Kullu. Near Vashist. Funeral of High Lama who has been in samadhi.
Kullu. Near Vashist. Funeral of a High Lama who had been a Samadhi.
Near Katrain, man ploughing with two oxen and wooden plough
Nagar Castle PWD Rest House John Keay at breakfast
Cobbler. Manali Bazaar almost no plastic and no trainers
Kothi ‘dhaba’, on the way to the Rothang pass.
Kothi ‘dhaba’, on the way to the Rohtang Pass.
Near Katrain, village houses
Near Katrain, woman and cattle on terraced fields – stubble after the harvest.
Near Katrain. Evening light, the silhouette of a man carrying a plough and two children, poplar trees.
Near Katrain. Evening light, the silhouette of a man carrying a plough and two children, poplar trees.
Nagar ‘mela’, deota’s ‘rath’ with ‘mohra’
Sanogi. Temple roof of timber. ‘Dharamsala’ roof of stone slab. Under a large ‘deodar’
Vashist, stone carving
Jugatsukh, detail of wood carving sheep and cattle
Jugatsukh. Detail of wood carving men with guns
Nagar mela, two women, wearing Kullui ‘patthu’ sitting on a ferris wheel.
Nagar mela. Girls wearing local ‘pattu’ riding on a hand driven ferris wheel.
Bhunter bazaar. Spring on our the way home from Chandigarh to Manali, Dorze, Tara ,Kranti our jeep.
Nagar Castle. Tourist rest house, in those days it was not fancy, you could stay in the castle. Tara on the veranda.
Jugatsukh veranda duplicate
Jagatsukh. People sitting at the corner of veranda. I went with the ‘mistri’ who was building our Prini House to look at examples for our veranda.
The old village above Nagar
Rumsu the old village above Nagar, a ‘dharamsala’ elaborate construction and carving. The old buildings in this village are now (2015) lived in by young foreigners
Tea house hotel. Hampta, below Sinthan village. Mangal Singh’s cousin, the hotelier. As is framed in my kitchen, London.
Same as 5.13.4, less good version
Hampta Valley. Sinthan, Buddhist, Khampa village, potato fields, cattle .
Hampta Valley. Sinthan, Buddhist, Khampa village., Mangal Singh at his house
Hampta Valley. Sinthan, Buddhist, Khampa village. View from above village looking towards the Rohtang
Sinthan village. Buddhist prayer flags. Potato Fields.
Hampta Valley. Sinthan, Buddhist, Khampa village autumn manuring their potato fields.
Looking up Kullu Valley from below Kaknal. Rice terraces.
Rice terraces below Kaknal. Its autumn, left hand of photo there are piles of manure that have been carried by ‘kilta’ load to be ploughed in before the winter.
Bellow Kaknal. Temporary dwellings for people while working at their rice terraces, as their village might be a distance away.
Not Christina’s photo. The Kullu -Mandi gorge Road 1976.
Not Christina’s photo. Kullu-Mandi gorge.
Not Christina’s photo. Below Nagar. Rice terrace.
The Kulu Trekking agency, my first brochure, 4 pages. Among the practical details of there is nice description of Kulu as it was then ‘An Introduction to Kulu Valley’.
The photo (1.39.9) is of our camp below the Nikora Pass.
The photo (1.39.9) is of our camp below the Nikora Pass.
Air India advertisement for trekking, showing CCN and her backpack and a background of snowy mountains