Photos: Kothanda Srinivasan (CC BY 2.0)
dam in India
Meadow plateau ~24 km from Dalhousie ringed by deodars, with a small lake and 12th-century Khajji Nag temple.
Animal sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Market in Dalhousie · hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:00.
Dalhousie's oldest church (1863), a Protestant stone church near Gandhi Chowk with a small library on the town's history.
Temple in Himachal Pradesh
Park in Dalhousie.
Park in Dalhousie.
Wooded stream spot 3 km from Dalhousie with small bridges, waterfalls and a memorial to freedom fighter Sardar Ajit Singh.
Lake at ~2,730 m near Mandi with a floating island and a pagoda-style temple to Rishi Prashar; Saranauhali fair in June.
Vast ASI-protected hill fort of the Katoch rulers above Kangra town, ruined by the 1905 earthquake, with a museum near the gate.
mountain pass in the Indian Himalayas
Himachal's largest natural lake, a Ramsar site 38 km from Nahan, sacred to Renuka and Parshuram, with a November fair.
Side valley ~13 km from Manali known for skiing in winter and paragliding, zorbing, ATVs and a ropeway in summer.
Lake at ~4,883 m just below Baralacha La on the Manali–Leh highway; source area of the Bhaga river.
Shallow snow-fed lake at 2,934 m in the Dhauladhars above Dharamshala; frozen Dec–Mar/Apr.
lake in India