Hamta Pass , The high mountain pass connecting Kullu valley with Chandra valley of Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh .

 Hamta Pass :-

The Hamta Pass is situated at an elevation of 4270 metres from the mean sea level up hill of Manali . It is a high mountain pass in Pir-Panjal range of Himalaya . The Trek is through village Hamta  below village Sethan and is used by shepherd during summer to reach high mountain grassland in Lahaul valley .This pass connects the Kullu valley with Chandra valley of Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh .

        Beautiful view of Hamta pass in Manali

The trekking troups go up hill Manali through Indrasan ,Deo Gibbs and Inder killa climbing to the top  ,during back they meet Arjun gufa , the historic cave .

         

                 Hamta Pass in Pir-Panjal range

Nature's Architecture Manali Himachal Pradesh

Kunzum -La , " The Kunzum Pass Connects Spiti Valley with Lahaul valley."

 The Kunzum Pass  connects Lahaul with Spiti valley.  The Kunzum Pass is situated on the  route from Gramphoo in Lahaul to Kaza the sub- divisional headquarters of Spiti and is about 60 Km from Gramphoo on the National Highway- 505 and about 75Km from Kaza. The distance of Kaza from Manali via Atal- Tunnel and Kunzum Pass is about 190 Km. 

      Kunzum Pass -Kunzum La in Lahaul-Spiti

                    Himachal Pradesh , India

The Kunzum Pass is a high mountain pass situated at an altitude of 4551 metres from mean sea level. 

 Beautiful view of Kunzum Pass, Trekking course to Chandratal in Lahaul-Spiti. The Kunzum Pass is a paradise  for Photography. The mountains, glaciers , clouds can be captured in Camera. 

              Beautiful view of Kunzum Pass

               Road leading to Kunzum Pass

The local people have constructed a Goddess Durga temple at Kunzum Pass. 

Sach Pass, " The Pass connecting Chamba Valley with Pangi Valley at an altitude of 4420 metres from mean sea level."

  The Sach pass is a high mountain pass connecting Chamba Valley with Pangi Valley in district Chamba Himachal Pradesh. The pass is situated in Sach town at an altitude of 4420 metres from mean sea level. Sach pass is about 15 Km from Killar and about 127 Km from Chamba district headquarters. 

Sach Pass in district Chamba Himachal Pradesh

The Killar  town has Helipad facility. The Sach pass  is a most convenient route for trekking into Pangi valley. Some views of Sach pass are shown below. 

        View of Chamba valley from Sach Pass

            Roads in Chamba Himachal Pradesh

              View of Sach Pass during Snowfall

Rohtang Pass, " The High Mountain Pass, which connects Kullu valley with Lahaul &Spiti Valleys."

 The Rohtang pass is situated on Manali -Leh Highway about, 51Km from Manali . It is a famous pass having world 's second highest road crossing through it. The altitude of this pass is 3978 metres from mean sea level.  The Rohtang pass is existing across Pir-Panjal range in Himalayas. 

    Rohtang pass, Tourists Enjoying  the Nature

Previously this pass was the only way  but now with the opening of Atal Tunnel which is 9.02 Km long constructed under Rohtang pass has made the  all weather connectivity . 

           View of Rohtang pass during winter

This pass has very notorious and has taken many lives. 

The Atal Tunnel was inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime Minister shri Narendra Modi ji on 3rd October 2020 , Defense Minister Sh. Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Thakur Jai Ram were present on this occasion. This tunnel at an elevation of 10000 feet is longest in the world with 9.02 Km Length. 

                    Beautiful View Rohtang - La

            View of Kullu from Rohtang pass

Every year lacs of tourists used to enjoy the nature in Kullu, Manali and Rohtang pass. 

              Another View of Rohtang pass

Baralacha Pass, " Baralacha La a mountain pass on Leh - Manali Highway."

 La is a word known as mountain pass. The Baralacha La is situated on 475 Km long Leh - Manali Highway via Rohtang pass and about 75 Km from Keylong towards Leh side at an elevation of 4890 metres from mean sea level. 

The distance via Atal Tunnel reduces about 46 Km and the Manali Leh  Highway distance is about 429 Km. 

                        View of Baralacha La

The Baralacha La is about 8 Km in length having cross roads on this summit. The roads fre Zanskar, Ladakh, Spiti and Lahaul passes on the top of Zanskar mountain range. 

            Baralacha La covered with huge snow

                   Suraj Tal in Baralacha La

Jalori Jot, "A mountain pass on Anni -Banjar -Thalout -Kullu Road in district Kullu Himachal Pradesh."

Jalori Jot a mountain Pass  :-

When we think about enjoying beautiful landscapes in  Himachal Pradesh, the whole of the state is full of beautiful places to see. The travel and trade in ancient times was not so easy. It was only through narrow passages at certain depressions where the people could cross over the mountains .Such location id called pass or Jot. 

               View at Jalori Jot district Kullu 

In the ancient times the mountains were barriers against  travel and trade because it was very very difficult to cross over these barriers as the mountains remained covered with snow most of the time in a year. Then on the ridges of the mountains,  there the existing depression and narrow passages which have some easy access to cross over the hill due to less quantum of snow were used for the purpose of travel and trade. These narrow passages  are called mountain pass or Jot .  

 

Jalori  Jot is is a mountain pass in district Kullu.  it is located at a distance of about 31 Km from Anni and about 44 Km from Thlaout . The road traverses from NH 22 at Sainj, then Luhri Anni Jalori pass  Banjar then meets NH 21 at Thalout. 

                   Sun set View from Jalori pass

The  Jalori Jot is  located  on NH 305 at an elevation of 3135 metres from mean sea level. The snow fall during winter block the traffic but Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department always regulates the traffic. 

                     Another View at Jalori pass

Annual Solar Eclipse 10th June 2021

 Solar Eclipse 10 th. June 2021 :-

The astronomical event of Solar eclipse will happen on the day of 10 th. of June 2021,the day will be Thursday when the Sun, Moon and the earth will be coming in a straight line and nearly on the same plane  . 

  

         Presentation of Solar eclipse

The Moon does not cover the Sun  completely , the Sun's outer edges remain visible thus the ring of fire is formed. 

                       Ring of Fire

The timing of the Solar eclipse as per scientists as IST is, 1:42 PM to 6:41  PM. As per NASA this Solar eclipse in India  will be visible from Ladhakh  and Arunachal. 

 

For scientists such astronomical events are of great importance from research point of view. 

Guru Ka Lahore, " The holy place in district Bilaspur ,Himachal Pradesh ."

 Guru Ka Lahore :-

The Guru Ka Lahore is a place in Himachal Pradesh district Bilaspur  near Basantgarh ,6 Km from Ganguwal and 12 Km from Anandpur Sahib where the marriage ceremony of 10 th Sikh Guru , Guru Govind Singh ji was performed on 21st June 1677 with Jitto ji daughter of Bhai Hari Jas a resident of Lahore. 

 Holy Gurudawara, Guru ka Lahore near Bassi village in district Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh. 

The brief history how Guru ka Lahore was Named :- 

The son of Guru Teg Bahadur Govind Rai grown young and his betrothal was done with Jitto ji daughter of Bhai Hari Jas a resident of Lahore in the lifetime of Guru Teg Bahadur. 

  The marriage of young Govind Rai could not took place because of the elder Guru 's martyrdome  in November 1675 and the marriage was postponed. 

Later in 1677 Bhai Hari Jas came to Chaak Nanki and propsed that Guru Govind Rai must come to Lahore with Baraat and  marry his daughter. On this all elders of the family and relatives suggested that people at Lahore were against Guru ghar and in such circumstances the proposal is not feasible. Then Guru him self proposed that let's create Lahore here and Jitto ji and her family and relatives will come to here and the marriage ceremony be completed from this this created Lahore. Bhai Hari Jas agreed and a temporary camp  like Lahore was set up at this place, bride and her family with relatives came to this newly created Lahore and Baraat of Guru Govind Rai came to this place and marriage ceremony was performed at this place. From then this place is named as Guru Ka Lahore. Later on during 1960 -62 Gurudawara was constructed at this place and every year Nagar-kirtan is performed to celebrate the event of Guru Govind Singh 's marriage from Anandpur Sahib to Guru ka Lahore. This is how the place became historic and named Guru Ka Lahore. 

                             Guru Ka Lahore

This place is on Bhakra Goilthaee Bassi Ganguwal road, thousands of pilgrims used to visit this holy Gurudawara every year. I have recently visited this holy Gurudawara on 4th of April 2021. It is a very nice place and one could feel peace at this place. 

The Pabbar Valley, "the beautiful landscapes along the Pabbar river in Himachal Pradesh."

 The beautiful landscapes of Pabbar river which is originated from Chandarnahan lake, glacier and springs from the surface in Chansal mountain range forms the Pabbar valley near the boarder of Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh in Rohru area of district Shimla. This valley is also known as Rohru Valley. 

          Beautiful landscapes of Pabbar valley

When we start journey from Shimla then road bifurcates  from Theog about 32 Km from Shimla towards Jubbal  on Theog Hatkoti Rohru road,after reaching Jubbal  then reach Rohru. From Rohru we enter the beautiful landscapes of Pabbar valley. The Jubbal is about 60 Km from Theog and Rohru is about 25 Km from Jubbal.  This valley is less explored for tourism because of poor road facility but now Government of Himachal Pradesh is doing well in developing  road infrastructure in the state including this area also so there is a lot of  potential in tourism sector in this valley. 

The Pabbar valley starts from Hatkoti and extends up to Tikri in the lap of Chansal mountain range. The valley has many small khads in this valley and are flowing in zig- zag form at numbers of locations, the major khads are Andhra, Penjore Shhikri. 

          Panoramic landscapes in the valley

The panoramic  meadows with ample natural flowers , green grass  and grazing animals are worth seeing. The thick forests of blue pine in lower reaches  and silver-fir at higher altitude adds to the beauty of the valley. The apple orchards in the valley have added to the economy of the area. 

                 Beautiful View of the valley

The agriculture in the valley has major crops maize, barley, pulses, rice, wheat  , potatoes and Millets. Horticulture development programs have also encouraged by the Government in recent years. The Pabbar is also has  Trout fish activities.  Fishing and angling is one favorite activity in the pabbar valley, Mr. Glover a British Chief Conservators of  forests had introduced  the Trout fishing in Pabbar river during 1938-39 . 

The people of the valley are  beautiful, simple and hard working. The trecking activities to the valley  and Chansal mountains is there for trekkers and nature lovers.  The trekking adventures can be best enjoyed on the Gadsari -Saru trek which starts from Gadsari and ends at Saru lake at an altitude of about 3616.50 metres from mean sea level. The another trek is from Janglik -Chandarnahan which ends at Chandarnahan lake about 4000 metres from mean sea level. The third challenging trek is Rupin Pass trek which starts from Dhaula and end at a water fall at an altitude of 4619 metres from mean sea level  . The very pleasant trek from Rohru - Buran Ghati pass which starts from Rohru and ends at an altitude of 4578 metres  also there is on another trek named Kharapathar -Giri -Ganga  trek. Trekking teams enjoy these treks and enjoy the nature in this valley. 

                           View of Jubbal 

The valley is full of nature and beautiful landscapes.