Sights in Central Himachal Pradesh
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Naggar Castle
Built by the Sikh rajas of Kullu in 1460, this beautiful fort is a fine example of the alternating stone and timber style of Himachali architecture. It was converted into a hotel in 1978 when the last raja fell on hard times. There’s a tiny one-room museum downstairs, and the Jagtipath Temple in the courtyard houses a slab of stone said to have been carried here by wild bees. The best way to experience the castle is to stay here, and there’s also a restaurant – see right.
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Roerich Gallery
The main road through Naggar village continues for 2km to Roerich Gallery, the former home of eccentric Russian painter Nikolai Roerich, who died in Naggar in 1947. The lower floors display some of Roerich’s surreally colourful paintings of Kullu, Spiti and Lahaul, while the upper floors preserve the artist’s private rooms. Roerich was also the brains behind the Roerich Pact, a treaty signed by more than 60 countries guaranteeing the preservation of cultural monuments around the world.
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Great Himalayan National Park
This 750-sq-km national park was established in 1984 to preserve a home to 180 species of birds and rare mammals, such as black bears, brown bears, musk deer and the ever-elusive snow leopard. As well as conserving wildlife, the park runs programs that provide a sustainable income for people living on the periphery of the conservation area.
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Great Himalayan National Park
This 750-sq-km national park was established in 1984 to preserve a home to 180 species of birds and rare mammals, such as black bears, brown bears, musk deer and the ever-elusive snow leopard. As well as conserving wildlife, the park runs programs that provide a sustainable income for people living on the periphery of the conservation area.
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Gelukpa Cultural Society Gompa
The more-traditional Gelukpa Cultural Society Gompa has an atmospheric prayer room crammed with statues of bodhisattvas (enlightened beings), revered lamas and Buddhist deities. There’s also a small workshop producing Tibetan carpets.
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Museum of Himachal Culture & Folk Art
Opposite Hadimba Temple, the interesting Museum of Himachal Culture & Folk Art has religious relics, household objects, instruments, weapons, architectural woodcarvings and scale models of Himachal temples.
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Nature Park
A large grove of deodars (cedars) on the banks of the Beas has been set aside as a nature park, with a small aviary of Himalayan birds, including the monal pheasant, Himachal’s state bird.
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Nature Reserve
A large grove of deodars (cedars) on the banks of the Beas has been set aside as a Nature Reserve, with a small aviary of Himalayan birds, including the monal pheasant, Himachal's state bird.
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Himalayan Nyinmapa Buddhist Temple
The Himalayan Nyinmapa Buddhist Temple contains a two-storey statue of Sakyamuni, the historical Buddha.
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