Himachal Pradesh
Plain, simple but clean and understandably popular, the Resthouse lies right within the ancient temple's outer courtyard (gates locked 9.30pm to 4am), ideally placed to soak up the atmosphere including the full predawn blast of ritual music.
Upper-storey rooms survey the temple across a shared balcony and have maybe-working geysers in attached bathrooms. The dorm has an outside toilet.
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Govind Wildlife Sanctuary & National Park
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Within the Bhimakali inner courtyard, to the right of the two towers, the building with conical slate-roofed spire enshrines a club-wielding Lankra Vir…
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What makes Sarahan so instantly distinctive are the 'twin towers' of its fabulous Bhimakali Temple, best photographed from behind with a backdrop of…
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A fanciful feat of oriental neo-gothic architecture, the handsome Padam Palace is central Rampur's only real 'sight'. Built between 1919 and 1925 for the…
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Unspoilt Chehni village is one of the most magical villages imaginable. Surveying a wide sweep of valley and ridgetops from 2110m, its antique core…
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Adding a little unsophisticated colour to old Kalpa's central temple group, this Buddhist shrine has a prominent chorten (stupa) in its forecourt.