Our first experience of the Guru Sangyas Festival at the monastery in Rarang, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. The festival is held in tribute to Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche), the venerated […]
Guru Sangyas Festival at Rarang
First sight of Rarang
We finally have our first sight of Rarang village, sitting atop a cliff, overlooking the Sutlej way down below. We have just passed Pangi and have Ribba enroute before we reach Rarang. […]
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Breakfast at Tapri
We stopped at the Punjabi Dhaba and Sweet Shop at Tapri for breakfast. A few hot bread-omelettes and Aloo-Parathas served with dahi and chana gave us all the fuel we need for […]
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Roaring Sutlej at Wangtoo
Check this out. This is near the Karcham-Wangtoo Hydroelectric Power Project at Wangtoo. We have just crossed Wangtoo and are now going up the raging river to Tapri, where we plan to […]
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Road to Wangtoo
The Road to Wangtoo from Chaura is an engineering marvel. It’s cut into the rock, it’s crafted, sculpted even, and it’s exciting because you can see and hear the Sutlej undulating below.
