Kangra Valley-ideal place for adventure

Kangra valley that runs alongside of the Kullu valley is equally beautiful india, combines the charm of Shivalik mountain ranges soaring up into the sky on either side.



Kangra Town Tourist Attractions are South of Triund, lies the ancient town of Kangra, 17 km from Dharamsala and overlooking the gushing torrent Ban-Ganga, reached after passing through beautiful valley that has the luxuriant and luminous quality of a Kangra painting.

Brajeshwari Devi Temple is situated in Kangra town. This temple was once filled with a legendary fortune in diamonds and pearls. Chintapurni is exactly 80 km south of Dharamsala, and Trilokpur have famous stone temples.

Kangra valley, is an ideal country for adventure and sports activities like mountaineering, trekking, rock climbing and fishing, it is this valley which witness annually hang gliding rally.

In the month of May and June a tented colony is set up by Himachal Pradesh tourism to facilitate hang-gliders. At this time all the roads lead to billing.

Most of the treks in Kangra valley start from Dharamsala, Palampur or Baijnath are of 5 to 8 days duration and ultimately terminate at Bharmaur and Chamba, over the majestic Dhauladhar ranges. Most of the treks are operational from May to October.

The regional mountaineering centre at dharamsala provides technical know-how and equipment besides organising adventure courses.

Hot tourist destination : Pushkar

For someone looking for a perfect place to visit in summer vacations, there can not be a better choice than Pushkar. The greatest attraction of the place is Brahma temple, which is one of its kind in the world. Pushkar, situated just 11 km from Ajmer, has a lake which is believed to have been created by Lord Brahma and has the same sanctity as that of Mansarovar lake for Tibet. Today there are 400 temples in this small city, the most famous being the Brahma Temple, and the lake is girdled with 52 ghats built by different kings and princes. Hindus are supposed to visit Pushkar at least once in their lifetime.




Most foreign tourists visit Pushkar at the time of the cattle fair (famous as the Pushkar Fair) in November. Thousands of animals and visitors take over the city and when one is not haggling over the price of a camel or a cow, it is time for fun and frolic. One of the sports is to see which camel can carry the most passengers. Twenty or thirty people mount the camel, some hanging on to its tail and others to its underside! It is a comic sight as the colourfully turbaned peasants slither and fall off. However, it is not so funny for the camel. So, get ready to enjoy camel ride in sand dunes of Rajasthan.

Adventure Travel Rajasthan

Rajasthan, the state of the Indian dessert, is the largest state of Indian Republic in terms of area. It includes a large portion of the Thar Dessert known as the Great Indian Dessert. The dessert has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan. Rajasthan is surrounded by Pakistan from the west, Gujarat from the southwest, Madhya Pradesh from the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana from the northeast and Punjab from the north. Rajasthan covers an area of 132,150 sq mi or 342,269 km².

The capital of Rajasthan is the pink city, Jaipur. The geographical features of Rajasthan include the Thar Desert which is the north-western part and the ending portions of the Ghaggar River near the archaeological ruins at Kalibanga. These ruins are the oldest in the subcontinent discovered so far. One of the world's oldest mountain ranges, the Aravalli Range, cradles the only hill station of Rajasthan, Mount Abu, and its world-famous Dilwara Temples, a sacred pilgrimage for Jains. Eastern Rajasthan has two national tiger reserves, Ranthambore and Sariska, as well as Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur, once famous for its bird life.

Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949, when all erstwhile princely states ruled by Rajputs, known as Rajputana, merged into the Dominion of India. The only difference between erstwhile Rajputana and Rajasthan is that certain portions of what had been British India, in the former province of Ajmer-Merwara, were included. Portions lying geographically outside of Rajputana such as the Sumel-Tappa area were given to Madhya Pradesh.