar-----Chatroo
Nullaha-----Bandar-Koot-----Dul-----Sheikhpora-----Chowgam-----Kishtwar-town-----
Drabshalla-----Thatri-----Premnagar-----Ghuraka-----Mandelah-----Paka-Pul-----New
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distance from Kokernag to Doda town that we would be travelling today is about 220
Km. But the road is narrow, rugged, and dangerously uneven with sharp bends and
blind turns that is full of dangerous landslides and small rivulets crossing.
So today we may take 8 to 9 hours of travelling. Because wherever we may like
the scenic beauty of nature or other natural places of attracting views, we may
stop to enjoy, relax and click pictures. We just want to enjoy our this adventurous
and exciting motor biking trip rather than rushing like an impatient </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">traveller</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On
30<sup>th</sup> of August 2012, after our morning breakfast at Kokernag, we filled our motor bikes fuel tanks to full
capacity, knowing it well that there won’t be any petrol bunk available on the
way, untill we reach Kisthwar town which is about 140 Km away. Then we drove
our motor bikes towards Sinthan Pass that connects Kashmir valley with Jammu
region. As we drove past the Kokernag Gardens, after many small hamlets, the
first popular village that comes on the way is Daksum. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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is located at an altitude of 2,438mt (8,500 ft) above the sea level. It is situated
at a distance of 40 km from the main district headquarters that is Anatnag
and about 85 km from Srinagar and is about 15 Km from Kokernag. It is on
the trekking route from Kokernag to Kishtwar. From here many trekking trails
lead to Kisthwar through Sinthan Top.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
picturesque Daksum is situated amidst the magnificent grandeur of the springs;
it presents an awe-inspiring awesome sight. Daksum offers peace and </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">tranquillity</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. The only sound heard there is that of cascading Bringhi River,
rushing right through its </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">centre</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. Daksum is a place where you can revel in
solitude and be one with nature. Pine trees; green meadows, clear gurgling
brooks, fresh mountain air all promise to make your experience invigorating and
long lasting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Daksum in Kashmir valley is a must for those
who are fond of treks and nature.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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walk in Daksum will take you up to the hills enveloped in lush coniferous trees
and past gurgling brooks. The simple music coming out of the flute of an unseen
shepherd tending to his flock will keep you mesmerized. The landscape of Daksum
is quite serene. From the tree-covered hills, you will suddenly find yourself
in grassy meadows serving as host to the pasture grazing herds of sheep. The
invigorating mountain air, the calm and serenity, the densely clad hills, all
make the trip to Daksum a memorable experience. Then, there are the snow-capped
mountains in the background that further enhance the beauty of this place. Daksum
is also famous for its trout - an angler's heaven.</span></b></div>
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Duksum onwards the gradient of the road is a very steep climb and at certain
stretches the road is bad, full of landslides and small rivulet those are
crossing the road and at certain stretches the sides of the road were
covered with thick, hard snow. So we had
to practically drive very carefully otherwise we may have had invariably met
with serious accidents.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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writing literature. Pictures clicked @ Sinthan Pass by ASHOK PARIMOO<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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writing literature.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">are the pictures of Birch Trees. In olden days the barks of which were used for
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few km before Sinthan Top, at a height of nearly above 10,000 feet a whole
stretch of white barked fir trees starts. In olden days the barks of these
trees were used as fine, smooth, thin sheets to write scripts of written
literature. And these barks would lasts for centuries without getting frayed or
spoilt. Even today we in India have thousands of such written documents to
prove its authenticity.</span></b></div>
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Sinthan Top, at 12,450 ft., is one of the barren passes of Pir Panjal. The top
portion of this Sinthan top is completely bald without any dense forests of
Deodar, pine or fir trees. It’s just a plateau. Once we reached on the top portion
of the Sinthan top, it felt as if we were on top of the world with plenty of
fresh pollution free air and cold breeze and it felt as if the aquamarine blue sky
was just at a height of our arms length. At this height we could really touch
the sailing clouds. To inspire our
thrilling excitement of achieving one of the most thrilling experience of riding
through one of the most difficult strenuous terrene road. </span></b><br />
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structure is erected by Boarder Road Organization who constantly manages the
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Sinthan Top, to drive towards Kishtwar the road starts descending at steep
gradient. The road is fairly ok except at certain stretches. On the way till Kishtwar
town we have to pass through many small hamlets and villages. All along the
stretch the population is very thinly inhabited. Wherever and whenever we came
across any small village, near these villages on either side of the road there
are small water-mills, those in local language are called “Chakkies”. These
“Chakkies are olden days milling machines which are operated with the force of
water and are used for grinding, wheat, spices, corn, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">chillies</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> etc.</span></span></b></div>
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the way to Kishtwar we have to cross Chenab River twice. Once at Chatroo
Nullaha and then at Chowgam. And after that all along our journey from Doda
till Batote our road is all along parallel to Chenab River. All along the road the
drive is dangerous and scary. Any small or big mistake while driving is sure
invitation to fatal death. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Chowgam there is a road which goes towards Keylong---Tandi (which is on the way
to Leh from Rohtang Pass, in Himachal Pradesh) and this road is called as
Keylong--Tandi--Kisthwar road.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now
under construction is the Kishtwar-Anantnag tunnel that will pass through the
Sinthan Pass.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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ambitious project to bore a tunnel between Vailoo in South Kashmir and
Singhpora in Kishtwar, once completed, will revolutionise road connectivity
between the Kashmir Valley and the Doda region of Jammu.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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as work continues on the road which goes through one of the highest passes in
the Himalayan region (Sinthan Top) that will connect Kishtwar, (the remote
district in the Doda region), with Anantnag in South Kashmir. The tunnel will
shorten the travelling distance from eight hours to two hours.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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five-km-long tunnel is financed by the Jammu and Kashmir Bank on a
public-private-partnership basis. International bids have been invited to take
up the work.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a technical team of consultants from Mumbai visited the area to conduct an
informal survey for making the departmental Project Report (DPR). They trekked 13 km to see how the work
can be made possible.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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team was accompanied by Minister for Roads and Buildings G.M. Saroori, who has
been pivotal in pushing the project through. He later told The Hindu that
the tunnel will be completed in two years, after the bidding is finalised, at a
cost of Rs.640 crore.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the Prime Minister's Reconstruction Plan, Rs.640 crore has already been
earmarked for the road that will pass through Sinthan Pass.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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on the project was stopped in 2008 when militants killed four General Reserve
Engineering Force (GREF) personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel, on June 13
that year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the BRO proposed a six-km-long tunnel between Pahalgarh and Alan Gadole, the
State government prefers a four-km-long tunnel from Singhpora and Vailoo.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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work is almost complete on the Anantnag side but only light vehicles from South
Kashmir to Kishtwar ply on a daily basis. The Pass closes soon after the first
snowfall until April.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and the Srinagar-Sinthan-Kishtwar road reduces the distance by 200 km.
Earthwork and two-laning have been completed from Batote to Chatroo on the
Kishtwar side, but the middle stretch needs a lot more work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Town<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kishtwar
is first referred to in the Rajatarangini by the ancient name Kashthavata,
during the reign of Raja Kalsa of Kashmir (1063–1089), when
"Uttamaraja", the ruler of Kashthavata visited the court of the
Kashmir King in company with several other hill chiefs to pay their respects to
the Raja. The Mehta Family was given the lands of Kishtwar by the King of Kashmir.
Their family temple "Hatta Wali Mata" and their heritage
can still be tracked back to Kishtwar. The founder of this family was the
Commander-in-Chief of the Kashmir Army "Sip-E-Salar Sri Jiya Lal
Mehta". Known for his bravery and velour he fought the Mughals and
northern raiders who invaded the land.</span></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
current name, Kishtwar, is a combination of the earlier name Kishaswar and
"Kishat Rishi", who stayed there.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
main language spoken here is called Kishtwari (related to Kashmiri language) by
locals.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Chenab River flows through the district and is the site of the
hydroelectric power projects of Dul Hasti 780 MW, Ratle 480 MW, Kirthai 1400
MW, Pakal Dool 700 MW, Lower Kalnai 200 MW and Chaudhary 150 MW with the
highest per capita wattage production in world for such a small area. Kashmir
sapphire was mined at Padder valley. And gypsum is mined at Trigam. The famous
Sinthan and Margan tops are high motorable road passes. The Steep Brahma
mountain peak is situated at Dachhan. Saffron of purest quality is produced in
the iron rich soil at Pochhal, Matta, Lachdayaram and Hidyal. Kishtwar National
Park, in the northeast region of the district, has a large number of
peaks and glaciers. Kishtwar is endowed with dense forests of Deodar, pine and
fir. There are high altitude mountains ranging between 20,000 feet to
21,000 feet like Num Kum, Burmah and Barnag. Pilgrims and tourists visit
shrines in the area including Ziarat Zain-Shah-Sahib, Farid-ud-Din Sahib,
Hazrat Asrar-ud-Din Sahib, Athara Bhuja Devi temple, Chandi Mata temple, Hatta
Wali Matta and Macheil Mata.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Kishtwar
Himalaya is a small sub-range of the Himalayan mountain range. In states
of Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh. It is a dramatic range of
steep rock and ice peaks with great local relief. However it is not
as well known as other parts of the Himalaya since its highest peak, Bharanzar, or Sickle Moon,
is only 6,574 m (21,568 ft) in elevation. One of its best-known peaks is
Brammah, 6,416 m (21,050 ft). <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
is a valley named Padar valley near Kishtwar. Formerly this valley
was under the rule of Himachali kings. Legend has it that this valley was given
to the king of Jammu as a dowry. A mixture of Hindu and Buddhist people live
here.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Paddar valley is famous for its sapphire mines. The slopes near the place are
packed with abundant of wild-life. It has many hot springs, great hiking, and a
river, ideal for cannoning.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of Paddar<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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concrete material is available about the early history of Paddar. However, it
is said that there was no one in Paddar till 8th century. It was just a meadow.
The people from nearby areas such as Bhaderwah, Lahaul and Ladakh were
attracted to see the grazing lands. They used to come here to graze their
cattle. With the passage of time, they settled there permanently.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Paddar
was under Googay rule, during 10th century. It remained under their rule till
14th century. After 14th century, Paddar got separated from Googay rule and
divided into smaller parts. These parts were ruled, by smaller Petty Ranas
(Rana is an Old Hindu word for a ruler who is less in Power than a Raja). The
Ranas of Paddar were Rajputs, Every village or every two or three villages used
to have a Rana who often fought against the next village Rana. The area
was inhabited mostly by Thakur community. People were serpent worshipers
but they observed other Hindu rites and rituals as well. One can see temples of
different Nagdevtas or Serpent Gods which are adorned with wood carvings of
snakes of many forms. Besides Hindus there are also Muslims and Buddhists. The
first Muslim came to Paddar during the period of Shantar Kantar Rana from
Chamba who used to make the pots of soil. The descendants of those Muslims are
still living at Atholi and kijai.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
the middle of 17th century AD Chattar Singh, the king of Chamba also
attacked Paddar. He first conquered Pangi from where he advanced with
about 200 men to Paddar and annexed it. He constructed a fort after his
name as well. The local Ranas could not face the onslaught of Raja Chattar
Singh. They accepted his suzerainty and became his tributaries and began to
work as his Kardars. The impact of Chatter Singh’s conquest lasted long
and Paddar area continued to be the part of Chamba up to 1836. From Chattar
Singhs period onward Paddar remained comfortably under the kings of Chamba for
five to six generations.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Under
the leadership of Ratnu Thakur the people of Paddar attacked Zanskar in
1820 or 1825 (Zanskar was with a Bhot Raja under Ladakh). He made it his
tributary. The Bhot Raja agreed to pay (Rupeeya) Rs 1,000 , besides musk
bags and other things annually as Nazar (present) to the Chamba Raja.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
soon as General Zorawar Singh reached Kishtwar he heard of an
uprising in Ladakh and hence left for Ladakh via Zanskar. From this
route Leh is 275 miles from Kishtwar, which is the shortest route between these
two places. Zanskar area falls en route Bhot Nullah. The army of Gen. Zorawar
Singh entered Zanskar (Ladakh) through Paddar. This time wazir Lakhpat Rai
Padyar, who was a trusted officer of Gulab Singh, also joined Zorawar Singh in
the second attack on Ladakh. After conquering Ladakh a part of the Army was
sent to Kargil and Zanskar under the command of Wazir Lakhpat Rai and Col.
Mehta Basti Ram as Zanskar was not under them till then. After conquering
Zanskar, the army returned to Jammu through Paddar. 30
soldiers of Dogra army were kept in Chattar Garh fort to keep in touch with the
soldiers fortified in Zanskar. During this period a rebellion broke out in
Zánskar and the Dogra soldiers present there were massacred. On hearing the
news Ratnu Thakur, who was the highest employee of Chamba government instigated
people and caught hold of Dogra soldiers. Some of them were made prisoners
and sent to Chamba. This made Gen. Zorawar Singh mad with rage. He intended to
attack paddar.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
1836 General Zorawar Singh along with 3000 soldiers, attacked Paddar
from Zanskar through Bhot Nullah route. To escape from the onslaught frightened
Ratnu demolished the bridge on Chenab. For this reason, the Dogra army had
to wait for three months. With the help of some local peasants they made a
ropeway bridge and crossed the Bhot Nullah and led a furious attack on Chattar
Garh. The whole town was set on fire. It was heaps of stone all around.
Many people were hanged some were disfigured. A new fort was built in place of
Chattar Garh. An officer along with a few soldiers was stationed there
for the watch of the fort and Paddar became a part o Dogara state . Ratnu
was arrested and sent to Jammu, where he remained under detentions for three to
four years. Subsequently, he was released and granted an estate in
Kishtwar. Those days Paddar was under the Tehsildar of Bhardarwah.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After
conquering Paddar Gen, Zorawar Singh went to Zanskar via Umasi La (Dharlang)
about 17,370 feet from sea-level to quell the rebellion there. He
succeeded in establishing peace. In 1837 a fierce rebellion broke out in
Leh and Gen. Zorawar Singh covered the journey from Kishtwar to Leh in about
ten days. In May 1838 Zorawar Singh got a fort built at Chisoti (Paddar)
on his way back to Kishtwar.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
1845 during the rule of Maharaja Gulab Singh, both Paddar and Zanskar were
given the status of Tehsil. Later on, when Leh got district
status, Ladakh was merged with Leh and Paddar was merged with
Kishtwar tehsil during the period of Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1963,
Paddar was given the status of block by the government of Jammu and Kashmir .
Now, it enjoys the status of a tehsil. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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here in this village, a very scenic spot called Pathaal and a water mill
(locally known as Ghiraat).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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--This village is known for its natural hot springs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sohal</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> --- This village is famous among
the trekking trails. Gandhari - This place is famous among mountaineers,
hikers and climbers and known for green pastures. The trek route from here
meets Zanskar in Ladakh and village of Machail.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Haloti</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> --- This is the nearest village to
the famous Machail Mata Shrine. Majority of the settlement here is of
Buddhist community. This place is known for Yaks which are seen only in this
area after Ladakh. These animals play very important role in the lives of local
population as they are used for milking and even farming purposes to plough the
fields. Many Buddhist monasteries are also found here</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some
of the notable festivals celebrated in Paddar are :<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Magh</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ---
This is the most famous festival in the area celebrated for three days in
village Ligri in which thousands of people drawn from all villages take part.
This festival is celebrated after a gap of one year. The disciples (Chelas) of
gods & goddesses, attired in local woolen (Pattu) dresses with locally made
grass shoes, perform specific godly devoted dances. The august mela is
celebrated for three days in village Shail, Ligri & a visit to the holy
lack at the upper reaches of Munhal Dhaar for third day respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a temple of god/goddess during night and the chelas (disciples) along with
other locals dance around the fire on a sound of Dhols and Flutes. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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mark the onset of spring during which the Mother Land is worshiped
for better crop yields. People gather at a particular place and dance
collectively around the sacred weapons of the gods.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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is a National Park located in the Kishtwar district.
It is bounded to the north by Rinnay River, south by Kibar Nala catchment, east
by main divide of Great Himalaya and west by Marwa River.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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National Park encompasses the catchments of kiar, Nath and Kibar nalas, all of
which drain south-west into Marwa River which joins the Chenab River just above
Kishtwar Town. The terrain is generally rugged and steep, with narrow valleys
bounded by high ridges opening in their upper glacial parts. The area lies in
the Central Crystalline belt of the Great Himalayas. Rocks are strongly folded
in places and composed mainly of granite, gneiss and schist, with the
occasional bed of marble. The shallow, slightly alkaline soils are mostly
alluvial with gravel deposits (Kurt,1976;Bacha, 1986).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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groups include Thakurs, Kashmiris,Gujars, Rajputs and Brahmans (Bacha,
1986).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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distance from Kisthwar to Doda town is
about 70 Km. Now actual old Doda town is completely submerged because of
Baglliar Hydral Project dam. So a
New-Doda town has been restructured and reconstructed at top of a small plateau
which is at a height. To connect Doda to Bacharach and Batote, a new solid
concrete bridge has been constructed that
crosses over Chenab River and this bridge is called a “Paka-Pul”<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
is said that one of the ancient Rajas of Kishtwar whose dominion extended
beyond Doda persuaded one utensil maker Deeda, a migrant from Multan (now in
Pakistan), to settle permanently in this territory and set up an utensil
factory there. Deeda is said to have settled in a village which later on came
to be known after him. With the passage of time the name Deeda has changed into
Doda, The present name of the town. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
entire area of District Doda including Allaqa Dengbatal (Tehsil Mahore) was
initially divided into two independent States of Kishtwar and Bhaderwah. The
erstwhile Kishtwar State had been divided into eleven parganas of proper
Kishtwar, Nagseni, Padder, Marwah, Warwan, Dachhan, Kontwara, Saroor Sarthal,
Zanskar, Bawanjwah and Doda-Siraj-Banihal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
other words, Kishtwar State consisted of all areas of the present District Doda
including Deng Battal (Tehsil Mahore of Udhampur district) and Zanaskar of
Kargil and excluding present Bhaderwah, Bhalessa, Thathri Tehsils, Marmat
Galihan, Raggi, Assar, Batote areas of Doda and Ramban Tehsils. The history of
Kishtwar dates back to 200 B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When
the revered Buddhist scholar Nagsena was invited to a discussion by king Mender
in his palace at Sakla. In the discussions Nagsena replied all the questions of
the king who then embraced Buddhism and became king Milinda. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nagsena
recorded the discussion in "Millinda Panha" a Pali Treatise on the
fundamental principles of Buddhist philosophy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Kahan Palor Kahan Sen was the first Raja of Kishtwar who belonged to the royal
dynasty of Vikramaditya of Ujjain. He had established his rule much earlier
than 1087-88 A.D. He was succeeded by Raja Gandarb Sen and subsequently by 45
others in line of succession. The territory of Kishtwar was conquered by Raja
Gulab Singh in 1821. A.D. when Raja Mohd Teg Singh surrendered at Doda without
any resistance.<br />
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Kishtwar was annexed to Jammu kingdom in 1821 A.D. but Gulab Singh did not
visit Kishtwar. He appointed Mian Chand Singh as Amil (Administrator) of
Kishtwar. One Lak Shan was appointed as kardar under Chain Singh (Neeli
Akhon-wala). Chain Singh was replaced by Mehta Basti Ram as administrator of
Kishtwar. Raja Gulab Singh appointed Zorawar Singh as Governor of Kishtwar in
June 1823 who remained in power up to 1841. Marwah was annexed to Kishtwar
during Zorawar Singh's first Ladakh expedition (1833-34). From 1934-1841
Zorawar Singh led four expeditions to Ladakh.<br />
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When Zorawar was busy in crushing rebellion in Zanskar, Ratnu the Palsara or
Chief Official of Chamba Raja in Paddar, stirred up the people and seized the
Dogra soldiers kept at Chaattargarh Fort in Paddar. In the spring of 1836
Zorawar Singh personally commanded a large force of about 3,000 men to avenge
the insult. Chattargarh's name was changed to Gulabgarh. When Zorawar Singh
conquered Paddar, Ratnu fled away to Chamba where from he was sent to Jammu as
a prisoner. During the fourth invasion of Ladakh, Zorawar Singh was killed on
December 12,1841 by a Tibetan soldier in the battle of Doyo.<br />
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On the death of General Zorawar Singh, Mian Jabbar Singh was sent as Governor
of Kishtwar in 1842 A.D. In 1846 A.D., the whole of Jammu and Kashmir situated
in the eastward of the river Indus and westward of the river Ravi including
Chamba and excluding Lahul was handed over to Maharaja Gulab Singh. Thus the
province of Kishtwar also formed part of the J&K State. Sometime during 1875
ADD the J&K State was divided into two division called provinces and the
status of Kishtwar got reduced to a district with Ramban as its Tehsil. Lala
Sarb Dayal is considered as the last Governor of Kishtwar province. Kishtwar
remained as a district headquarters upto 1909 A.D. and was then placed under
Udhampur Wazarat. District Doda was ultimately carved out in 1948 A.D.<br />
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The Islamic faith entered the region of Kishtwar, when Hazrat Shah Farid-ud-Din
came over to Kishtwar via Dengbattel, Ramban and Doda, in 1664 A.D. When Raja
Jai Singh ruling the while going to Kishtwar, he stayed at Doda for the long
long 14 years and then left for Kishtwar.<br />
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The principality of Bhadarwah was distributed into 15 tharas or administrative
units. The total area of Bhaderwah Jagir (including Bhalessa etc) was 533
sq.miles which after amalgamation with Udhampur district in 1931 was reduced to
213 sq.miles only. The earliest mention of the place is traced from
Rajatarangni around (1112-28 A.D.), where the place has been named as
Bhadravakash i.e. good resting place.<br />
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According to the genealogical role of the Rajas of Billawar, the State of
Bhaderwah was found about fifteenth century by a Scion of Balauria family, but later
on, came under the control of Chamba. Thus it may be presumed that the State
was established any time around 12th century, but the events of the place,
right up to the close of 16th century are not very clear.<br />
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Nag Pal (IInd) was the son of Maha Pal who, like his father was a great devotee
of Basak Nag. He is said to have ruled for one hundred years. Mela Patt is
celebrated at Bhadarwah in honour of Nag Pal's spiritual victory over Emperor
Akbar. After Nagpal (IInd) the political conditions of Bhadarwah principality
were very uncertain up to the 17th century. Nag pal is said to have died about
1620 A.D. Nag Pal (IInd) was succeeded by Bhakhat Pal (1620-35 A.D.) and many
others. Bhadarwah became a part of Chamba State during the reign of Charat
Singh, (1821-44 A.D.).<br />
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His brother Zorawar Singh was appointed its Administrative Governor. Being a
man of fine tastes Zorawar Singh preferred to stay at Chamba and administration
of Bhadarwah was conducted by a succession of Subedars, who could not win over
the local inhabitants. Zorawar Singh was designated as Titualar Raja of
Bhadarwah in 1833 A.D. and was termed as Chhota Raja.<br />
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In 1844 A.D. Sri Singh was seated on the Gaddi of Chamba. Due to family
dispute, Zorawar Singh fled to Bhadarwah and then to Jammu where he tried to
gain the support of Jammu and rebel elements of Bhadarwah, but he could not
succeed till his death. Zorawar Singh's son, Prakaram Singh was made Raja of
Bhadarwah in 1845 A.D. But owing to Anglo-Sikh war of 1845, Sikh dominion of
the Hill States became very weak and Gulab Singh availed this opportunity to
annex Bhadarwah with his territory. The same year when Prakaram Singh was its
Raja, Bhadarwah passed on to Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1846 A.D.<br />
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During Gulab Singh's time, Bhadarwah remained a military administered area,
administered by a Special Administrative Officer and it was only in the later
year of Ranbir Singh's rule, that Bhadarwah was bestowed as Jagir to Amar
Singh. Bhadarwah in Ranbir Singh's time remained as private Jagir. Ranbir Singh
appointed Lhab Joo as Kardar (Tehsildar) of Bhadarwah in 1859 A.D. Bhadarwah
remained a Jagir of Raja Sir Amar Singh during 1978-81 A.D.<br />
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On November 10,1886, as per report of Tehsildar Bhadarwah, the Jagir of
Bhadarwah was handed over to the representatives of Raja Amar Singh by
Tehsildar Bhadarwah and it remained his personal domain with all Powers for its
administration, development and revenue collection till his death in 1911 A.D.
Thus for almost all practical purposes Amar Singh was ruler of Bhadarwah
between 1886 and 1911. When Amar Singh passed away in 1911. A.D. Maharaja
Pratap Singh issued an order regarding the Jagir and a committee of management
was constituted for the estate of Hari Singh for the disposal of civil and criminal
matters.<br />
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Pratap Singh passed away in 1925. He had no issue and therefore Amar Singh's
son Hari Singh occupied the throne of J&K State. The status of the Jagir
was changed. Its name as private Jagir was changed to Private Domain and
incharge jagir was changed to Director Private Domains. On the recommendations
of Private Domain Assimilation Committee, the status of Bhadarwah ended in 1930
A.D. Consequently Bhadarwah became a tehsil of Udhampur District in 1931. After
establishment of District Headquarter Doda, Bhadarwah was made a tehsil of this
District.<br />
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Consequent upon reorganization of District and Tehsils, Naibat Thathri and
Niabat Bhalessa of Bhadarwah Tehsil also became fully fledged Tehsils in 1981.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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waters of the Chenab start from snow melt from the Bara-Lacha Pass, in Himachal
Pradesh. The waters flowing south from the pass are known as the Chandra River
and those that flow north are called the Bhaga River. Eventually the Bhaga
flows around to the south joining the Chandra at the village of Tandi. A
motorable road runs along the Bhaga River, from Khokhsar to Tandi. The Chandra
and Bhaga meet to form the Chandrbhaga River at Tandi. It becomes the Chenab
when it joins the Marau River at Bhandera Kot, 12 km from Kishtwar Town.
It flows from the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of the
Punjab, forming the boundary between the Rechna and Jech interfluves
(Doabs in Persian). It is joined by the Jhelum River at Trimmu and
then by the Ravi River at Ahnedpur Sial. It then merges with the Sutlej River
near Uch Sharif, Pakistan to form the Panjnad or the 'Five Rivers',
the fifth being the Beas River which joins the Sutlej near Ferozepur,
India. The Chenab then joins the Indus at Mithankot. The total length of
the Chenab is approximately 960 kilometres.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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river was known to Indians in the Vedic period as Chandrabhaga. In
325 BC, Alexander the Great allegedly founded the town of Alexandria
on the Indus (present day Ich Sharif or Mithankot or
Chacharan in Pakistan at the confluence of the Indus and the combined stream of
Punjab rivers (currently known as the Panjnad River <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Chenab River is also called as the “RIVER OF LOVERS” because of the . It is the
iconic river around which Punjabi consciousness revolves, and plays a prominent
part in the tale of Heera Ranjha , the Punjabi national epic and the
legend of Sohni Mahiwal. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Hyderal Project is already functional. This river has been in the
news of late due to the steps taken by the Indian government to build a
number of hydroelectric power dams along its length in India, notably Baglihar
Dam , as part of the Indus Basin Project . These planned projects on
Chenab have been contested by Pakistan, though Pakistan's objections have been
dismissed by the Indian government.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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River or the Stod River is a river 79 kilometres
(49 mi) long, which forms the Stod Valley in the Zanskar valley of
the Ladakh region. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Doda River rises from the Drang-Drung Glacier near Pensi-La, mountain pass off
the Zanskar-Kargil road. The Drang-Drung Glacier is a river of ice and
snow by itself and is the largest glacier other than the Siachen Glacier in
Ladakh outside the Karakoram Range. It gives rise to a mountain peak named
"Doda Peak", 21,490 ft (6,550 meters) high, and it is the
namesake for the Doda district , which lies in the rear side of
the glacier; the Doda River is also known as Stod River. After rising from
its source, the Doda River flows southeast down along the Kargil -
Zanskar road in the main Zanskar valley, through the towns of Akshu, Abran,
Kushol and Phey. The river then passes a confluence with its
tributary, the Tsarap River, at Padum, the capital of Zanska. Together,
these two rivers form the Zanskar River, a tributary of the Indus River<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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river at Kursha Monastery <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Doda River contributes to the minimal agricultural production of the Zanskar
valley by providing irrigation to the fields of barley, wheat, buckwheat and
peas. Accessible in the summer, the Pensi-La mountain pass at the
source of the river receives heavy snowfall along with the other pass Zojila ,
which cuts off the Stod Valley from the rest of the country during winter, and
the river freezes during this season. The river source at Pensi La lies 350
kilometres (220 mi) east from the Srinagar r, the capital of Jammu
and Kashmir. The Doda River is famous for adventure sports. Rafting
events are organised throughout the length of the Doda and the Zanskar.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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reached late at night to New town of Doda and after checking in the government
guest house, we went out to the sleepy town to have dinner. After dinner we
just got knocked out and exhaustedly slept off. This New town of Doda is built
on a plateau that is on top of a mountain. The new town is well planned city with
proper drainage, proper lanes, proper market and modern cemented houses.
Because the old town of Doda which was on a very lower level, got completely
submerged in the back waters of Chenab River after Baglliar Hydral Project dam was
constructed.</span></b></div>
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this chapter also, I have complied two days (29 & 30 July) travelling into one. The reason is
that because of both the days, our most of the time went only in travelling</span></b><br />
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29th of July 2012, after our breakfast at Gulmarg, we rode our motor bikes back
towards Srinagar city through the same route through which we had come. But
just 20 Km before Batmalu (central bus stand of Srinagar city), at Naebal we
took the by-pass road, which by- passes the whole crowded Srinagar city and
this by-pass road joins near Badami Bagh cantonment area. By using this by-pass
road, not only did we save distance wise, but we tremendously saved on travelling
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per our today’s plan, for the night we would be staying at Anantnag city. From
Gulmarg to Anantnag city we had to travel via Tangmarg---Manigam---Naebal---Badami-Bagh-(cantonment-area)---Pampore---Awantipora---Bijbehara---Anantnag
City. At moderate and comfortable speed, we took about five hours from Gulmarg
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way is Pampore Town. It is on the south of Kashmir and is roughly about
10 Km from Srinagar city. It is situated at Jammu-Srinagar National highway. Pampore Town is famous for Saffron cultivation. In whole of Kashmir Valley, Pampore
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area is the best producer of saffron in Kashmir valley. Saffron is one of the costliest spices of
the world. The estimation given by the saffron dealer of Kashmir, Pampore has a
capability to grow more than 385 KG of saffron in a year. But because of the
industrial waste of chemical pollution of Wuyan cement factory at Pampore, the
industrial cement dust and the industrial soot has gradually declined the
saffron growth. In 2004 it went down up to 248 kg of saffron in a year. But
the continuous problem occurred by these cement industries have shown great
decline in this saffron cultivation. In 2010 the saffron traders have not done
deal of saffron more than 73 kg in a year. The sad part is that despite
the continuous strong protests of the saffron growers, Government of Jammu and
Kashmir has not done anything to take care of the severe industrial waste
problems caused by the cement factories around Pampore area. The net result is
that the saffron growers are frustrated, dejected and helpless.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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friends of Bushan Parimoo are saffron growers as well as the members of Saffron
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arranged to serve us with hot, hot Saffron-Khawa. Khawa is local Kashmiri sweet
tea, which is brewed with saffron and honey. Khawa is tasty, aromatic, delicious,
refreshing and rejuvenating. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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km from the state capital Srinagar. Awantipora is a small town located at
Jammu-Srinagar National highway. This town may be about 25 Km from Srinagar
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temple located at Jawbrari in the centre of a courtyard surrounded by a
colonnaded peristyle is dedicated to Lord Shiva on the banks of the
River Jhelum (Vitasta). Less than a </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">kilometre</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> away is Avantiswamin temple
dedicated to Vishnu. The Vaikunta Vishnu illustrated as frontispiece is said to
be found in this temple. The two temples are quite similar structurally. The
walls of the entrance are ornamented with sculptured reliefs both internally
and externally.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b><br />
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ruins of temples constructed by Lalitaditya, the Brahmin emperor of
Kashmir, are also located in Awantipora. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At
Awantipora the two temple ruins located are about one km from each other. The
first ruin is the Awantiswamin Temple. A Vaishnava temple built by king
Awantivarman (855 AD – 883 AD), Vaikuntha Vishnu was the presiding deity.</span></b></div>
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imposing monument has been built on a two-tiered base in the centre of a paved
courtyard. Buddhist influence is quite evident in the architecture. The outer
boundary wall or the courtyard has four shrines in its four corners. The
entrance to the temple is located in the middle of the west wall and can be
approached by a flight of steps. The walls have beautiful designs and images of
gods. Even though the temple is dedicated to Vishnu, images of Shiva can also be
seen on the pillars and stones. Even after 1200 years, the sculpted images are
distinctly visible and impressive.</span></b></div>
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is an underground Indian Air Force Station situated at Koil which is about 5 Km
away from Awantipora. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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town of Bijbehara is situated in the south of Kashmir on the banks
of Jhelum River popularly known here as "Veth". It is one
of the notable towns of the district. It is four miles to the north of Anantnag
town. </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
town is surrounded and intersected by plateaus, including "The Totak
Shah", from which the whole town can be seen. There are many other
plateaus which are getting urbanised.</span></b></div>
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Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh constructed a bridge here which was 100
yards long and 6 yards wide spanning the Jhelum River at Bijbehara near
the Mughal garden. The bridge was washed away by heavy floods. The oldest
Chinar tree of the sub-continent is located in the garden popularly called
as Padshahi Bagh which is now under the control of Tourist Department. The
garden comprises 25 Chinars. The oldest Chinar is 70 feet in circumference at
ground level. The Dara Shiku Garden is also on the bank of the Jhelum... The
Padshahi Garden and the Dara Shikwa Garden are separated by the river Jehlum
which is spanned over by a bridge known as "Padshahi Bagh Bridge",
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saint Guru Nanak sahibji had also come to this town and presently a
Gurudwara under name "Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Pehli Padshahi Gurudwara
Bijbehara" is at this place.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Since the whole of Bijbehara has plenty of Willow trees cultivation and Willow
is the best suitable wood for manufacturing high quality of cricket bats. To
attract the attentions of the Kashmir tourists, on either side of the national
highway at Bijbehara has huge stacks of precut and unfinished cricket bats.
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is about 65 Km from Srinagar city. Near Anantnag i.e. at Khanbal there is a
forked road junction, where one road turns right that goes to Jammu city and
the other forked road junction leads to Anantnag city and Amarnath cave via
Pahalgam. While coming from Jammu city, the Pilgrimages’ those who wish to visit
Amarnath cave via Pahalgam take the deviation here at Kahanbal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Sanskrit term for "Land of countless springs" Nag also means
water spring in the Kashmiri language. Thus Anantnag is believed to mean numerous
springs, because there are many springs, including Nag Bal, Salak Nag and Malik
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is an ancient city that came into existence as a market town around
5000 BCE making it one of the oldest urban human settlements in the world.
Before the advent of Muslim rule in 1320 CE, Kashmir was divided into three
divisions, viz., Maraz in the south, Yamraj in the centre and Kamraj in the
north of the Valley. Old chronicles reveal that the division was the
culmination of the rift in between Marhan and Kaman, the two brothers, over the
crown of their father. The part of the valley which lies between Pir Panjal and
Srinagar , and called the Anantnag, was given to Marhan and named after
him as Maraj. While Srinagar is no longer known as Yamraj, the area to its
north and south are still called Kamraz and Maraz respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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aboriginals of the valley. It was also known as Kashyapteshwara in ancient
times linking it to the mythology of Kashyap Reshi. In ancient times, it was
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Kashmiri language. Thus Anantnag is believed to mean numerous springs because
here are many springs including Nagbal, Salak Nag and Malik Nag in the town.
Thus every part of Anantnag town resides on a crest of water. Few feet depth
brings water to the surface. Anantnag is a perfect Vastu Shastra location by
nature. On one side is a hillock releasing endless water from its feet.
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Anantnag three streams namely Arapath, the glacier waters from Mrigin Mountain
and streamlets from springs of Chahaer and Brahmasar form Aripat Bringi, Bringi
freshet is formed by the glacier waters from the Hokhsar Mountain and various
other streams from Springs of Navbhug and Kokernag and Sandran the glacier
waters from Brari Mountain and streams from Verinag and other springs of
Shahabad from Sandran confluence together and mingles with Veyth. Another
stream Liddar (Lamboodri) also joins the flow with them at a little distance
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entire temple complex is known popularly as Nagabal and is famous Hindu
religious center in Anantnag District. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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to ancient mythological stories, the name Anant-Nag is given to the place
because Lord Shiva during his journey to Amarnath cave left all his valuables
on the way and Anant-Nag was the place where he is supposed to have left
countless number of serpents residing on him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Nagbal temple is in the eastern corner of the Anantnag town, placed adjacent to
a spring. There are long shady Chinar trees that stand sentinel round the tank.
The presiding deity of the Nagbal temple is Lord Ananta Bhawan set up at the
outlet of the spring. The temple was built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh, the
2nd Dogra ruler of Kashmir. There are also other smaller temples in the
temple complex. Shiva temple, the oldest temple, was built during the reign of
Maharaja Partap Singh. A sulphur spring, which is believed to possess spiritual
and medicinal power, is also located in the temple complex. Nagbal is bounded
by incredible beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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a small stone temple is located near Nagbal Temple complex and is dedicated to
the Mata Ragnya. Inside the temple is the sanctum sanctorum, which is about 12
square feet in size, in the middle of which is 6 square feet holy spring. The
Ragnya is said to have blessed the spring. According to a legend, Wazir Pannu,
who was a minister during Dogra rule, had a dream in which the goddess revealed
to him the secret of her presence in the holy spring and left it to the care of
Pandit Balkak, a priest. Maharaja Pratap Singh used to visit the shrine during
his travel from Jammu to Srinagar or back, pray and make offerings. He is also
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one more temple complex of Lord Rama is come up within the compound complex of Nag
Bal. This Lord Rama temple is just adjutant to Sulphur spring. This temple
complex is constructed in phases, during militancy, first by senior Swamiji, shri shri Mahant Swami Madhav Dass ji Maharaj and
then continued by junior swamiji Shri Ganesh Dass ji. During militancy Senior swamiji was kidnapped by
militants and tortured asking him to run away from Anathnag city. Since he
refused to listen to militants, they tortured him, starved him and even tied
him up side down, but in vain. Then somehow local Muslims approached the militants
and requested them to release him. Once he was released, he was to week to
walk, to talk or to eat. After some time he died. Then his junior Swamiji, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> Shri Ganesh Dass ji</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> took over the temple. Even he was threatened by the militants, but somehow
militants let him continue. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">junior swamiji Shri Ganesh Dass ji</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is still there in the temple, and he is now
expanding the construction of the Ram Temple. He has constructed a big three storied
building. On all the two floors he has established Nav-Durgas and on the top
floor he has constructed about 20 feet cemented beautiful “shiv-Linga”</span></b><br />
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Anantnag is located centrally, it has a strategic importance as a major centre
of trade and commerce. It is a city of various handicrafts and main trading
centre and manufacturing place for shawl weaving, “GABBA” which is hand knotted
carpet using ruff, coarse black colour wool. And “NAMDAH” is also hand knitted
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valley of Kashmir is famed around the world for its mystical glorious past of
grandeur, power and riches beyond imagination. The antiquity of the monuments
and various architectural structures tell tales of a rich legacy and a refined
sense of culture and art. The Kashmir Valley has witnessed many vicissitudes
and experienced many upheavals from time to time. No significant ancient
building or archaeological site is found in the valley today, except for the
Martand temple, To name a few more like the Martand Sun Temple, the Awantipora
temples, the Sankara-Gauresvara temple, temple of Sugandhesa at Patan, the
Pandrethan temples, the Shiva Bhutesa and Siva Jeyshthesa temples at Vangath,
the Parihasakesva, Muktakesva, Mahavarha and Goverdhanadhara temples in
Parihasapura, and the famous Mameswara Siva temple at Mamalaka are some
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most of the ancient architectural monuments in the area were destroyed during
the rule of Pathans, Mughals and Sultan Sikander. What must have once been
magnificent architectural show pieces like the Martand complex of temples, or
the temples of Lalitaditya , the Emperor of Kashmir, and King Awantivarman
at Awantipoa (which lie midway between Srinagar and Anantnag), are
now in grand ruins, but nonetheless exude evidence of their glorious past.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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architecture is different from the rest of India as most temples are square or
oblong in design. They are subdivided into closed (vimana) or open (mandapa)
type. Kashmiri temples are typically ‘Suddha’ edifices, constructed with one
kind of material from base to the summit. The ancient temples of Kashmir mostly
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Martand temple is one of the important archaeological sites of the country. The
temple was attacked by Sikander Butshikan. It took one year for Sikander
Butshikan to fully damage and destroy this Martand temple. Even today one gets
surprised over art and skill of the builders of this world famous Martand
temple by looking at its ruins.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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impressive architecture reveals the glorious past of the area. After
Independence, the government developed many beauty spots of the district, but
of their noble and magnificent edifices only faint traces survive. This
temple has the typical Aryan structure as was present in Aryan Kashmir.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Martand temple is situated at Rambirpora Kehribal, nine kilometres
east-north-east of Anantnag city.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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temple in Indo-Greek architectural style was built by the King Lalitaditya. The
Martand temple is one of the most important archaeological sites of the
country. Ancient temples of Kashmir mostly range from mid 8th century AD to
12th century AD</span></b></div>
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Krishna Hebbar and Abhimanu had not seen Jawahar tunnel, so we decided to drive
through the Jawahar tunnel and come back to proceed to our further journey.
Though it was our out of the way to drive towards the tunnel, but we thought
that it was worth taking the trouble to drive out of the way, so that these two
guys could see the Jawahar tunnel. So we came back from Marthand to Qazigund
via Khanbal. After heavy lunch at Qazigund we rode our bikes to Jawahar tunnel
which is about 20 Km from Qazgund.</span></b></div>
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Tunnel is named after the first Prime Minister of India was constructed
for round-the-year surface transport by Mr. Alfred Kunz and Mr. C. Barsel (both were
German) between 1954 and 1960. The Jawahar tunnel has been operational since 22
December 1956. The length of tunnel is 2.85 km (1.77 mi), its
elevation is 2,194 m (7,198 ft) and it has one lane road in either
direction. It is situated between Banihal and Qazigund on NH-A1.The
tunnel facilitates round-the-year road connectivity from Srinagar to Jammu. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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the tunnel was renovated by the Border Road Organization under the project
BEACON in 1960. It was designed for 150 vehicles per day in each direction but
the number of vehicles is now 7,000 in both directions. After renovations, the
tunnel now has a two-way ventilation system, pollution &temperature
sensors, lighting system and with emergency phones for any assistance from
Border Roads Organization.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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is guarded by military round the clock. Once the vehicle enters
the tunnel, it has to maintain the same speed throughout the tunnel. CCTVs are
installed in the tunnel for continuous monitoring.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tunnel used to be closed for civilian traffic between midnight and 8 a.m. until
2009. Now it is open all 24 hours of the day.</span></b></div>
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tunnel is at 7,200 feet above sea level and is 2.85 Km long, at present
movement of vehicles per day is around 7,000. Design engineers were Alfred Kunz
and C. Barsel (both German). Tunnel work started in 1954 and was opened on 22<sup>nd</sup>
December 1956. When the tunnel was designed, it was designed for the movement
of 150 vehicles only. And in those olden days all most all the vehicles were
small. A Bus could carry only 16 people. Lorries could carry only 5 tones of
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closure of the Murree-Muzaffarabad-Srinagr road on partition of India in
1947, Banihal pass was the only passage that connected Jammu to Srinagar. Prior
to Jawahar tunnel, all the vehicle traffic had to pass through Banihal Pass
which was at an elevation of 9,500 feet above sea level on Pir Panjal Mountain
that connected Banihal with Qazigund on the other side of the mountain. The Pir
Panjal mountain range separates the Kashmir valley from the outer Himalaya and
plains to Jammu region. The Banihal pass
was accessible only in summer and remains closed rest of the year due to heavy
snow and continuous landslides.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of a new 8.45 km (5.25 mi) long Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel started
in 2011 to widen NH 1A to four lanes. It is a double tube tunnel consisting of
two parallel tunnels - one for each direction of travel. Each tunnel is 7 meter
wide tunnel and has two lanes of road. The two tunnels are interconnected by a
passage every 500 meters for maintenance and emergency evacuation. The tunnel
will have forced ventilation for extracting smoke and stale air and infusing
fresh air. It will have state of the art monitoring and control systems for
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tunnel's average elevation at 1,790 m (5,870 ft) is 400 meter lower
than the existing Jawahar tunnel’s elevation and would reduce the road
distance between Banihal and Qazigund by 16 km (9.9 mi). The new
tunnel would also be less prone to snow avalanche as it will be at a lower
elevation. The vehicles will have to pay toll tax to use the tunnel.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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spring is of great importance and beauty, with deep blue water which
issues from the bottom of a high scrap of a mountain spur and here also Emperor
Jehangir built a garden and pleasure house. The Verinag spring is about
26 kilometers away from Anantnag and is considered as the original source
of river Jehlum. The spring is situated at the bottom of hill covered by pine
trees and evergreen plants. The wonderful and charming construction of the
spring as well as its adjacent garden compels the visitors to see it again and
again. The construction of the banks of spring as well as its surroundings is
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is an important tourist place about 8 kilometers away from Anathnag .
The place is famous and attractive due to an ancient spring surrounded by a
garden terraced and developed by the Mughals. The place has got some historical
background also. The upper portion of the garden is called 'Bag-e-Begum Abad'
developed by Malika Noor Jehan Begum in 1620 AD and renowned as Sahib Abad
in which there was a Hamam (treasure of water) getting heat from a logical lamp
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is famous for its trout streams and the largest fresh water spring in Kashmir,
Trout hatchery department which has constructed pools in series where in trout
is reared. Different pools have got trout with different weights and ages. Departments
sell it to the tourists who find it a delicious dish and enjoy it. Kokernag is
eight miles from Achabal and famous for the curative properties of its
beautiful springs. The total area of Kokernag is 300 Kanals of which 129 kanals
is for the purpose of gardens and the rest is forest area. Kokernag has some
historical importance also. Kokernag has been mentioned in Ain Akbari, where in
it has been mentioned that the water of Kokernag satisfies both hunger and
thirst and its is also a remedy for indigestion. The author of Ain Akbari
notices that touch-stone is found in Kokernag.</span></b><br />
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Down the </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.533334732055664px;">Memory</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lane, Ancient Pictures of Kashmir<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Ashok Parimoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987415918828456887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519160833592025900.post-4106797680175386402014-02-05T22:16:00.001-08:002014-02-05T22:16:23.488-08:00Chapter--(9 & 10) of My Mughal Road Motor Biking escapade. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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narration, because of the reason that I have explained below.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Since today we had planned
to go to “AMAN SETU (The PEACE BRIDGE)” at Uri. And the duration of
this trip was planned for three days.But because of the indefinite
Bandh call forced by the separatists, we couldn't move
around as planned. We feel terribly sorry that
we couldn't make it to “Aman Setu” the conclusion is that the “WAR
BEGETS TOURISM”.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Friendship Bridge at Salamabad in “URI” that links Jammu & Kashmir and
Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir, has become a hot tourist attraction. Tourists come
here to see the “PEACE BRIDGE” that provides a “Peace-link with the enemy”. The
PEACE BRIDGE that is suppose to links the HEARTS and brought together families
and trades separated by WARS.</span></b><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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a gap of 57 years, Aman Setu bridge that connected Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road
was thrown open on April 7, 2005, to facilitate meeting of divided families,
was built with the hope as the “MOTHER OF ALL
CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES” aimed at restoring peace
and tranquillity in the state. The first bus
was flagged off by Priminster Manmohan Singh, despite strong
and furious opposition from militant organizations. Where as In 2008,
the bilateral trade services was started from this bridge.
But in the bargain, Aman Setu turned out to be just another
wet-squid. Didn't fulfil the expectations of the
Kashmiri aspirants. Because of any hostilities anywhere along
LOC, the first casualty is bus services that
frequently get suspended for indefinitely. Traders and the
commuters are unhappy and wary, because Indian
Kashmiri truck drivers are taken as hostage for any custom violation
done by Pakistani traders and truck drivers. In the Nut-Shell
Aman-Setu remains a limping and disappointing confidence building
measure?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I am writing now, is a statement of an Indian Army officer that AMAN SETU, is
not a leisure tourist spot,but is just like any other ordinary
bridge at LOC. We can not afford a casual attitude. This is not “WAGAH”,
which is the International border dividing two nations and both the Armies hold
together the regular Flag-Hosting ceremonies. We do not want to give the LOC
the stamp of Legitimacy. India does not end here, it extends beyond the LOC and
LOC is not permanent.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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route was a part of old silk route and the Mughal route as well, and all along
the route there are still many ancient sites, temples, Gurudwaras and shrines
of religious and historical interests.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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nearly four days of Paralysing and holding the Kashmir valley hostage by
the Separatists Bandh call. Today as the valley is back to normal, we
decided to go to Gulmarg Via Naebal--Manigam--Kunzar--Tangmarg--Gulmarg to
Bootapathri.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Zeestha devi temple complex, we rode our bikes via, Dal Gate, Residency road,
Lal Chowk, Hari Singh street, Kashmir Sectratre, Batmalu, Nokersar, Naebal, Manigam,
Kunzar and halted for a short time at Tangmarg.</span></b><br />
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picture bellow is of a village called as "HOKERSAR" which is just
about 8 to 10 Km from Batmalu village of the Srinagar city, In 1947, a
small contingent of Pakistan army had reached up
to "HOKERSAR". Even just by one day, had Indian army
delayed Indian Air Force bombardment on Pakistani army at Baramula,
Pakistan army would have captured whole of Srinagar city.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Bushan Parimoo had intimated one of his good friend Mr. Mahmood Shokhut,
chief executive officer, Gulmarg Tourism, who
was in-charge of Tangmarg/ Gulmarg tourism department.
Since Mr. Mahmood Shokut is a very good trekker and is very well
versed with the whole area, he gave us few valuable tips of important
places around Gulmarg to visit. He even helped us to arrange a hut for over
night stay.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Tangmarg we visited a village called as “Darakesi” where once upon a time the
brave Gullar “Gullar Din Mohamad” Lived. This brave Gujjar was awarded “Padama
Shree” by the government of India for his gallantry deed of informing
Indian Army in 1965, about the infiltration of Pakistan
Army personal sneaking into
Indian territory disguising as Mujahideens. In the later spat of terrorism in
1990, he was shot dead by the militants to take the revenge of 1965
as an Indian Army informer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Gujjar lady who was conferred with bravery gallantry award of “Padam
Shree” in 1972, is Mrs. Mali from Pooch/ Jorian. She is the only woman
from J&K who has been conferred with this highest honourable and
prestigious gallantry award. In 1971 war she was fearlessly
daring woman who helped Indian Army with very vital informations about the
Pankistani army strategic movements.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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from Tangmarg we rode towards Gulmarg which is about 10 Km distance. Road from
Tangmarg to Gulmarg is full of lush green scenic panorama of thick
healthy pine trees, colourful wild flowers and zig-zag good road. It’s a
blissful pleasure to drive the motor bikes on this cool breeze scenic
road. It feels great when while ridding motor bikes, the cold wind hits us
directly on our faces and bodies. It’s an amazing experience by itself.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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has been a resort for the kings like Yousuf Shah Chak and who used to
visit frequently. The old name of Gulmarg was "Gaurimarg", the name
of Lord Shiva's wife. Yousuf Shah Chak changed its name to Gulmarg, meaning the
place of roses. During the early part of the 20th century the famous Central
Asian explorer Sir Mac Aurel Stein (1862–1943), made his home here in
a tent between his expeditions. It was a favourite summer holiday destination
for the British stationed in India.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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surrounding areas were politically restive during a period of relative peace
and quiet. The town is nestled within the imposing Himalayian peaks,
and lies within miles of the Line of Control. It receives heavy snowfall
during the winter season and is a popular skiers sort.</span></b><br />
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the abatement of militancy in the area, Gulmarg has quickly become one of the
state's most visited destinations. The slopes of Afarwat Hills of the Pir
Panjal Range of the Himalaya Chain boast one of the longest and
highest ski slopes in Asia. The total distance covered by ski lifts is five
kilometres and the resort peaks at an altitude of 3,950 m
(12,959 ft), accessed by an aerial gondola (telecabine). The entire hill
is guarded by the army at all times. The army, which is seen everywhere in the
cities of Kashmir, is not in the town or the actual hilltop. Frisking is only
done midway on the access road at 3 places: Tangmarg, near an army camp on
the road from Tangmarg, and 5 km before entering Gulmarg. Gulmarg does not
have any permanent residents. All living in Gulmarg are hotel employees and
guests.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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is only one of the tourist spot, which is thronged by the tourist throughout
the year, specially tourist in big number come here to ski during the peak
winter also.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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has one of the words highest natural Golf Grounds. Now a days the touriusium
department has installed electric Cable cars, named as
“Gondolas” which are 4 Km long and goes upto the hight of 12,000 feet
high. From our group only Abhimanyu and Krishna availed the Gondola facility.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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at Gulmarg town itself, there is a small Shiva temple one of the small mountain
peak, where lot of Hindi movies scenes are shot. Tourists have to climb about
100 steps to reach the temple.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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whole Kashmiri valley hoteliers and the road side restaurants is that
they name these restaurants as Hindu Names, such as Mahajn
Dhabha, Laxmi tea stall, Gayteri fast food joint, Shakati caterers etc,
etc. But in fact these are owned and run by Kashmiri Muslims. But when
Indian tourists read these Hindu names and then they enter
to have food. Now it is left to you guys to draw the conclusion?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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spent the night at a tourist hut where the dinner too was served to us. Next
day morning after the breakfast we drove to visit “Botpatrhri”, which is
a small hamlet bordering LOC. After few Km distance from
“Botpatrhri” is POK. To visit “Botpatrhri” we had to take army’s permission at
Gulmarg itself. On three side of “Botpatrhri” is surrounded by POK adjoining on
Pooch, Uri and Titwal sector.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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spent the whole day enjoying all the beautiful and serine surrounding areas
around Gulmarg and “Botpatrhri”. We interacted with lot of areas
Gujjar-Bakarwal villagers and their families. Next day morning after
the breakfast we rode our bikes towards Anathnag.</span></b><br />
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Ashok Parimoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987415918828456887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519160833592025900.post-27238378412633426962014-01-15T10:43:00.000-08:002014-01-15T10:43:01.587-08:00Set-7 “Ancient photographs of Kashmir and It’s people”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Down the memory lane, OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF KASHMIR AND ITS PEOPLE.<br />
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of the rarest picture of Begaum Akbar Jehan; wife of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
in SAREE.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Ashok Parimoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987415918828456887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519160833592025900.post-28807848690285480752014-01-10T00:43:00.000-08:002014-01-10T00:43:09.896-08:00Chapter-8,, My Motor Biking expedition through Old Mughal Road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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28<sup>th</sup> of July 2012, our plan was to Visit Shankaracharya Temple, Dal
Lake, Nagin Lake, Wullar Lake and Manasbal Lake.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Kashmir valley, 365 days, the only News that comes at any time of the day or
night, that too with a lightning speed, is the”Bandh Call forced by Separatists”.
Previous night by the time we slept every thing was fine and normal. But in the
next morning as we got ready to go for our today’s planned trip, we were told
that whole Kashmir valley has been shut down because of one of the groups of the
separatists have given indefinite bandh call. That’s it, By the bandh calls, Laks and Laks of
tourists get stranded and have no choice rather than frustratedly sitting
cooped up in doors.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine
by these Bandh Calls of the separatists, the plight of the inconvenience caused
to laks and Laks of tourists. Each tourist spend thousands of rupees to visit
Kashmir and in the bargain, we are not able to venture out satisfy touring Kashmir
as per each ones plan. We met a group of 6 young IT professionals from Delhi,
those had books a package tour of Kashmir for 5 days by paying Rs. 45,000/-
each. The first day itself when they landed at the air port, they came to know
that the whole Kashmir valley has been shut down by bandh call. From airport
they were taken to the hotel where they were booked. And on the 5<sup>th</sup>
day they flew back to Delhi even without stepping out of their hotel. Imagine
their miserable plight that they spent Rs. 2,70,00/- total, and just got cooped
up in a hotel room. That is Kashmir.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of Bandh call given by separatist, we </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> want risking our lives by moving around on motor bikes around Srinagar city. So we preferred to move around
safer areas such as Shankaracharya temple and Dal Lake vicinity only.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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Shankaracharya temple is situated in the Srinagar city on the hill known as
Takht-e-Suleiman. It is housed at a height of 1100 ft. above the sea level. It
is believed that Raja Gopadatya son of Raja Ashoka, got the temple constructed
in 371 BC, giving it the name of Gopadri. The great philosopher Shankaracharya
is supposed to have stayed here when he visited Kashmir to revive Sanatan
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incident, which took place ten centuries ago, led to the renaming of the temple
as the Shankracharya temple. The Shankracharya remple is dedicated
to Lord Shiva and is thought to be one of the oldest shrine in the Kashmir
valley. The temple, as it stands today, has undergone many repairs throughout
its life. The first repair is supposed to have been done under the rule of
Lalitaditya. The second repairs were undertaken by Zain-ul-Abideen after the
temple got damaged in an earthquake. These repairs were carried out during the
Governorship of Sheikh Mohi-ud-Din. Maharaja Gulab Singh, a Dogra ruler, is
credited for the stone steps that form a part of the passage to the shrine. The
electrification of the Shankracharya temple was done in 1925. </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #005680; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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temple is of great importance, not only from the point of view of religion, but
also from architectural viewpoint. A high octagonal platform supports the
temple, approached by a flight of approximately hundred steps. The side walls of
the steps once bore some valuable inscriptions. There is also a Persian
inscription inside the temple, dating back to Emperor Shahjahan's rule. The
main surviving shrine, consisting of a circular cell, provides a magnificent
view of the valley below. The inner chamber of the Shankaracharya temple, after
being repaired, is now covered with a modern ceiling.</span></b></div>
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Shankarcharya lies in Srinagar District across the Nehru Park: a beautiful
island within the Dal Lake One can either trek to Shankaracharya Temple from
the Durganag Temple lying in civillines area or alternatively can take a
automobile upto the footsteps from the Boulevard road. The climb is approx. 7
Kms and then there is a flight of 100 odd steps up. the road passes through
jungle and offers beautiful views all around.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Dal Lake lies on the suburbs of Srinagar in the east and is divided into four
parts by causeways, namely Gagribal, Lokut Dal, Bod Dal and Nagin.. The lake is
4 miles long and 11 miles broad. Against the Zabarwan mountains background
which is reflected in its calm expanse and enclosed by trees the lake looks
superb. In summer, it is a paradise for visitors who glide over its waters in
shikaras and houseboats.The Dal Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes, not
only in Kashmir, rather in the whole of India. It is the second largest lake in
Kashmir. The main attractions of the lake are the encircling mountains,
blossoming gardens and orchards, Islands of Char-Chinar and Nehru Park, Kootar-Khana,
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embankments of Dal Lake also house a number of Mughal monuments, Maharaja’s Hari
singh’s Palace, number of five-star hotels, Governars residence, Hazaratbal
Mosque and the campus of the University of Kashmir. Further beautifying the
scenery of the lake are two hillocks that house the famous shrine of
Shankaracharya and Hari Parbat temples. Numerous houseboats line the lake,
providing their guests with serene atmosphere and picturesque surroundings. The
Shikaras provide ferry rides to and from the banks of the lake to the
houseboats. Scenery of this lake also consists of clusters of sloping
roofed houses on its islands. Apart from being one of the greatest attractions
of the valley, Dal Lake also supports the second largest industry of the
region, fishing. The plethora of fishes in the lake provides occupation to a
large number of people in the valley.</span></b></div>
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Shikara Shops in Dal Lake, selling Kashmiri Artifacts, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Handicrafts</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">, Silk
sarees, </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">Woollen</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and Pashmina </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">Shawls</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dal
lake is located within a catchment area in the foothills of
the Zabarwan Range, which surrounds it on three sides. The lake, which
lies to the east and north of Srinagar city covers an area of 18 square
kilometres (6.9 sq mi), although including the floating gardens
of Lotus blooms, The main basin draining the lake is a complex of
five interconnected basins with causeways; the Nehru Park basin, the
Nishat basin, the Hazratbal basin, the Nagin basin and the Barari
Nambad basin. Navigational channels provide the transportation links to all the
five basins.</span></b><br />
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average elevation of the lake is 1,583 metres (5,194 ft). The depth of
water varies from 6 metres (20 ft) at its deepest in Nagin lake to 2.5
metres (8.2 ft), the shallowest at Gagribal. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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shallow, open-drainage lake is fed by Dachigam-Telbal Nallah (with perennial
flow), Dara Nallah ('Nallah' means "stream") and many other small
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gardens, labelled the 'RAD' in the Kashmiri language are a special feature of
the lake. They basically constitute of matted vegetation and earth, but are
floating. These are detached from the bottom of the lake and drawn to a
suitable place (generally to the north west of the houseboats' location) and
anchored. Given its rich nutrient properties, tomatoes, cucumbers, nulkhol
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fishing industry on Dal Lake is the second largest industry in the region and
is central to many of the people's livelihoods who reside on the lake's
periphery. Dal lake's commercial fisheries are particularly reliant on
carp fish species, which were introduced into the lake in 1957. As a result,
carp constitutes 70% of all the fish caught in the lake while the schizothonax
constitutes 20% and other species account for 10%. Fishermen use a locally
manufactured cast net which comprises six parts with a diameter of 6 metres. It
is operated from a wooden fishing boat made out of deodar, typically
20ftx4ft in size. The gradual decline in quality of the lake water through
pollution has resulted in lower fish stocks and the extinction of endemic
varieties of fish. The causes for such deterioration have been identified and
remedial actions have been initiated.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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we could not visit to other remaining Lakes. So I decided while just sitting
and wasting my time, I better introduce all of my blog readers to the remaing important
and famous Lakes of Kashmir Valley. The city of Srinagar itself is quite famous
for its lakes. Peace, serenity, calm, tranquility all defines the beautiful
lakes of Kashmir. Apart from that, the delightful backdrop of the lakes almost
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LAKES ARE “GANGABAL-LAKE, GADSAR-LAKE, (ALSO CALLED AS THE LAKE OF DEATH),
KRISHANSAR-LAKE, NUNDKOL-LAKE, SATSAR-LAKE, VISHANSAR-LAKE, SHESHNAG-LAKE,
KOUNSAR-LAKE, WULAR-LAKE, MANASBAL-LAKE, DAL-LAKE, NAGIN LAKE.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake is situated at the foothills of Mount Haramukh (the
highest mountain peak in the vicinity of Kashmir valley) in Ganderbal district.
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lake has a maximum length of two and a half kilometres and maximum width of one
kilometre. It is fed by precipitation, glaciers and springs. The lake water
outflows to a nearby Nundkol Lake and then via Wangath
nallah to Sindh River.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Gangabal lake is approached from Srinagar 45 kilometres by road via Ganderbal
up to Naranag and then a trek of 15 kilometres upslopes leads to the
lake, which can be covered by a horse ride or by foot. The Shepherds and Gujjars can be seen during the
trek with their flocks of Sheep and Goats. Another trek (25 kilometres
long) leads to the lake site from Sonamarg via the Vishansar Lake crossing
three mountain passes Nichnai pass, Gadsar pass and Zajibal pass of an average
elevation of 4100 meteres.It can also be accessed through a trek from bandipore via
Arin.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Gangbal is also called Harmukut Ganga, and it is believed that this place is as
pious as Haridwar where Hindu pilgrims perform prayers and immerse ashes of the
dead. A traditional annual three-day-long yatra has been revived by APMCC and
Kashmiri Pabdits to preserve their cultural and religious
history. This Harmukh Gangbal Yatra is performed annually in the month of
September<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake or the Yemsar Lake is also called as the lake of
flowers is a picturesque sight, in Ganderbal district of Kashmir
valley. It’s at an elevation of 3600 metres. It has a max. length of 0.85
kilometres and max. width of 0.76 kilometres. Gadsar in Kashmiri
language means the lake of fishes, a natural habitat of trout and
other types of fishes. The lake freezes in the month of November to April and
is mostly covered by snow during these months, the floating ice bergs are seen
even in summer. It is surrounded by alpine meadows full of various kinds of
wild alpine flowers, therefore the lake is also called as the valley of
flowers. The lake is mainly fed by melting of galaciers. The Gadsar
Lake out flows through a stream flows north westwards and joins Neelum
River at Tulail.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Gadsar Lake is situated 108 kilometres northeast from Srinagar city.
From Naranag a 28 km alpine track leads to the lake. Another track of
41 km northwest from Shitkadi Sonamarg Via Vishansar Lake and Krishansar
Lake leads to the Gadsar Lake crossing two mountain passes of Nichnai and
Gadsar of more than 4100 meters above sea level. The best time to visit is
from the month of June to September.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Gadsar Lake is also named as Yemsar which means the lake of
demon and is referred as the lake of death. A myth still
unresolved. The Shepherds grazing their folks in the outskirts of
Gadsar lake during summers believe that, there lives a Lake Monster, a
freshwater Octopus which drags the creatures from shores by its
tentackles into the water. There is an uncertainty in the minds of visitors, a
kind of threat which prevents them going near the shores. The Shepherds also
chose otherwise grazing their folks at the shores of the lake. There has never
been any attempt made by anyone to find the reality. The fishes are being
caught outside the lake in a stream from which it flows out.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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alpine high altitude situated in the vicinity of Sonamarg less
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elevation of 3710 meters. It has a maximum length of 0.95 </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">kilometres</span><span style="line-height: 18pt;"> and
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lake of Lord Krishma. It is home to many types of fishes among of
which is the brown trout. It freezes during winter, and is inaccessible
during this season due to heavy snowfall. It is surrounded by green lush
meadows and attracts local shepherds who graze their flocks of sheep and goat
during summer.The Krishansar Lake is adjacent to Vishansar Lake , at its
back are the mountains standing covered with snow in which lies the Gadsar
Pass, a mountain pass which leads to the Gadsar Lake. The lake is a famous
trekking site in the Kashmir valley . It is mostly fed by melting of snow
and glaciers. It drains out through a small stream which falls into the
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Krishansar Lake is situated 115 km. northeast from Srinagar and
35 km from Shitkadi Sonamarg. From village Shitkadi ponies can be
hired to cover an alpine trek of 35 km to reach the Krishansar Lake, which
takes a complete day of trekking passing Nichnai Pass of 4100 meters above sea
level. The Gadsar Lake is some 9 kilometers in the north westwards.
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Lake also known as Kalodaka Lake is situated in the in
Garderbal district The Nundkol Lake lies at the foothills of Mount
Haramuhk (5,142 metres (16,870 ft)). TheGangabal Lake which is
bigger and at higher elevation lies 1.5 km to the north of the lake.
Surrounded by the lush green meadows, the banks of the Nundkol Lake serve as
the camping site during the summers. Nranag is the nearest settlement
and serves as the base camp for trekking to the lake.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Nundkol Lake is fed by Gangabal Lake and the melting glaciers of the Mount
Haramukh. It gives rise to Wangath Nallah, the major right tributory of
the Sindh River <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the winter, the Nundkol Lake freezes and is covered by heavy snow. In the
summers, the basin of the lake is surrounded by a sheet of alpine flowers those
are found in late spring throughout the area around the lake.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Nundkol Lake is stocked with trout among of which is the brown trout. The
fishing is permitted to the licensed anglers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Nundkol Lake is accessible only during the summer; during the winter, the treks
are closed because of the heavy snowfall. It can be reached from Srinagar,
via a 65 km motorable road which leads through Ganderbal and wayil to
the Naranag trekking camp. The alpine meadows of Trunakhul and Badpathri lies
at the halfway point of this two-day trek to the lake. An alternate trek starts
from Chattergul village, 10 km to the west of Naranag which leads through
the meadows of Mahlish. The lake can also be accessed through Bandipora and
the five-day trekking starting point is Arin. Tourists prefer Naranag trek and
return via Gadsar Lake, Vishansae Lake and Sonamarg to cover most
alpine lakes of the area.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Satsar Lake consists of seven small lakes connected with each other, set in a
cascade formation. The lakes are situated in a narrow alpine valley stretching
from north to south and spread over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) distance with a
width of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi). The lakes of gangabal and Nundkol lie
on the opposite side of Zajibal pass (4,041 metres (13,258 ft)). The
Satsar Lakes are surrounded by lush green meadows which are home to shepherds
during summer and serve as a camping site for tourists. Naranag is the
nearest settlement and serves as the base camp for trekking to the lake in the
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Satsar Lake is mainly fed by melting snow. During the late summer and autumn,
two or three lakes usually dry up, depending upon the precipitation. These
lakes give rise to a stream which disappears and flows underground, from the
sideby glacier a stream originates and flows down southwards and falls into
Wangath Nallah through Churnar which is the major right tributory of the Sindh
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the winter, the Satsar Lakes are covered by heavy snow. The basin of the lake
is surrounded by a sheet of alpine flowers are found in late spring throughout
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seven lakes are stocked with trout, mainly brown trout. Licensed anglers
are permitted to fish in the lakes, although permission has to be obtained
from Srinagar in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Satsar Lakes are accessible only during the summer; during the winter, the
treks are closed because of the heavy snowfall. Satsar can be reached
from Srinagar, via a 65 km motorable road which leads through
Ganderbal and Wayil to the Naranag trekking camp. The alpine meadows
of Trunakhul and Badpathri and the lakes of Nundkol and Gangabal lie along the
route. An alternate trek starts from Chattergul village, 10 km to the west
of Naranag, which leads through the meadows of Mahlish. The lake can also be
accessed through Bandipora and the
six-day trekking starting point is Arin. It can also be accessed through Gurais via
Tulail. Tourists prefer to take the Naranag trek and return via GadsarLake,
Vishansar Lake, and Sonamarg or vice versa to cover most alpine lakes of the
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Nag is nearly two day trekking from Shopian town. The Acchabal waterfall is
created by the water of “River Vishav” and the waterfall has a height of nearly
100 feet. The source of River Vishau is from the “KONSAR NAG” (Nag in
Kashmiri language means Lake), which lies in-between the three peaks of “PIR
PANCHAL” Ranges. This Lake is situated at a altitude of 12,800 feet above the
sea level and is fed by the surrounding glaciers of “PIR PANCHAL” ranges. The
alpine meadow of Kungwatan lies at the halfway point of the two-day trek to the
high-altitude Konsurnag Lake, which is the source of the Veshu River.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake is an alpine high altitude lake situated in the vicinity
of Soanmarg at an elevation of 3710 meters. It has a maximum length of 1
kilometer and maximum width of 0.6 kilometers.</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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lake of Vishnu is home to many types of fishes among of which is
the brown trout. It freezes during winter. During the summer season,
the lake is surrounded by green lush meadows where local shepherds graze their
flocks of sheep and goat. The Lake with its scenic beauty, snow covered
mountains and their gorges filled with small glaciers and the meadows around,
with alpine flowers is an attraction for the trekkers in the Kashmir
valley. It is fed by the Krishanasar Lake and glaciers. The Vishansar Lake
is the source of Neelum River which flows northwards up to Badoab and
then westwards through Gurais along the Line of control. TheGadsar lies
some 9 km in west crossing Gadsar Pass.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Vishansar Lake is situated 115 km. northeast from Srinagar and
35 km from Shitkadi Sonamarg. It can be accessed from Srinagar
80 km by road up to village Shitkadi from which ponies can be
hired to cover an alpine trek of 35 km which takes a complete day of
trekking and one has to cross the Nichnai Pass of 4100 meters above sea level.
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Wular is the largest fresh-water lake in India and according to some, perhaps
in Asia too. It is 121 miles long and 5 miles broad. It lies to the north-cast
of the valley with mountains overlooking it.Wular Lake (also
spelt Wullar), Wular Lake.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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Lake - is the largest fresh Water Lake in Asia, towering mountains surround it.
The Jade Green Waters swirl gently around a curious, bubbling spring in the
middle of the lake.One of the largest fresh water lake in Asia, is in Bandipora
district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The lake basin was
formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum
River. The lake's size varies seasonally from 12 to 100 square miles (30 to 260
square kilometers). Boating, water sports and water ski have recently been
launched by the Government of India Tourism in collaboration with Kerala
Tourism and J&K Tourism. The contract for the operation of the site was
awarded in September 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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ancient times, Wular Lake was also called Mahapadamsar (Sanskrit: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">महापद्मसरः</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">).
Nilamata Purana also mentions it as 'Mahapadmasaras'. Mahapadamsar is referred
as Bolor by Al-Biruni {960-1031 AD}. The lake, with its big
dimensions and the extent of water, gives rise to high leaping waves in the
afternoons, called Ullola in Sanskrit; meaning stormy leaping, high rising
waves. Therefore, it was also being called 'Ullola'. Its corrupted form saw its
transition as ‘Bolor’ by Al-Biruni and over the centuries corrupted further to
‘Wulor’ or ‘Wular’. The origin may also be attributed to a Kashmiri word
'Wul', which means a gap or a fissure, appellation that must have come also
during this period. The word Wul {Gap or fissure}, is also indicator of its
origin to a fissure or gap created.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
lake is one of the 23 Indian wetlands designated as a Ramsar site. However
it faces environmental threats including the conversion of large parts of the
lake's catchment areas into agriculture land, pollution from fertilizers and
animal wastes, hunting of waterfowl and migratory birds and weed infestation in
the lake itself.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake is an important fish habitat, the main species being the Common carp (Cyprinus
carpio), rosy barb (Barbus conchonius), (Gambusia
affinis), Nemacheilus species, crossocheilus latius, and
various snowtrout species. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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from Wular Lake make up a significant part of the diet for many thousands of
people living on its shores and elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley . More
than eight thousand fishermen earn their livelihood from the lake, primarily
fishing for the endemic Schizothoraxspecies and the non-native carp. Their
catch comprises about 60 percent of the total yield of fish in Kashmir.
Hundreds of other local villagers are employed by cooperative societies that
trade the fish catch. More than 8,000 fishermen earn their livelihood from
Wular Lake. Many other families harvest plants such as the grass Phragmites and
the waterlily-like Nymphoides from the lake for animal fodder.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Kashmiri sultan Zain-ul-Abidin is reputed to have ordered the
construction of the artificial island of Zaina Lank in the middle of the lake
in 1444.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake is an alpine high altitude situated at the track leading
to Amarnath cave 23 kilometers from Pahalgam. It is at an
elevation of 3590 meters. It has a maximum length of 1.1 kilometers and maximum
width of 0.7 kilometers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the lake was dug by Sheshnag himself. It is believed by the
Hindus that Sheshnag stays in this Lake even today. It is one of the most
ancient places of pilgrimage for the Hindus, as it lies on the track
of Amarnath Cave.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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trout. It freezes during winter, and is inaccessible during this season due to
heavy snowfall. It is surrounded by green lush meadows and mountains covered by
snow. Sheshnag Lake is one of the famous tourist destination in Kashmir
valley. It is mostly fed by melting of snow and streams coming down from
mountain tops. It drains out through a stream which joins Lidder River at
Pahalgam.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake is situated 120 kilometers east from Srinagar and 23 km
from Pahalgam. It can be accessed 113 km by road up to
Chandanwari from which ponies can be hired to cover a trek of 7 km upslope
to reach the Sheshnag Lake. Amarnath Cave is situated 20 kilometers
north of this lake. The best time to visit the lake is from the month of June
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Lake, though sometimes referred to as a separate lake, is actually part of Dal
Lake, being linked through a causeway The lake is bounded by the Shankaracharya
hill (Takht-e-Suleiman) on the south and Hari Parbat on the west and is located
at the foot of the Zabarwan hills.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lake, a subsidiary of the Dal Lake, is regarded as a separate lake. Swimming,
diving and boating are some of its major attraction. Its picturesque locales
consist of Shankaracharya hill, Hari Parbat and a number of willow and poplar
trees along its banks.</span></b></div>
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Lake of Kashmir is an offshoot leading from the Dal Lake. The Nagin Lake is
located to the east of the city, at the foothill of the mountain Zabarwan. On
the edges of the Nageen Lake are a number of willow and poplar trees. The
reflection of these tees in the water of the lake lends it a beautiful view.
Surrounded by Shankaracharya hill (Takht-e-Suleiman) on the south and Hari
Parbat on the west, the Nagin Lake of Kashmir presents a charming sight.
Shikaras, ferrying people to and from the lake, are a fascinating feature of
the lake. Bathing boats as well as water-skis and motor launches are also
available for hire at the lake.</span></b></div>
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approximately 28 km from Srinagar is the charming Manasbal Lake. It is one of
the largest natural haunts of aquatic birds In Kashmir. Manasbal lake is the
deepest lake in the country. Its greenish-blue waters are wondrous and
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Manasbal Lake is located in the Jhelum valley, north of Srinagar city in the
State of Jammu and Kashmir in India. The name Manasbal is said to be a
derivative of the Lake Manasarovar. Lake is encircled by three villages viz.,
Jarokbal, Kondabal (also called Kiln place, is situated on the north-eastern
side of the lake) and Ganderbal and is stated to be the deepest lake (at 13
m/43 ft depth) in the Kashmir valley. The large growth of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
at the periphery of the lake (blooms during July and August) adds to the beauty
of the clear waters of the lake. The Mughal garden, called the Garoka, (meaning
bay window) built by Nur Jahan overlooks the lake.</span></b><br />
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The lake is a good place for birdwatching as it is one of the largest natural
stamping grounds of Aquatic birds in Kashmir and has the sobriquet of
"supreme gem of all Kashmir Lakes". The rootstocks of lotus plant
which grows extensively in the lake are harvested and marketed, and also eaten
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amongst scenic surroundings, the Anchar Lake is best enjoyed with the help of a
Shikara. The lake serves as a bird watcher's paradise. A large number of exotic
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