Monthly: March 2006

12th Annual Shoton-Opera Festival 2006

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

Tibetan Spiritual Leader His Holiness The Dalai Lama (left) walks through a crowd of devotees as he arrives at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in [...]

Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever… More And More Land Is Being Devastated By Drought… Rising Waters Are Drowning Low-Lying Communities… By Any Measure, Earth Is At … The Tipping Point

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

April edition of TIME magazine has an excellent article about global warming. Himachal contributes a lot to this without adequate planned mining as well as bigger [...]

Vijay’s father wants him to win Olympic gold

Posted on March 29, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060329/sports.htm#6 Mahesh Chander Sharma Sundernagar: Soon after shooter Vijay Kumar won the first of his two gold medals at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, his father Banku [...]

Manali Snow

Posted on March 28, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

Beautiful snow fall near snow point in Manali, Kullu Valley.

NALWAR Fair concludes

Posted on March 28, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

Sundernagar – The state-level Nalwar Fair is the biggest cattle fair of North India and cattle from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Delhi, Jammu and [...]

Gold winner Vijay’s village rejoices

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 19: Pemba Tamang and Vijay Kumar of India pose prior to receiving their Gold medals for the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Pairs Final at the Melbourne International Shooting Club during day Four of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games March 19, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Samresh Jung bags five golds at Commonwealth games

Posted on March 22, 2006 by Sumant

Samresh Jung won the another gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth games. This is Jung’s fifth gold medal in Melbourne, taking the 35-year-old to a new Commonwealth [...]

How the apple came to India

Posted on March 19, 2006 by Sanjay Versain

By: Rishad Saam Mehta Narkanda is a typical Himalayan town with its share of fruit vendors lining the bazaar, Nepali porters scurrying around like headless chickens, [...]

The Himalaya Rally

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

Himalaya Rally 2006 The Himalaya Rally 2006 got underway on March 15 in Islamabad. Eighteen vintage cars and 36 racers — from Korea, Germany, Britain, Switzerland, [...]

Chess Edwards’ trek tour to GHNP.

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Avnish Katoch

In September 2006, Chess Edwards is taking trekking tour to Great Himalayan National Park. Here are few details from his site: Described as “Like Nepal 40 [...]

Chamba

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Dr. Des Raj Kashyap

The Khajjiar Lake.

Khajjiar is a forest glade of great beauty, 6400 feet above sea level. It is also known as Switzerland of India.

The saucer shaped lake, fed by slim streams, rests in the center of the large glade of Khajjiar.
It’s embedded beneath a dense pine forest surrounded by high mountains, and fringed by gigantic deodars.

Adding to the charms of Khajjiar are the sacred temple of Khajji Nag (after whom the place is named) belonging to 12th century A.D.
and a golf course set in the midst of the idyllic surroundings.

Khajjiar is 22 km from Dalhousie and 24 km from Chamba.