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Manali Bazaar. Barber’s shop and a shoe stall, with second hand trainers.
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Manali Bazaar. Lahauli women.
Manali Bazaar. Zanskaris wearing felted wool cloaks shopping & a Kullui in tweed waistcoat
The old ‘guar’ (oracle) outside Hadimba’s temple. He was a ‘harijan’ & not allowed inside.
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Kullu. Near Vashist. Funeral of a High Lama who had been a Samadhi.
On the way to Takrasi. Four girls& their basket to collect grass as they go they are making shoes from hemp.
Near Paneo Rest House. Woman and basket. She and others were making shoes our of hemp stalks, one of the shoes can be seen in the bottom of the basket.
On the way to Takrasi. A girl with basket to gather grass. As she goes along she has been making shoes, and there is a shoe a the bottom of the basket.
On the way to Takrasi. Two girls spinning hemp to make shoes. One wears a tweed waistcoat, the other a patched tweed jacket.
Ridge between Paneo and Taralla. On a recce in early days of West Himalayan holidays, Lama Le, Tanjin, Chamba and Miles Jebb.
Paneo rest house kitchen building, flowers growing round.
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Paneo rest house veranda with original chairs, Miles Jebb & Tanjin
Paneo rest house, Miles Jebb reading the old registry ledger on the lawn
Temple with lion’s head door knockers, on the way up the hill to Khanag from Taralla
On the way up to Khanag from Taralla, detail of the door knockers. Penelope Betjeman admired them
From the Jalori Pass a clear view of the high mountains at the head of Kullu Valley – Hanuman Tibba etc – all the way round to Deo Tibba and Indrasen – and more
Jugatsukh Nala. WWH camp site with Jeremy Phipps.
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Jugatsukh Nala. West Himalayan Holidays carrying fire wood across a newly made ‘bridge’ ?
Jugatsukh Nala. Christina Noble & Jeremy Phipps (later Major General).
Sainj valley. Sainsher Mahadev temple. Penelope Betjeman with pony.
Looking up the Sainj Valley. Shainsher Mahadev, five storied ‘pagoda’ temple in the foreground.
Near Katrain, man ploughing with two oxen and wooden plough
Luder Chand’s father, Christina, The signaller, and Luder Chand (Postman), in handsome local tweed jackets. I lived in the postman’s house in Sial village. We are all on a visit to the bazaar.
View from above Gujar camp, on the way to Chandrakhani Pass. Rhododendron in bloom in foreground, the high peaks at the head of Kullu Valley in the background. This was an early recce West Himalayan Holidays recce in the monsoon.
Kullu. West Himalayan Holidays recce. Christina Noble & others on the top of the Chandrakhani Pass.
Malana. This ‘dharamsala’ features in 19 C travellers’ photos and engravings. I think it burnt down soon after I was there.
Malana, temple store, dense use of timber bonding and arched and carved balconies, ibex horns on the wall. The building and the group of women and children in front look so once-upon-a -time (including their expressions) that its hard to believe that it was me who took this photo, in 1971, it could have been taken by someone in 1900.
Malana, temple store with arched and carved balconies, animal horns on the wall, group of 7 women and children in the foreground Dense use of timber bonding and arched and carved balconies, ibex horns on the wall. As for 1.20.23. The building and the group of women and children in front look so once-upon-a -time (including their expressions that its hard to believe that it was me who took this photo, in 1971, it could have been 1900.
In the forest, on the path on the way down from Malana