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Hadimba Temple:
Located in lovely wilderness and
natural setting. It is just 2 km. from
the Mall. This four tiered pagoda
shaped temple erected by Raja Bahadur
Singh in 1553 is a marvelous piece of
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Club House:
It is
beautiful building standing on the
back of gushing steam Manalsu. This is
the perfect place to test the stamina
in different indoor games with the
taste of local delicacies and is
around 2 km. from the Mall.
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Manu Temple:
Hardly 3 km. away from the Mall
touching sky height is in the middle
of wooden houses of village
Manali.
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Vashisht Bath:
As the
name indicates itself the place
associated with saga Vashisht is 4 km.
from Manu's land. This temple was
built by the king Jayamajya around
1000 years back in the memory of his
father. |
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Tibetan Monastery:
A walking distance from the mall in
the treasure house of thanks and other
related crafts of Buddhism. |
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Van Vihar:
At the southern end of the town there
is reserve forest which is the perfect
spot for walk amidst the thickly
populated timber |
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Day 02 A Trail To
Himalayan Grandeur |
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Nehru kund (2050 M):
Around six km. where one can quench
the thirst with the icy water oozing
out from the rocky mountain. |
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Kothi (1980 M):
Last habitation in the valley barely
15 km. from here commands a
spectacular view of the glaciers and
deep gorges. |
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Gulaba (2050 M):
Approximately 30 minutes journey after
numerous "u" turns the name of this
place is derived from that person who
died here while making his forbidden
land accessible to the rest of the
world. |
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Marhi (3354 M):
It is tedious journey of 35 km.
arrives to marhi. From here the steep
climb ends to Rohtang. Here one can
refresh to reenergize to enjoy the
beauty of nature. |
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Rohtang (3978 M):
A gateway to the barren land 51 km.
drive from manali is the cherished
dream of each and every visitor moving
to valley |
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Solang Valley (2760 M):
15 km. drive from Manali is on the way
to Rohtang between Manali and Kothi is
3 km left to traditional wooden
village of Palchan. |
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Day 03 A Journey To
Wilderness |
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Kaisdhar (1650 M):
Around 30 km. drive from Manali and
hardly 10 minutes journey ahead to
Naggar Himalayan resort leads to the
beauty of twisting fields gives an
exotic experience. |
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Bijli Mahadev (2780 M):
A sacred destination 55 km. from
Manali beautifully placed at the
height of 3460 M. A 3 km. from
chansari village the last accessible
spot to this destination is know for
stone linga shattered into pieces. |
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Day 04 A Trail To Healing
Waters |
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Vaishno Temple (1150 M):
Established in 1964 by a saint an
image of Durga is enshrined in a cave.
Beautiful images of Rama & Krishna are
also standing beside cave.
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Bhekhli Temple (1833 M):
Abode of jagannathi dated back to 1500
years, 55 km. from Manali is located
at the height of 1833 m. |
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Raghunath Temple
(1235 M):
Seat of chief deity of valley in kullu
itself and image of deity is believed
to be the same as at time of Ashvameda
Yajna and is brought from Ayodhya.
This Temple was built in 1600 A.D |
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Kasol
: Located
five km short of healing waters in
open space is an angler's paradise.
Crystal clear sand on the edges of
roaring Parvati river is a better
holiday destination. |
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Manikaran :
86 km. long drive is a hot favorite
locale in the Parvati valley is
Manikaran. This is believed that once
the serpent king Shesh nag stole
jewels of parvati while in bath and
furious Shiva threatened him of dire
consequences. |
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Day 05 An Odyssey To
Heritage Resort-Naggar |
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Jagatsukh
: 6 km.
drive leads on the first capital of
the valley is famous for Gayatri and
Shiva temple. Ghiva temple in pyramid
from with beautiful carvings dates
back to 8th century. |
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Dashal
: After enjoying the awesome
dancing paddy fields, grassy orchards
on the way to Naggar, Dashal is right
to the rustic village Sarsai, Gauri
Shankar temple here is famous
for its architecture. |
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Naggar (1760
M) : Magnificent
trail of 25 km to heritage resort
perched in the sloppy hill takes back
you to glorious past. It remained the
seat of power till 1460 and then
sifted to Kullu. Naggar is the seat of
assembly of gods where they meat to
alleviate the sorrows of humanity.
There is a beautiful stone temple a
few steps down to the castle where 8
mettle idols stand on the pedestal and
a little bit away is beautiful pagoda
style Tripura Sundri Temple. |
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Malana
: Accessible from Naggar or
Jari, Malana is deemed to be the
oldest Republic in the world. This
land locked Hermit village still
boasts of the ancient traditions. 35
km tiring trek from Naggar to Malana
offers scintillating view of Deo Tibba
especially from Chanderkhani Pass. The
people of this mysterious village
bspeaks a different dialect and all
activities are centered around the god
Jamlu. The guilty party has to feast
the entire village community. It is
believed that a few of Alexandra's
cavalcade who deserted and marrid to
the local women and hence their
features are little bit similar to the
Greeks. |
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Adventure
: Valley is the paradise
for the adventure seekers. Solang
valley boasts to be one of the finest
ski slopes in the world and from time
to time winter games are held to test
the stamina. This is the base for many
hard and soft treks from Day 01 to Day
22. The white river rafting in river
beas gives you life time experience of
rapids not so risky as said. The
equipment and training can be hed from
the mountaineering institute at Aleo,
2 km from the Mall in trekking,
hiking, skiing, rock climbing etc. Now
hilly skiing is also gaining
popularity and every year the number
of hilly skiers is swelling. |