HIMACHAL PRADESH

MUST VISIT PLACES IN DHARAMSHALA (MCLEODGANJ)

1- NAMGYAL MONASTERY OFTEN REFERRED AS "DALAI LAMA TEMPLE"

2- NORBULINGKA INSTITUTE

NORBULINGKA INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED IN MCLEODGANJ NEAR DHARAMSHALA IN 1988 FOR  PRESERVING TIBETAN ART, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE. IT IS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 7.5KMS FROM DHARAMSHALA WHICH IS AROUND 20 MINUTES TO REACH TO THE INSTITUTE.

THIS INSTITUTE WAS NAMED AFTER THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF DALAI LAMAS IN LHASA, TIBET

3- GYUTO MONASTERY

THE WORK OF THIS MONASTERY WAS STARTED IN 1989. AFTER HIS HOLINESS, WON THE NOBLE PEACE PRICE AND IN 1996 HIS HOLINESS INAUGURATED THE MONASTERY AND PILLAR.

MEMBERS FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE GYALMA KARMAPA IN THE MONASTERY.

 4- BHAGSUNAG WATER FALL & TEMPLE

THE BEAUTIFUL FALL IS SITUATED NEAR BHAGSU VILLAGE, MCLEODGANJ, WHICH IS AT ALTITUDE OF 7000FT. WE HAVE TO DO A SMALL TREK FROM MAIN ROAD TO SEE THIS BREATHTAKING WATERFALL.

A TEMPLE IS ALSO SITUATED NEAR TO THIS FALL DEDICATED TO LORD SHIVA CALLED AS BHAGSUNAG TEMPLE.

5- HPCA

HIMACHAL PRADESH CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM, IS A PICTURESQUE CRICKET STADIUM LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DHARAMSHALA. STADIUM IS LOCATED AT THE HEIGHT OF 1457M ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS ARE IN BACKGROUND. IT IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRICKET STADIUM IN THE WORLD.

6- STATE WAR MEMORIAL

WAR MEMORIALS LOCATED NEAR HPCA CRICKET STADIUM IN DHARAMSHALA TOWN. IT WAS BUILT TO COMMEMORATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR THE HONOR OF THEIR LAND.

   

7- St. JOHN IN WILDERNESS CHURCH

THIS CHURCH IS LOCATED IN FORSYTH GUNJ, ON THE WAY TO MCLEODGANJ IT WAS BUILT IN 1852 IN THE LUSH DEODAR FOREST.

IT IS BASED ON NEO-GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.

IT IS APPROXIMATELY 6.8-7KMS AWAY FROM DHARAMSHALA.

IT’S A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR LORD ELGIN,

WHO SERVED AS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE PROVINCE OF CANADA.

FOR FOODIES

IF YOU ARE A FOOD LOVER THEN IN DHARAMSHALA, THE MUST VISIT PLACES WOULD BE TIBET KITCHEN, CHOCOLATE LOG AND MOONPEAK ESPRESSO & NORLING RESTAURANT ETC

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