My Himachal tour to Temple’s located at higher altitude

   1.     Continuing to my Himachal Tour From Rewalsar Lake

Naina Devi Temple

After your journey to Rewalsar Lake you you can still plan to go Naina Devi temple which is almost on the top of the mountain at about  1219m height above the sea level.

View can seen from the temple

Be careful because this journey will witness the sharpest curve to reach to your destination, I would suggest to drive with an expert driver and shut down your earphones and music system, Please.

While your car claiming up the mountain you will be seeing astonishing view around.

On reaching your destination, don’t get worried there are food stalls, Cold Drink Stalls.

To enter this temple you have to take Devotional things from the stall, after taking blessings of the Lord Devi, you can just explore around the temple and I will be sure that you will not gone leave this place .

About this temple

Goddess Sati burnt herself alive in Yagna, which Distressed Lord Shiva . So he picked the corpse of sati on his shoulder & started his tandava. This horrified all deities in the heaven. This urged Lord Vishnu to unleash his Chakra that cut the sati’s body into 51pieces. Shri Naina Devi is the place where eyes of sati fell down.

Murari Mata Temple

       Another Temple I recommend you to visit the Murari Mara Temple, as its 55km from Sundarnagar.

You can reach here by Bus from Sundarnagar or by Car , I would suggest Car will be better option because of the Key Reason, on the way you will come across Teak forest and it’s came to heard that Old Bollyhood shooting was taken of this place.

About this Temple

This Temple is is located at at such a great height that this temple and its around area fill with snow during winters, if you see from far away this mountain will be wearing white cap of snow.

On Reaching this Temple

On reaching here you need to take foot steps to get to this temple the entrance gate is of good sculpture.

The Main Entrance of Murari Temple

This Temple can be seen from four districts Kullu, Manali, Hamirpur and Bilaspur, so you can imagine that once you reach here you will be witnessing Heaven.

Over here environment is very cold and cold breeze blow every time.

Side Doors of the Temple 

beautifully curved

Beautiful scene can be seen from inside the temple to the outside world

Stair Looks Much Dangerous ,Just Imagine if you kick a foot ball from here it will be no were travelling to its own destination,i will suggest to take care of you and you younger one/kids.

In This location there is a rest house nearby temple , You can eat Langer as the Blessing of Murari Mata as it is always open for the visitors.

 Here I am sharing some of my snaps.

As they are expanding their property to the visitors to make hall for Langer arrangement     

Finally ending my Himachal Journey to Mandi and Ner Chowk

 As I don’t found much to see in this market but the interesting thing is that you can carry away Akrode from here as I found it to be cheaper. 

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2.2 My travel to Monetary 

Stay tuned,we'll be right back,My Tour Sinhagard Fort Trekking

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My travel to Himachal Pradesh Continue's from Manali

   1.    Continuing my Himachal Tour From Manali

i.                    Heading towards Sundarnagar

   One’s completing the Journey of Manali, I head towards Sundarnagar, considering as a central location to travel to Shimla the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, Murari Devi Temple, Ner Chowk, Rewalsar, Maa Naina Devi Temple.

So considering this you can choose Sundarnagar as a Central Location of stay as a Tour to Local Places of Himachal.

The Nearest Airport is Bhuntar,near Kullu just 82Km away.

Located on National Highway 21 Reviewing Sundarnagar it’s quite peaceful, here’s there is a lake were you will witness the snowline's of Himalaya.As this place  is perfect for Morning Jogging around the lake and fresh Oxygen in and around you.

Stay in Sundarnagar

     There are handful of Hotels namely Hotel Hamsafar, Polo Regency, Kumar Hotel, and Midtown Residency. If you are still searching for budgetary rooms then you have to contact the locals were these local serve you room with the economical rate.

    During your spare time in Sundarnagar for entertainment there's a Local Theater namely Supreme Theatre & T-Link.

    Don't forget to pre-book your vehicle prier a day before with the local Taxi Union or you even have 2^nd option that by Government Bus, travelling at much cheaper cost.

Food

If you are a food lover then you have to visit the following
restaurants.
1. The Silver Spool
2.Ashiyana Restaurant
3.Chick Blast (By its name you will come to know)
4.OFC Restaurant.

   2.    Shimla

Journey from Sundarnagar-Shimla

After Traveling for almost 4hrs you will be entering the Capital City of Himachal Pradesh- Shimla, but before entering Shimla, from far away you will be witnessing Skyline at Shimla Southern Side of Shimla surrounded by green hills with snow capped peaks.

Shimla during summers

During winter is look is Dynamic and even during night the light from this city are awesome.

As Shimla was former summer capital of the British in India and Still now it’s the Capital. As Shimla was under the British Rule during 19^th Century you will able to find many Historic Places, Churches, Museums, Colonial heritage, old Building, roads with iron lamp posts.  

As seen below I posing myself to this beautiful historic houses

Regarding Stay in the Hotels there are many but out of all I would suggest Hotel Himland East restaurant & bar is the best.On reaching here you can have walk able tour to Mall Road also Known as I will say as Street Market of Shimla for visitors. As you will find shops selling food staff, Woolen cloths, Jackets, Wooden handcraft Coffee shop, etc.

After you day tour during morning period I would suggest it to get out of your room and to see the night beauty of Shimla city from Mall road

And you will never let you and your friends to go to sleep until you enjoy the hot Soup and street foods.

Lord Hanuman Statue (Jakhoo Temple)

You can Plan to Visit Hanuman Temple the World of Monkeys located at Jakhoo Hill 2.5km east of the ridge, to visit here  you need to take a small road that cut between Christ Church and State Library at the ridge, you will come across an arrow mark on the wall directing towards Jakhoo temple. You need to walk up the hills you may also meet you friend monkey leading up to the temple.

On the way you will see the Deodar Forest near Jakhoo Temple as this temple is on the top of Shimla, from here you will witness good view of Shimla on clear day. This temple is at 2455m above sea level and its even the highest peak of Shimla. 

As you enter the temple premises there are troops of monkeys guarding the temple and they are all around the temple, I also looks like these monkeys are guarding the tallest statue of lord Hamunan, it is also believe that Lord Hanuman stopped to rest while he was looking for the plant Sanjivini Booti to revive Lakshman.

It is busiest during the period of Dushera.

    3. Rewalsar Lake

After your Journey to to Shimla you can have your Journey to Rewalsar Salke via Sundarnagar as your key Stay, it will take you just 23Km journey.

Rewalsar lake has its another name called Tso Pema Lotus Lake with its elevation about 1360m above sea level on the Mountain. Around these lake you will find Monkeys

Opp’s may be this monkey is thinking I am having strange Device/weapon in my hand.

One thing it come to my notice were ever there’s Lord Hanuman there’s the guard of Monkey controlling the temples territory or in other words I will say you will be witnessing lord Hanuman.

I will call this place as Place of Haven with all all from of religion Hinduism, Buddhism and finally Sikh.

You will see the Tibetan pilgrim come here to visit Monastery

Visiting Budha Temple

I will say this place to be a peaceful Holy Place of worship of Lord Buddha. As you visit this place you will be witnessing golden sculptures.

On Entering the temple you will be seeing the photo frame of Dalai Lama, after taking the blessing just set for a while ,feeling calm & gentle, this is the only place where you were always thinking during your stress time in your office/work were during that time you don’t have any other options, so take the advantage , enjoy each and every step of you life and if you are visiting such temples sit on the ground with your legs  fold and relex and think about how lord Buddha has gain enlightment

4.  My Next Blog for the remaining places of Himachal Pradesh.

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Lets travel Himachal Pradesh

1. Prepare for my Journey

      If you are planning to Visit Himachal Pradesh please be prepare to make arrangements to fight against cold temperatures unlike other places you have to get prepared a week before with your Check list.

2. Know this Place before you Travel

    Before you set travel to these places by blog will definitely help you all before you get into it.

Weather Condition

i.                      Summer     March to June                       22°C-37°C

ii.                   Monsoon    July to September                 15°C -28°C

iii.                  Winter        October to February           15°C- -3.4°C

As now a days  temperature 

I would suggest youall to visit between January-March, as the weather is perfect to do snow activities.

Now let’s have a look were we can enjoy snow falls and winter sports activities in Himachal Pradesh 

          .       Manali – Solang Valley

          .       Khajjiar

          .       Jalori Pass – Shoja

         .       Triund

         .       Pabbar Valley

         .       Kufri

         .       Shimla

Now Among all these famous places let’s see how we get into Manali. On my Travel I will be also covering some of the remote places of Himachal Pradesh were you I will tell you how efficiently you can get to these places. These places are

i.                     Murari Devi Temple

ii.                   Tos Pema Monastery- Rewalsar

iii.                  Naina Devi

Local Market Places

i.                     Sundarnagar

ii.                   Ner Chowk

2. Efficient way to Travel to this Place.

     If you are in Goa enjoying Beaches, Water Sports and planning to get travelled to the Snowlines of Himachal Pradesh then you have various choices by Railway or by Flight.

Well I have  Taken my flight from Dabolim airport to Delhi IGI airport

Railway

       Goa-Chandigarh by Railway

        By Railway from Goa-Chandigarh. There are 2 trains available Train No;12449 Goa SMPRK K EXP which runs on  Tuesday& Wednesday and Train No;12217 Kerala S.KRANTI EXP which runs on Tuesday and Sunday and which usually takes 36-38hrs , it’s a long journey but you will also be experiencing Indian Train, For the long Journey I would recommend you to take 1^st/2^nd/3^rd AC as its most decent in these class and it will cost around 31$-78$. Please remember to pre-book the train tickets on IRCTC a week before you journey to avail you seats.

       Chandigarh-Manali by Bus

       Once you reach Chandigarh Railway Station take OLA CAB or Rickshaw and go to Sector 43 were luxurious Buses are Travelling like Volva AC class Semi-Sleeper’s/sleeper’s travelling to Manali, before getting to Chandigarh you can pre-book the Bus on the REDBUS online  Or you can take tickets from Travel Ageny Shop. All these Buses are travelling to Manali Bus which will usually take 8-9hrs Journey costing around 23$-37$.

Flight

     Goa-Delhi flight

      Another way of transport is by Flight from Dabolim Airport, Vasco de Gama to Delhi which will cost you around 56$-63$ taking 2hrs30 minutes journey. Another best thing Is there are metros available just after collecting your bag outside you will able to be see Metro Busses which will take you to metro station.

     Delhi Metro- Bus to Manali

     After getting checked-up by the Metro Security take the tickets from airport  to New Delhi Railway Station which is Orange Line Metro. On reaching Delhi Station take tickets to Kashmiri Gate which is Yellow Line Metro, and its cheapest and lovely mode of Transportation in Delhi, from here you will get Volvo buses avail from here to manali.

    Or instead of going to Kashmiri Gate metro I would suggest after reaching New Delhi Railway Station take metro tickets to Rajiv Chowk that’s the yellow line metro and from here take metro tickets to RamaKrishna Ashram Marg from here there are number of buses and it’s the main pickup point for the passenger’s for the online tickets booker’s. and it usually takes 13-14hrs journey, costing around 23$ -31$. I would suggest pre-booking book your tickets 12 hrs early on REDBUS so that you have the choice of your one seat in the bus.

3. On Reaching Manali

Stay

  After traveling for 13-14hrs on Bus from Delhi you will be reaching early in the morning in Manali, you will be actually in Model Town you can get into hotels in the to get fresh.

You stay any part of Manali Hotel outside your foot steps you will the see Beauty Manali.

    There are many hotels available over here ranging from 18$-46$/day , during your first day you can relax you self by visiting Van Vihar Leafy National Park, Himalaya Nyingmapa Buddhist Temple.

 On this day itself you need to book Taxi for the next day to Solang Valley which is 12km and it will cost around 12.5$-15$.

4. Travelling From Model Town to Solang Valley

On the Next Day get your Bags packed and get ready for the exiting ride, on this 12km journey to Solang you will be able to capture the Real Beauty of Himachal.

Here’s are some of my Snaps I am sharing with you.

5. On Reaching Solang Valley

Adventure Sports Capital of Himachal Pradesh

On Reaching Solang Valley You are arrived on the land of Snow Sports Activities, You can even call It as Adventure Sports Capital of Himachal Pradesh.. But Before getting to much excited have enough breakfast because you need to spend your all energy over here.

Sport activities are ATV ride, Snow Scooters, Zorbing, Skiing, Paragliding, Tire Sliding. All these activities are ranging from 4.5$- 15.5$, rate can be negotiated.

Besides this there are Rope Way of 1.3Km with the rise of 500m. which will cost at 7.81$/500Rs per head.

Wait a While you can even have helicopter ride for 40$.

Here's  i am sharing some of my snaps of the Solang.

6. Wait for my Next Blog for the remaining places of Himachal Pradesh.

     My Tour to Shimla and visiting Buddha Monastery  
     My tour to Temple’s located at higher altitude 

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