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Loading…Village 3 km from Manali with a Kath-Kuni temple to sage Vashisht and gender-separated public sulphur hot-spring baths.
Vashisht village lies about 3 km from Manali across the Beas. Its temple to sage Vashisht, teacher of Lord Rama, is built in the Kath Kuni stone-and-timber style, with Shiva and Rama temples beside the springs. The sulphurous hot springs feed public baths with separate sections for men and women, believed to ease skin ailments and aches.
Within 1 km of Vashisht Temple and Hot Springs.
Classic 5–6 day crossover from green Kullu side to barren Lahaul over Hampta Pass (14,065 ft); Jobra to Chhatru.
1553 pagoda-roofed wooden temple to Hidimba Devi set in a deodar forest above Manali, built over a cave shrine.
Side valley ~13 km from Manali known for skiing in winter and paragliding, zorbing, ATVs and a ropeway in summer.
Manali's main shopping street with shawls, woollens, Tibetan goods, jams, pickles and eateries.
16th-century wooden temple for Hindu goddess in Himachal Pradesh India
Riverside cafe on the Manalsu in Old Manali with live music, Italian food and outdoor seating.
Small Old Manali coffee house since 2005, famous for its gooey chocolate cookies.
Old Manali cafe on Manu Temple Road known for all-day breakfasts like eggs Benedict and waffles.
Shaktipeeth of Goddess Chhinnamastika in Una district with a gold-plated shrine, reached on foot through a pilgrim bazaar.
early 13th century Shiva temple
Hanuman temple on Shimla's highest hill (about 2,455 m) with a 108-ft Hanuman statue, reached on foot or by ropeway.
Hilltop Shiva temple above Kullu whose lingam is said to be shattered by lightning and restored with butter; closed in winter.
17th-century temple of Lord Raghunath (Rama), Kullu's presiding deity and centre of the Kullu Dussehra.
Hanuman temple on Kasauli's highest point inside an Air Force Station; ID needed and phones/cameras not allowed.
1852 neo-Gothic Anglican church in deodar forest at Forsyth Ganj, burial place of Viceroy Lord Elgin.
Kali temple built in 1845 by a Bengali Brahmin, near the Mall; linked to the goddess Shyamala, from whom Shimla's name is said to come.