Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Travelogue on - Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh

Dharmshala is a timeless preserve of calm skies, emerald green hills, majestic pine trees and snow capped mountains cradled in the Kangra valley in Himachal pradesh. The town is split into two sections; Lower Dharamshala is a busy bustling city while Upper Dharamshala is more debonair and sanguine, still holding traces of its British colonial past.

Dharamsala popularly known as “Little Tibet” is also home to the Dalai Lama as well as a large Tibetan community who have made this their home. When China invaded Tibet in the late 1940s the Dalai Lama fled to Mcleodganj in the 1950’s followed by thousands of Tibetan refugees.

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