Places
of Interest Himachal Pradesh Kinnaur
Tourism Kinnaur located in the dizzying heights of the Himalayas,
with passes that remain closed for six months linking them with the rest of the
world, Kinnaur, Spiti & Lahaul were till now a forbidden land. Only a chosen
few were granted permission to visit this secret world, officials, Moravian missionaries
who settled here in 1853 and a few mountaineers. Now this area has been opened
for the daring and adventurous to discover what had been hidden from the world
for centuries.
From the riotous green of the Sangla Valley filled with
orchards of apricots, peaches, chilgozas and apples to the magnificent desolation
of the Hangrang Valley, Mother Nature's portrait is an ever changing one in Kinnaur.
This land lying on the ancient trade route between India and Tibet, ringed by
the majestic mountain of the Himalayan and Dhauladhar range is the land of plenty.
The gushing rivers of Kinnaur abound in Trout-the angler's prize catch, their
waters have over the centuries chiseled beautiful gorges across this picturesque
land and nurtured one of the most unique societies on there banks. In the lush
land live the descendants of the Kinners-the demi gods of the Hindu pantheon,
whose deeds have been immortalized.
Kinnaur is a breath takingly scenic
and sparsely populated region. Spiti and Satluj rivers flow through Kinnaur to
meet at Khab and become one the Satluj. Scores of flowing streams feed these rivers
and all their valleys are strikingly beautiful the slopes are covered with thick
woods, orchards, fields and picturesque hamlets
. Here are two
of the world's great mountain ranges the Zanskar and the Great Himalaya. Kinnaur
is also home to some of India's oldest legends, and the religion of its people
is a remarkable mix of Hinduism and Buddhism. Ancient Hindu texts have gone to
the extent of placing the people of kinnaur the kinners as halfway between men
and gods.
There is no wonder that a local tradition maintains that Kinnaur
with all its beauty fell from the clouds as a gift from the gods.
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