Dussehra Preperations at Sankat Mochan, Shimla

Sankat Mochan is another name for Hanuman. This temple situated on a horse shoe affords a great view of Shimla from a distance. Dussehra preperations were in full swing when we visited the place. Some of us actually pull the Ravana up!

Jhakhdi to Sangla: A Treacherous Terrain

The terrain from Jhakhdi to Sangla Valley is one of the most trecherous I have seen. Till now I had thought my visits to some of the lower districts of Himachal were scary, but after the trip to Sangla valley, the lower terrain suddenly turned into an expressway!

Shimla: View from Metropole

These are a couple of the most amazing views of Shimla. If you are coming from chhota Shimla, you get down at Metropole, and start your ascent towards the Mall Road. Metropole is an old hotel, currently converted into a guest houst for government officials, if I remember correctly.

Center for Advanced Studies, Shimla

A few kilometers from Shimla, Center for Advanced Studies is a good picnic spot. Entry into the actual building is some INR 20 or so. We never went in for we reached there at lunch time (it is closed around that time), and later we did not have the drive to go in. The skin was beautiful enough.

Looks eerie?!!?

A collage of photos.

How would it look if the corridors were lined with hanging lines and clothes and flowerpots and painted patches and bits of posters? I think it would look nice. And a lot more livable.

Mall Road, Shimla - A 180 degree view

A 180 degree view of the mall road, in front of Comarsons (English spelling, eh?), Tomyka (and what might this be?), anchored with the two photographs below. Did not notice it then, but the sky is so spotless and blue!




Nagar Nigam Shimla - has been marked as a heritage building if I remember correctly. The grey stones look nice for a while, but as they grow on you, they do seem to strangle you. What if the building was red or green or white? I think it would have looked nice.

The red tower in the background looks like a clock-tower. Need to check if it really is so. Clock-towers, a legacy of the past. There is such joy in measuring, isn't it? number of hours elapsed, number of miles gone by, the decimal points by which the sensex rose today, the weight lost today, and now you even get meters that tell you number of calories burnt and the number of steps taken in a day. Dunno but humans seem to like measuring a lot, and do get addicted to it.