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Riba
Just 18kms from powari on nh-22 is riba famous for its
vineyards and local wine “angoori” that is made from the grapes.
Jangi
26kms from powari, the inner border is located here beyond which foreigness
require permit to travel up to tabo. From the point the famous kinner kailash parikarama trek starts
touching morang. Thangi and kunocharang villages and entering chitkul village
in sangla valley.
Puh
Lush green fields orchards
of apricot vineyards and almond trees, are to be seen on the rotue of
puh. Just 58kms from powari along the nh-22, puh has rest house and hotel
facilite.
Nako
117kms from kalpa . in hangrang valley is the largest village above sea level . it is
also famous for nako lake which has boating facilities in summer and during
winter its frozen surface is used for ice skating. Bugghist monestry is located
here .
Tabo
163kms from kalpa and
33kms from sumdo. Ancient village tabo
is situated on the left bank of river spiti. Flanked on the either side by
hills , it has one of the most important
Buddhist monasteries regarded by
many as only next to the tholing gompa
in Tibet. It is also known as the Ajanta of Himalayas. Tabo is the
largest monastic complex of spiti which has since been declared a protected mounument under the ages of
archaeological survey of india .
3,050mts. On the left bank of the river spiti not for from sumdo, tabo is surrounded by high mountains. The thousand year old tabo gompa, that was established by the legendary rinchen tsangpo, is considered next in importance only to the tholing gompa in Tibet. Richly decorated with murals and painted stucco, the monastery has pricelesscollection of manu-scripts and thangkas.
Kaza
210 kms from kalpa ,
47 kms from tabo. The headquarters of spiti sub-district kaza is on the bank of
river spiti. In earlier times, it was the capital of nano, the chief of spiti .
it has Buddhist monastery and hindu temple.
Key- Monastery
7kms from kaza. The largest monestry in spiti valley.
Established in the 11th century, it has ancient Buddhist scrolls and
paintings. It also houses the largest number of Buddhist monks and nuns.
Kibber
18kms from kaza. The highest village in the world which is
connected by motor-able road and also has its own polling station during
elections.
Dhankar
24 kms from tabo , this palace is famous for fort and
Buddhist monastery.
Pin valley
The pin valley lies below the kungri glacier and has several
beautiful and important monesteries.
This is called the land of ibex and snow leapards. It has national park , the road to pin valley bifurcates at attargu 25kms
from tabo which reaches gulling at kungri.
Kunzam pass
76kms one of the highest motorable passes goddess kunjum
keeps guard over this pass and wards of evil.
Chander tal lake
7kms trek from kunzam
pass, this is one of the most beautiful lakes in the entire Himalayan
region surrounded by snows and
mountains ,the deep blue water lake has circumference of 2.5kms . river Chandra
flows very close to it
4,250mts, this beautiful high altitude lake is also approachable through the kunzum pass which links lahaul and sipiti .
Sarchu
The last point on himachal pardesh-ladakh border.
Bara shigri glacier
The mouth of this glacier is 4kms from batal, on the left bank
of the Chandra river. Here the shigri stream emerges from beneath an archway of ice.
Spiti valley
A high altitude cold
desert, spiti, lying in the rain shadow of rugged mountain ranges has
little rain and an abundance of snow. It is land of fairy tales and fantasies.
Stark ranges that seem painted in shades of russet, purple and pink eroded
mountain-sides strewn with boulders, deep gorges carved out by swift flowing
snowfed streams, are apart of its surrealistic landscape. Small villages with box-like houses along the river stand
amid lush fields and groves of juniper, poplar and willow. For the rest of the
year , spiti is blanketed with snow and temperature remains well under zero.
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