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Kamaksha devi temple Karsog valley

The temple of Kamaksha devi (Goddess) is situated in district Mandi near Karsog valley at village Kao.

Karsog is a great beautiful valley near Shimla and Mandi. It is mainly popular for its temples, nature and local culture. Day by day this place is becoming popular and attraction of tourist. In Karsog valley there are too many orchards of apples and dense trees of deodars and pines.



The valley is having facilities like hotels, restaurants, roads and Transport. The distance of this village from main station karsog is about 7 km. The temple of Kamaksha Devi is dedicated to Goddess Durga. It is supposed by the villagers that Goddess durga trounced Demon Mahishasur (a demon in the form of a buffalo) here.

The temple looks very attarctive and beautiful having some great pieces of wooden art which is rarely found build by local villagers.

It has astonishing woodcarvings of Pagoda style structural design and there is also beautiful sights around the temple. Around the temple you will see some of the ancient time things which are really beautiful.

 

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Kalpa Kalpa is a little known town situated in the lap of the mighty 19965 feet Kinner Kailash peak, around 240kms from Shimla. Situated at an altitude of 9711 feet, Kalpa is surrounded by snowy peak for almost the whole year. One gets a clear view of the sacred Kinner Kailash peak as well as its sister peaks. You can get a chance to bike to this place, band in the middle of winters! Kalpa used be to a favourite haunt of Lord Dalhousie, who used to visit this place by travelling next to the Sutluj River in those days.


But nowadays you can easily drive down, although the road is quite tough! From Delhi, Shimla is a comfortable 9hour drive (355kms via Ambala and then NH22). From Shimla, things get interesting. Carry on the NH22 to Narkanda (64kms, an easy 2hr drive), then Rampur (another 73kms, 2 hours). From here on, for a while roads are good but mostly, turn into a bad shape with work going on (the hydro electric power station). But the views make up for it. From Rampur, you pass thru Jeori (23kms), Wangtu (37kms) and finally Karcham (20kms).

The road from Wangtu to Karcham is in a bad state and occasionally the road is blocked for a couple of hours due to landslide. At Karcham, a right goes to Sangla valley, take a left towards Recong Peo/Kalpa (35kms). At Recong Peo, there are two options, a longer 13kms or a shorter steeper 7km route. You can take another shorter 7km route, riding between apple orchads, narrow roads, in complete isolation. And if you are here between Dec and Feb, you will be greeted with atleast 5-6 frozen waterfalls by the road between Peo and Kalpa.

If you are driving youself, taking a nights stop at Narkanda, around 420kms, 11 hours from delhi. Stay at Himachal Tourism's hotel , Hotel Hattu. 180 degree view of the 18000-20000 feet peaks from Kalpa will keep you occupied for days. If you a
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The Tara Devi Temple has located at a distance of 11 km from Shimla on the Shimla – Kalka National Highway. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Tara and stands on Tara Devi hilltop between Shimla and Shoghi and is a very popular visiting spot for tourists and devotees.

The temple was built over 250 years ago and holds a great spiritual value for devotees. There is a belief that Goddess Tara was brought to Himachal Pradesh all the way from Bengal. It is believed that a king from the Sen Dynasty had a locket which contained a small gold idol of his family deity, Goddess Tara.

He visited this area over a hundred years ago wearing the locket tied around his upper arm. The idol remained encompassed and passed on through the many generations of the Sen Dynasty. But during the 96th generation dynasty, King Bhupendra Sen had an unusual vision near the current location of the temple, while he had been hunting, of his family deity Tara Devi along with her Dwarpal Bhairav and Hanuman Ji, expressing the need to be unveiled before the people, to bless and be prayed to. He, at once donated around 10 acres of land and had a temple constructed there to honor “Ma Tara” and her wishes.

A wooden idol of the goddess was installed and later on another king from the same dynasty, Raja Balbir Sen had another vision of the deity expressing her desire to be installed on the Tarav Parvat, and to honor her wishes he had another idol of Tara Devi made of Ashtadhatu, in his capital of Junga and carried it on an elephant “Shankar” to the hill top and had it installed in the 1825.

 The main attraction of the temple is it seclusion from the normal noise and pollution, traffic of the cities and towns. The Tara Devi Temple has tranquility and a sense of peace and relaxation in its atmosphere because of how its located away from everything, standing alone and serene. There are big precessions and celebration held at the temple during the Navaratras and Ashtami. To one side of the Temple you can see the beautifully snow-capped Himalayas and the town of Shimla while on the other side you can see the tremendously green and beautiful plains that spread out vastly between the mountains.


 There are two ways to get to the temple. You can both walk the 4 km distance from the national highway and enjoy the peaceful view and the scenery of the mountains while walking and for those of you not used to walking or have difficulty, you can drive from Shoghi, which is 6 kms from the temple. There are various taxis and transportation available from here and you can go up to as close as 200 meters near the temple, after which it’s a short walk to the Tara Devi Temple.

 Best time to visit  The best time to visit the Tara Devi Temple is during the Shardiya Navaratras and Ashthami which takes place during Dussehra, when there are big celebrations held in honor of Goddess Tara. A fair is organized during this time, and people from all over the country come to pray and pay their respects to the goddess. Tara Devi Temple is fit to visit all year round except for the rainy season between July and August. December and January aren’t ideal either because the snow fall makes it difficult to trek up or drive up to the temple. Trivia There is a “langar” held at the temple where food is distributed amongst the people on Sundays. There is a huge fair held at the temple during the Navrataras and Ashthami.

Timing The timing to visit the Tara Devi Temple is between 7:00 am and 6:30 pm.
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Facts about the District Names of Himachal Pradesh

Here are the facts about the District names of Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur – The name of the present Bilaspur town traces its origin to Rishi Vyas which was originally known as Vyaspur.

Chamba – Chamba was founded in 920 AD. Raja Sahil Varman who named it after his favorite daughter Champavati.

Hamirpur – The present town derived its name from RAJA HAMIR CHAND.

Kangra – The Ancient name of the city Kangra was Bhimnagar founded by Bhima one of the Pandava brothers.
– Kangra is a composite word made out of Kaan (meaning ear) + Gaddha (Create/ Mold). This was given to Kangra because of the famous ancient plastic surgery for royals who wanted to improve looks and warriors who had lost facial features during wars.

Kinnaur – Kinnaur district was formed in 1960 and it derived its name from the term “kinner”. The natives of Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh are traditionally referred to as Kinners.

Kullu – There is other evidence in history and literature that confirm that the name of this part was “Kalut” and the letter “T” was eventually dropped from the name with the passage of time. Thus, this place got its present name Kullu.
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Lahul and Spiti – The name Lahaul & Spiti, the district comprises two different mountains tracts, one known as Lahaul and the other as Spiti. Hence the name of the district came into being with the formation of these two parts of a revenue district. The names, Lahaul & Spiti, have different origins.

Mandi – The name “Mandi” (and the former name “Mandav Nagar”) has its roots from Great Saga Rishi “Mandav” who prayed in this area, and rocks turned black due to the severity of his penance. Alternatively, the name may have derived from the common word mandi which means “Market” in Hindi.


Shimla – Its name is derived from the goddess Shyamala Devi.
Sirmaur – Origin of the name. About the origin of the name, “Sirmaur” there are quite a few surmises. One view being that the state derived its Sirmaur because of the senior position it held amongst the princely hill states.

Solan – Solan is named after the Hindu Goddess Shoolini Devi.

Una – Una district which is otherwise popular known as Jaswan Dun (Jaswan State) was founded by Raja Purab Chand from the Kangra Royal Family (Katoch family of Kangra). Not much known about the JASWAN STATE until the time of AKBAR when it became subject to the Mughal rule.

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Morni (Silkroute) by Mohit Chauhan from Pehchan

Original Artist: Mohit Chauhan/Silkroute
Original Album: Pehchaan

“Amma poochdi, sun dhiye meri aee
tu badi itni tu, kiya kareeya hoyee yee
[Mother Asks Listen O my daughter,
Why are you so restless?]

Paarli baniya, mor jo bole ho
Amma ji, inne more nindar gawayi ho
[Daughter says: The peacock is hooting in the next forest,
O mother, his hooting has taken away my sleep]

Sadd le banduki jo, sadd le shikari jo
Dhiye bhlaa, ae tha mor maar girana ho
[Mother says: Lets call hunters and gunner,
O daughter we will take this peacock down.]

Mor ni marna, ayeeee ooooooo
Mor ni marna, mor ni gawana ho
Oh ammaji, ae tha mor hinjare puwana ho
[Daughter says: No we will not shoot it,
I will put it in a cage]


Kuthi janda chandrama
Kuthi jande tare ho
Ohh aamji, kuthi jande dilla-de payare hoo
[Where does moon go and where do all stars go?
O mother, where do all our dear ones go? ]

Ho chuhpi janda chandrama
Chhupi jandee tare hoo
oh Dhiye bhala nayyoo chupe dilan-de pyare ho
[Moon hides and so do all the stars,
But my dear daughter, our dear ones don’t disappear anywhere as they remains in our heart.]"
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 Whatsapp Funny Himachli Jokes

इक कुक्कड़ अपने मालके जो खिड़किया च बैठी करि दिखा दा था |
मालिक बड़ा बमार था कने सोगी लाडी भी बैठियो थी |
लाडी बोली - तुसां जो बड़ा बखार है चिकन सूप बनाई लाई ओंदी !!
इतणा सुणदे ही कुकडे दे होश उडी गए !
कुक्कड़ बोल्दा - बेहंजी, इक बरी पेरासिटामोल देइ करि दिखी लया !!

रिड़कू - मैं कल राती अपने बाथरूम च गया ता अंदर भुत था !!
खिड़कू - फिरि क्या होया ?
रिड़कू - होणा क्या था ! मैं भूते जो बोल्या ..कि तू करि ले ,
मेरा ता तीजो दिखी करि ही निकली गया है |

कदी नारी शक्ति को अंडरएस्टिमेट मत करदे !!
लाडा- ये कदेया खाणा बणाया तू ? बिलकुल गोये जेह्या लगा दा ..!!
लाडी - हे ऊपरा बालेया , इस आदमीये हर चीज चखी छड़ीयो !!

रिड़कू - मैथे वाले गुरुजी , हिंदिया वाले सर होरां हिंदिया च कने इंग्लिशा वाले इंग्लिश च गल करदे ता तुसां मैथे च गल कजो नी करदे ?
 मैथे वाले गुरुजी - जादा 3-5 ना कर तू, 9 -2 -11 होइ जा तू नीता 5 - 7 लगी जाने छितर फिरि तीजो 6 दे 36 नजर ओने कने तेरे 32 दे 32 बाहर आई जाने !!
रिड़कू - बस गुरु जी ..हिंदी कने इंग्लिश ही ठीक है !! मैथ सच्ची बड़ा खतरनाक सब्जेक्ट है !!!


मुंडू - आई लव यू !!
कुड़िया जोरे ने थप्पड़ मारया कने बोली - क्या बोल्या तू ?
मुंडू - घुमाई करि दो मारे : तू सुण्या नी ता कजो मारया थप्पड़ मिंजो !!

रिड़कू ने नाईयां दी दकान खोली कने खिड़कू शेव कराणा आया !!
रिड़कू - मुछ रखणी है ?
खिड़कू - हाँ !!
रिड़कू (मूछ कटी करि बोल्दा ) -ले पकड़ मूछ, जिथु तीजो रखणी रखी ले !!

इंजेक्शन स्पेशल शायरी 
इंजेक्शन लगाणे वाले कमरे दे वाहर बोरडे च लिख्या था -
कोई मरी नी जांदा इंजेक्शन लगाणे ते ग़ालिब ..
बस .. उठणे बैठणे कने चलणे दा अंदाज बदली जांदा है !!
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साड़ा हिमाचल सबतों न्यारा


साड़ा हिमाचल सबतों न्यारा साड़ा हिमाचल सबतों न्यारा स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ देवों का आलय पर्वत हिमालय स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ ।

 भोले-भाले लोकी इसदे भोलीयाँ-भालीयाँ शक्लाँ सीढ़ीनूमा खेत एत्थू हरियाँ-भरीयाँ फसलाँ डूगे-डूगे नालू, खड़े कुआलू स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ।

 रीड़िया-रीड़िया खम्भे एत्थू लम्मीयाँ-लम्मीयाँ ताराँ राती जो टिम-टिम करदे एत्थू लाटू लखाँ-हजाराँ गद्दीयाँ दे धण घणे-घणे वण स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ ।

 ग्राँ-ग्राँ सड़काँ वणी गईयाँ घर-घर लगी गये नलके सिरे पर समाने ढ़ोणे ते छुटी गै ढ़ोणा नी पोंदे मटके घरें-घरें बिजली घरें-घरें फोन स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ ।

 जेठ महीने च मेले जे लगदे सज्जी-धज्जी जांदीयाँ नाराँ नंदपुर दा मेला कुल्लु दा दशेरा दिखदे लोकी हजाराँ मनाली दा हनीमून शिमले दी सैर स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ ।

 देवी देवतयाँ दा प्रदेश हिमाचल लगदा बड़ा ही सोहणा इक वरी जेड़ा आई जाँदा एत्थू वार-वार चाहदाँ ओणा पाणीये घराट, सैलाँ दे टप्परू स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ ।

 लहौलस्पिति चम्बा मँडी काँगड़ा कुल्लू किन्नौर ऊना-बिलासपुर हमीरपुर शिमला सोलन सिरमौर घूमी के बारह ज़िले सैलानी बोलदे वनस मोर स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ, स्वर्ग एत्थू ओ ।
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