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List of Photo Features on the various tourist sites in India. Includes detailed descriptions of the various sites, pictures, and hotel reviews.

Raju’s Pattikuttans

Raju’s Guest House is a dog lover’s paradise. He has four lovely dogs with ages ranging from 1.5 years to 22 years!

Raju’s Guest House

We decided to go to Raju’s Guesthouse mainly because it was ideally located, very close to the Great Himalayan National Park and also because it had rave reviews online.

Great Himalayan National Park is the latest addition to India’s National Parks System. The area comprising of the watersheds of Jiwa, Sainj, and Tirthan rivers became the Great Himalayan National Park in 1984.

Bhagwati (Chehni Tower) & Shinga Rishi Temples

The temples have been built as per the traditional Western Himalayan style – alternate layers of stone and timber. This style ensures that during earthquakes, the structures sway instead of resisting the quake.

Shinga Rishi Temple

Shinga Rishi temple, located on the hills above Banjar Market, is a beautiful three tiered wooden structure with shades of green and blue.

Paramjyoti Mandir

The Paramjyoti Mandir, located on the way to Harmony Hall, was built by Stokes in 1937. There are no idols in this temple. There is a hawan kund and a painting of ‘Krishna and Arjuna’ in the inner sanctum.

Harmony Hall

The Harmony Hall, built by Stokes in 1912, has an unique architecture with elements from the local pahadi architecture mixed with those from the West. It was named after his ancestral home in New Jersey.