Kullu,
also known as the valley of Gods' has been a popular tourist destination for years. What tourists know this place for is its snow cleft mountains, apples, temples and landscapes. What they forget to observe is the most important of them all the simplicity of life and the magic spells of nature. If you happen to travel to Kullu do visit a place called "BIJLI MAHADEV" literaly translated as the God of lightining. The legend behind this place is that during every Shivratri a silver lightining strikes the Shivling here and the pundit of the temple joins it back with butter. Might sound strange but there are people who have seen it and they were never able to see any crak on the shivling( the idol of lord SHIVA). Walking by the isles of Old manali or the banks of river Beas one realises the actual beauty of this place. It seems that God also took some time to create this place and kept in mind people like us who might need a place to wash what is on their heads and relax for some time with nature. Manali is 40 kms from kullu which is known for Manu maharaj (The great sage and creator of gods) and Hadimba the wife of BHIM from Mahabharata by the locals. More popular for skeeing and snow mobiling this place has its roots long back from the satyug. Solang nala and Rotang pass are the places where people head for all the snow fun but if you have to enjoy the real thing and see how life is at this small place travel by the left bank road from manali to kullu. You will come across many viallges where you ll find life at a pace of its own. Village people engrossed in their own work at fields and small childern walking kilometers for school with their writing Boards. The typical day starts at 4:30 in the morning and ends by 7:30 in the evening with dinner. Terrace farming is one amazing thing to see how people can use steep land for growing crops. Once you observe these things you feel how simple life is and how happy people are in the small things of life. So if you happen to visit my home town ( kullu) dont missout on these small things ... :)
also known as the valley of Gods' has been a popular tourist destination for years. What tourists know this place for is its snow cleft mountains, apples, temples and landscapes. What they forget to observe is the most important of them all the simplicity of life and the magic spells of nature. If you happen to travel to Kullu do visit a place called "BIJLI MAHADEV" literaly translated as the God of lightining. The legend behind this place is that during every Shivratri a silver lightining strikes the Shivling here and the pundit of the temple joins it back with butter. Might sound strange but there are people who have seen it and they were never able to see any crak on the shivling( the idol of lord SHIVA). Walking by the isles of Old manali or the banks of river Beas one realises the actual beauty of this place. It seems that God also took some time to create this place and kept in mind people like us who might need a place to wash what is on their heads and relax for some time with nature. Manali is 40 kms from kullu which is known for Manu maharaj (The great sage and creator of gods) and Hadimba the wife of BHIM from Mahabharata by the locals. More popular for skeeing and snow mobiling this place has its roots long back from the satyug. Solang nala and Rotang pass are the places where people head for all the snow fun but if you have to enjoy the real thing and see how life is at this small place travel by the left bank road from manali to kullu. You will come across many viallges where you ll find life at a pace of its own. Village people engrossed in their own work at fields and small childern walking kilometers for school with their writing Boards. The typical day starts at 4:30 in the morning and ends by 7:30 in the evening with dinner. Terrace farming is one amazing thing to see how people can use steep land for growing crops. Once you observe these things you feel how simple life is and how happy people are in the small things of life. So if you happen to visit my home town ( kullu) dont missout on these small things ... :)
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my visit to kullu is due.. Will ensure that all this is taken care off :)
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