khajjiar--Heaven of Nature-Lover

Khajjiar--heaven of Nature-Lover

The next day, on 14th April, we went to explore another hidden treasure. We were most excited and happy.

'It's a beautiful landscape, I heard, is it?' 

What madam? It's called Mini Switzerland, it is very pretty , my friend had told me -  Ganesh my bro said with excitement.

'Houda Ganesh' then we must see it, I am eager' Suma uttered

'I'm on my fore -toes Suma..'  Sheela squeezed

 her arm.

Hey! hoge Sheela what's this?-Suma pulled her arm back.

'It is a  popular place many film-shootings take place

 here especially Hindi movies, I read it many times' Shivanand added.

' even the new ones 

latest one of  Sharukhan I forgot the name..' MR Bhavayya also joined  our conversation 

Hk Bhavayya was silent  usually he won't show much interest in subject like movies.

'how far is Khajjiar from here?' I asked

;It's 25 km away from Dalhousie , awesome place, we can see Khajjiar Lake, Naga Temple and lot more things there' .. the driver said confidently for he is  basically  from HP.

We just went on talking how travelling around the world has made us realise how beautiful our own country is!

We were amazed when we reached the spot.

 Wah! what a lovely spot! It is a vast expanse of verdant meadows, dense deodar forest and the snow covered hills with some incredible tourist places in and around it.

We could enjoy its beauty in a number of interesting ways- the mountains, the flowers, the lakes, the temples and the greenery! Awesome!! There are cottages, shops everywhere.

 

We took a walk through the landscape and clicked many photos, videos by ourselves.

Photographers are there, and they take out photos in different sizes, in different location if we wish and keep ready our photos with in no time.  We have to pay for them it's not expensive

All  of us took photos and enjoyed a lot .Our joy knew no bounds





Shivanand wished to sit and view the beautiful scenery so we didn't disturb him.


We further went to see the other parts of the landscape.

It is real fun to see snow-clad mountain ranges in the surroundings. There is Naga temple, it's one of the holiest and ancient  Hindu temple in HP, built  by Pandavas during the time of Mahabharat 

     This temple is dedicated to snakes and decorated with ornate wood-carving.

    It is a temple of Lord Shiva, local people visit this temple before they start any good work... that's what we learnt from people over there.



                     Next we went to Chemera Lake one of the great scenic beauty. Two types of boat are there. One is the speed boat and it has limited seating. it's more expensive. Another is motorized boat, it has more seating arrangements.

        We took speed boat. When we wore life-jacket we were thrilled, sitting in the boat, it is real fun to see snow clad mountain ranges in the surroundings. This lake is tranquil picture of natural-beauty and we enjoyed it at the most.


        We are very much pleased visiting such attractions in Himachal Pradesh. Once again thanks to Rahul and Pooja for there great planning.

After delicious food, we had a good rest with a lots of happy memories of Dalhousie that soaked our soul in the midst of nature.


               Which  place did we visit on 15th and 16th? 


                          Read in my next post.

                                                     
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