Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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Main Tibetan temple complex in McLeod Ganj beside the Dalai Lama's residence, with Namgyal Monastery, the Tibet Museum and a forest kora.
The Tsuglagkhang complex in McLeod Ganj houses the main Tibetan temple in exile, Namgyal Monastery (the Dalai Lama's personal monastery) and the Tibet Museum, next to the Dalai Lama's residence. Visitors see a large gilded Buddha and monks' daily debates and rituals. A clockwise kora path with prayer wheels circles the complex through forest, with Dhauladhar views.
Within 1 km of Tsuglagkhang Complex (Dalai Lama Temple).
1852 neo-Gothic Anglican church in deodar forest at Forsyth Ganj, burial place of Viceroy Lord Elgin.
Shaktipeeth of Goddess Chhinnamastika in Una district with a gold-plated shrine, reached on foot through a pilgrim bazaar.
Trek from Ghera/Kareri village (taxi from Dharamshala) to Kareri Lake at 2,934 m.
museum in Himachal Pradesh, India
Museum in McLeod Ganj · hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-13:30, 14:00-17:00.
Popular ridge trek above McLeod Ganj to 2,850 m; ~5.5 km from Galu Devi temple; forest dept entry/tent fee.
Gallery-style espresso cafe on Temple Road, known for barista coffee, cakes and a Himachali thali.
Non-profit vegetarian Japanese restaurant on Jogiwara Road with a daily-changing set menu.
Cliff-top fort monastery at about 3,894 m above the Spiti-Pin confluence; listed by WMF as endangered in 2006.
High Spiti village (about 4,587 m) promoted as one of the highest motorable villages, home to the Sakya Tangyud monastery.
Spiti's largest monastery, a Gelug fortress-like gompa at about 4,166 m on a hill 12 km north of Kaza.
ASI-protected monastery founded in 996 CE by Rinchen Zangpo, famous for its murals and stucco figures.
early 13th century Shiva temple
Lake at ~2,730 m near Mandi with a floating island and a pagoda-style temple to Rishi Prashar; Saranauhali fair in June.
Last inhabited village before the Indo-Tibet border in Kinnaur, on the Baspa river at 11,320 ft.
Sikh and Hindu pilgrimage site in Parvati Valley, 4 km from Kasol, famous for boiling hot springs used to cook langar.