Sunday, March 22, 2009

Manali - Part 2 Double Click on Photo to see enlarged image


Dry Fruits & Nuts shop.





The Naggar Castle -the ruler used this Castle in olden days as his house. In recent times The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Corpn. has converted it into a Star Hotel.


The local Rock Band.






A Budhist Monastry in Manali









Naggar Castle














In KULLU (part 1), I have mentioned
Idumbi wife of Bhima and mother of
Gadothgajan. This is her
Temple in Manali.
She is called Hadimba Devi.







Budhist Temple






This tree is worshipped as GADOTHGAJAN who played a major role in the Mahabaratha war. He being a Rakshasa is worshipped annually with BALI of animals in front of this tree.














4 comments:

Narayanan said...

uncle really thnx for ur gr8 informations of the places

Unknown said...

nice photos uncle.i like the rabbit very much.

KeyboardSathya said...

I was told by my father about his trips to these places. Now after seeing your almost a live commentary of all the places with great photos and equally good descriptions, i have an immediate urge to visit these places. I am satisfying my urge by seeing these photos with caption many times.

Unknown said...

dear ramjhi uncle,

saw the photos. such lovely places and so very informative. we feel as if we have been there along with you.

deekshita and supraja