Famous Tourist Places in Himachal Pradesh

                                        Kangra Fort Kangra Fort About The  Kangra Fort is located 20 kilometers from the town of  Dharamsala  on the outskirts of the town of  Kangra ,  India   The Kangra Fort was built by the royal Rajput family of Kangra State, which traces its origins to the ancient Trigarta Kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharat epic. It is the largest fort in the Himalayas and probably the oldest dated fort in India. The fort of Kangra resisted Akbar’s siege in 1615. However, Akbar's son Jahangir successfully subdued the fort in 1620. Kangra was at the time ruled by Raja Hari Chand Katoch of Kangra (also known as Raja Hari Chand II)Mughal Emperor Jahangir with the help of Suraj Mal garrisoned with his troops. The Katoch Kings repeatedly looted Mughal controlled regions, weak...

                                                Mall Road Mall Road About Mall Road  is the main street in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, India. Constructed during British colonial rule, the Mall road is located a level below the ridge. The offices of Municipal Corporation, fire services, and Police headquarters are located here. Automobiles, except emergency vehicles are not allowed on this road. For this reason, locals and tourists are often found strolling on this road in the evenings. About Mall road has a number of showrooms, department stores, shops, restaurants and cafes. A Himachal emporium that offers handicraft products of Himachal Pradesh like locally designed woolen clothes, branded clothes, pottery items, wooden products,...

                                            Kullu Kullu About Beas River Kullu or Kulu is the capital town of the Kullu district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu about 10 Kilometres north of the Airport at Bhuntar. Kullu valley is broad open valley formed by the Beas River between Mandi and Largi.This valley is famous for its temples beauty and its majestic hills covered with pine and Deodar forest and sprawling apple orchards.The course of the Beas Rivers presents a succession or magnificent, clads with a forest of deodar, towering above trees of the pine on the lower rocky ridges.Kullu valley is the sandwiched between the Pir Panzal. History History The historical references about the Kullu Valley date back to the ancient Hindu literary work of Ramayana, Mahabharata...

                                          Dalhousie Dalhousie About Dalhousie Lake Dalhousie is a hill station now in Chamba district in the Northern state of the Himachal Pradesh.Previously it was part of the Punjab.It is situated on 5 hills and has an elevation of 1.970 meters above Sea level. Etymology Dalhousie was named after Lord Dalhousie, who was the British Governor General in India which established his place as a summer retreat. History History Dalhousie is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, established in 1854 by the British Empire government in the British India as a summer retreat for its troop and official after the annexation of the Sikh Empire Punjab.It is built on and around the five hills, Kathalag, Potreyn, Terah, Bakrota, And Bhangora, located on the Western edge of the Dhualadhar Mountain range of the Himalayas.It is surro...

                                             Shimla Shimla About Shimla is also known as Simla is the capital of the Himachal Pradesh and the largest city in the northern Indian city of the Himachal Pradesh.Shimla is also a District which is bounded by the Mandi and Kullu in the North, Kinnaur in the east, the state of the Uttarakhand in the South East, and Solan and Sirmour.Shimla was declared as the summer capital of the British India succeeding Murree, North East of the Rawalpindi.After, Independence, The city became the capital of Punjab and was later named the capital of the Himachal Pradesh.It is the Principal commercial, cultural and educational of hilly region of the state. History History The vast majority of the occupied by the present-day Shimla city was dense forest during the 18th century.The only civilization cons...

                Rohtang Pass Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) Rohtang Pass About Rohtang pass is situated district Lahaul Spiti (Himachal Pradesh).It connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti Himachal Pradesh (India).Due to the people working in CBRE dying in the weather trying to cross the Rohtang Pass.Rohtang Pass is the highest peak in the Himachal Pradesh (India).Rohtang Pass is east of the Pir Panjal Mountain range of the Himalayas around from the Manali. Rohtang Road Tunnel  Tunnel Due to the military significance of the highway and the need to keep it open the entire year, the Indian government began building the$320 million 8.5long Rohtang tunnel 2010 to bypass Rohtang pass for a creating a much safer and faster year around link to Keylang, Lahaul, and Spiti, Leh in Ladakh, The tunnel will also shorten the distance by about 50km and reduce the travel time between the southern and northern of Ro...

                                               Manali Manali About Manali Manali is a valley nestled in the mountains of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh near the northern end of Kullu valley at an altitude in the Beas river valley.It is located in the Kullu valley district, about 270 Km north of the state capital Shimla northeast of the Chandigarh and 554 km, the federal capital.The small town with a population is the beginning of an ancient trade route to the Ladakh and from there over the Karakoram pass on to Yarkand and Khotan in the Tarim basin.It is a popular tourist destination and serves as the gateway to Lahaul Spiti . Geography Geography Manali is located at 32.2396 N, 77.1887 E, about 40 km (25 mi) north of Kullu town. The town ranges in elevation from 1,800 m (5,900 ft) to 2,0...