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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

HIMACHAL PRADESH







Himachel Pradesh is a land of many splendour: exotic landscapes of mountains, wide verdant valleys, forbidding heights eternally covered in snow and ice, thundering rapids of snow-fed rivers and gently gurgling brooks, ancient temples and historic buildings.....the count is endless.
Kangra Valley. The Kangra Valley lies between the Dhauladhar range and the Shiwalik foothills, spreading northwest from Mandi to Jassur, near Pathankot. Although named after Kangra Town, the largest towns are Dharamsala (1,830 m) and Palampur (1,249 m). The valley is famous for its tea gardens, especially around Palampur, for the Jwalamukhi, Baijnath, Brijeshwari Devi and Chamunda Devi temples, and for the Kangra school of miniature paintings.
Dharamsala is located in the upper reaches of the Kangra Valley, set against the backdrop of the Dhauladhar range. The town is known around the world because it is the home-in-exile of the Dalai lama, Tibet's spiritual head, who lives at McLeodganj (or Upper Dharamsala), popularly known as Little Lhasa. Little Lhasa is enchanting, with its many spinning prayer wheels and fluttering prayer flags spreading the message of peace and universal harmony.
Big kiss from NDH



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