traveler's diary

13/04/2021

tabo monastery, more then a thousand year old structure standing strong against the time and watching centuries come and go by ...

24/02/2021

a 3 km walk/climb from jalori pass (3130 m above MSL) will take you to raghupur fort (about 3450 m above MSL)...
wast grasslands at the top give you a 360-degree view of surroundings that includes distant snow-clad mountains of Great Himalayan National Park, a world heritage site in kullu, himachal...
ruins here tell a story of a small fort standing tall for centuries at the top of this mountain and witnessing the times... but let's take a look at the view from here first ...
the best season to visit - summer (April to June) and autumn (October and November...
best place to stay nearby - shoja village, banjar, kullu, himachal

30/06/2020

https://www.tripoto.com/trip/memoir-rupin-pass-place-borrowed-from-fairy-tales-5efb23551f84e

apr 2017, my plan was to celebrate april 9th (birthday) somewhere in the mountains, but after a word with my travel buddies, plan shifted towards the end of the month, with rupin pass trek was on card… my friends Kinshuk and Satish managed/arranged guide, porters, supplies and other essentials… ...

14/07/2019

https://www.tripoto.com/trip/cycling-at-rohtang-pass-5d2aff4abb5d3

on one fine day out of 7 days of

30/01/2019

last week of december 2018, i trekked to village grahan, in parvati valley, kullu, himachal, india... from kasol, about 5 hours trek to grahan along parvati river is a cakewalk (except last one and a half kilometre)... however i took an alternate route to grahan which is too much demanding (as 70% of this route is "more or less" a vertical climb through thick forests of pine and deodar)...

20/01/2019

legacy of distinctive and traditional building practice known as kath-khuni construction, survives and thrives in the himalayan hills... this building practice is deeply rooted to the environment, culture and the traditions of the region... having evolved over a large span of time, passed on by generations to next, it demonstrates profound understanding of building science that responds to the frequent seismic tremors that rock the landscape of himalayas...
the origin of the term is explained as combination of two local terms, "kath and kuni"... the word kath is a dialectal variation of the sanskrit word kashtth (wood), and kuni is again a dialectical variation of the sanskrit word kona (an angle or a corner), obviously kath-khuni wall implies that it should have only wood on its corner or angles...
material (stone, wood and slate) are locally available and possess specific properties that make them excellent choices for building construction from sustainability and performance perspectives...
though construction of houses is also done in same fashion by residents themselves, sometimes with the help of others from the same or nearby villages, however special artisans are called for construction of temples or religious structures for mesmerizing carving on the wood...the intricate interlocking of joints without nails is the hallmark of indigenous construction ingenuity... the know-how of the building construction is passed from generation to generations in mostly oral and empirical tradition...
these indigenous buildings of himachal reflect a remarkable understanding about appropriate use of local materials, construction techniques and joinery details that stand strong against the climatic and seismic forces of nature...

15/05/2017

page from travelersdiary - Rupin Pass - apr 2017
morning at a place borrowed from fairy tales...
Rupin Pass trek, a 6 days arduous/mammoth task was successfully completed with collective effort of team, guide and other help, about a month prior (Apr 24, 2017) then usual timing for trek (mid May of every year)...

22/03/2017

a page from travelersdiary...
wish u a happy ...

21/03/2017

go green ...
happy world forests day (21st march) ...