Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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Tibetan arts institute at Sidhpur with workshops, a gilded Buddha temple, Japanese-style gardens and a doll museum.
Norbulingka opened to the public in 1995 at Sidhpur near Dharamshala to preserve Tibetan arts and culture. Visitors can watch thangka painters, metal sculptors and woodcarvers at work. The Deden Tsuglagkhang temple holds a 14-ft gilded copper Buddha and murals, and the Losel Doll Museum shows Tibetan life in dioramas. The site also has gardens, a cafe, a shop and guesthouses.
Within 1 km of Norbulingka Institute.
Large Tibetan tantric monastery at Sidhbari, 7 km from Dharamshala, known for deep chanting and as the Karmapa's former Indian seat.
1852 neo-Gothic Anglican church in deodar forest at Forsyth Ganj, burial place of Viceroy Lord Elgin.
Trek from Ghera/Kareri village (taxi from Dharamshala) to Kareri Lake at 2,934 m.
Shaktipeeth of Goddess Chhinnamastika in Una district with a gold-plated shrine, reached on foot through a pilgrim bazaar.
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.
Main Tibetan temple complex in McLeod Ganj beside the Dalai Lama's residence, with Namgyal Monastery, the Tibet Museum and a forest kora.
museum in Himachal Pradesh, India
Small Kangra village near Palampur founded as an artists' colony by Norah Richards, known for pottery and the Sobha Singh gallery.
Last inhabited village before the Indo-Tibet border in Kinnaur, on the Baspa river at 11,320 ft.
ASI-protected monastery founded in 996 CE by Rinchen Zangpo, famous for its murals and stucco figures.
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.
Sacred lake near Mandi revered by Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs, with a 37.5 m Padmasambhava statue above it.
Spiti's largest monastery, a Gelug fortress-like gompa at about 4,166 m on a hill 12 km north of Kaza.
Indian cultural museum