Detail of balcony (silver?)
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Detail of construction doors & veranda.
Sarahan was the seat and palace of the Rajah of Rampur (North of Shimla on the old Hindusthan Tibet road) The temple complex is famous.
The temple complex with mountains background.
Another pretty small pavilion in the compound.
Sarahan. Kranti looking at a pavilion in the corner of the courtyard.
Sarahan. Detail of doors & veranda, dilapidated.
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Gaddi, Kukti Pass (16,000 ft) from the Lahaul side. (As for 4.10.11a, but a better photo.) Autumn migration south. There are two flocks visible one fairly low down, approaching the pass, and the other on the ridge of the nearside shoulder of the hill. Cracks in the snow covering of the glacier are visible.
Lahaul, crevasse in the glacier below Kukti Pass.
Gaddis, Overnight camp above Kuldeo temple and below the Kukti Pass (Lahaul side) during the autumn migration to the south. Two shepherds relaxing, wearing tweed caps, chola, and blankets. note cooking utensils and leather shoes.
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Gaddis, Overnight camp above Kuldeo temple and below the Kukti Pass (Lahaul side) during the autumn migration to the south. Two shepherds smoking hookah, wearing tweed caps, ‘chola’, and ‘dora’. Checked blankets are drying on the wall of the dry-stone shelter. Note the dried cattle dung (for fuel) in the foreground.
Lahaul, Gaddi at camp above Kuldeo shrine. Below Kukti Pass. Autumn migration South. Shepherds camped before crossing the Pass. Showing tweed ‘chola’, hookah, checked blankets, stout leather shoes.
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Gaddi, Kukti Pass (16,000 ft) from the Lahaul side. Autumn migration south. There are two flocks visible the front of one is approaching the top of the pass, while the followers are crossing the steep, dangerous gullies where rocks fall from melted ice. Another flock is in the middle distance, in a shadow below a patch of old ice.
Kukti Pass from the Lahaul side, 16,500 ft. Autumn migration South. One flock can be seen resting in the mid picture, right side. Another is on its way to the top of the pass, crossing the dangerous area where rocks can fall from melting ice. The fall below is steep.
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Lahaul, Kuldeo shrine on the way to Kukti Pass.
Nagar Castle. Tourist rest house, in those days it was not fancy, you could stay in the castle. Tara on the veranda.
Tyari village. Woman wearing ‘dora’ and ‘luanchari’ of velvet bodice & hand printed Rajasthani cloth. ‘walijo’ (??) necklace and xxx pendant.
Miyar: Dorze making ‘gyuma’, sausages of blood, ‘masala’ and ‘atta’ fed into sheep intestines
A large straggled flock coming up from Jalma, Lahaul, towards Kaldeo shrine and then the Kukti pass. Autumn migration South.
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Village house above Bramour, Budil Nala. Adjoined houses with double storied timber verandas.
Budil Nala. Village above Bramour, double storied timber verandas, no shortage of timber. A man looking out from the upper and a woman from the lower. See CN list 4.12.16.
Budil Nala (above Bramour). Shepherds stop for a midday smoke from their hookah. They are wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’.
On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. October/September. Boy and man, wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’, penning lambs with checked blankets before the flock goes out to graze.
The Upper Budil Valley. A shepherds’ track is just visible across the middle hill. The lack of trees indicates that this is a south-facing hill where snow doesn’t lie, so tree growth is sparse.
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Tyari village. School teacher’s wife in her best, wearing ‘luanchari’ with ‘hangli’ bodice, and ‘chidi’ on her forehead.
Tyari village. School teacher showing off the embroidery on his best ‘chola’
Tyari village. September. Three men on stone bench smoking ‘biris’ and chatting. One is spinning on a ‘takli’. One wears a woollen hat and patched woollen clothes. There is a ball of wool on the bench.
Above Bramour. Budil nala. Village house. Maize drying on slate roof. Note quality of wooden balconies. Snow peaks across the valley.
Tyari village. My friend Sunni Devi wearing luanchari & ‘dora’, with children who don’t look very healthy.
Upper Ravi Valley. On the way from Holi towards the Jalsu Pass, path along the cliff face. Autumn migration South.
Above Nayagraon. On the way to Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration – South. Lambs in the foreground. A shepherd in silhouette wearing ‘chola’ & ‘dora’ , carrying a bonneted child across his pack, and lambs in his front pouch.
Above Nayagraon. On the way to Jalsu Pass. The man is carrying a pack and child (in velvet bonnet) across the pack, and lambs in his front pouch. Note strong leather shoes.
Houses on the outskirts of Bramour town. A woman coming downstairs from the roof
Village above Bramour. Staircase onto roof where corn is drying, and a loom in foreground.
