Chandrabhaga valley, after a gruelling days walk through the devastation we were relieved to arrive at this Rest House Raoli .. Previous travellers had used some of the floorboards for fuel
Chandrabhaga Valley. Dorze in the midst of the avalanche destruction. There had been a heavy fall of late snow. Then avalanches destroyed villages and the wind ahead of it tore babies out of their father’s arms. And devastated villages, including stores of food and seed. After crossing the Sach Pass and coming down into Chandrabhaga valley I found the way along hazardous and frightening.
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Kot Temple, showing the tiger head end, carving round the window frame, & frieze,
Kot, inside the temple. A metal ‘murthi’ attached to veranda pillar and many iron circles of various sizes; offerings to the ‘deota’
Kot temple showing tiger, peacock, frieze and turret on the roof.
View on the way from Paneo to Takrasi
View taken from near Khanag of Kot Temple in the trees.
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Kot Temple Store, carved balcony
The Gaur, he has uncut hair, standing in the many recessed door way of Kot temple store
Contact sheet III 15 1979
Woman carrying a plough. She is passing a brown oak tree. The timber of the oak, being so hard is used for plough shares
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On a ridge above Parasher, cattle and people and distant snow peaks.
On ridge on way to Parasher. Looking across Kullu Valley.
Contact sheet III 17 1979
The approach to Paneo rest house
Stone sculptures scattered around the ruined temple on the far side of Paneo Rest House. Everything is a magic yellow because covered in ‘deodar’ pollen.
On the way to Paneo. A girl with a kilta in the forest.
Between Khanag and Kot, paved courtyard, corn cobs drying, scare-crow
Below Paneo, view looking down onto oxen ploughing narrow terraced field, looping paths lead through trees which have been lopped for firewood. Another village below and beyond
Contact sheet III 18 1979
From the ridge above Parasher, rolling ‘downs’ and mountains.
Gujars near Parasher. In the foreground Gujars’ houses and their buffaloes. High mountains in the background.
On a ridge above Parasher. Beautiful, 7 ridges from dark shadowed foreground to distant snows.
From a ridge above Parasher, the mountains of the head of Kullu Valley visible.
Very good photo of the temple, the lake, the island and the mountain ridges beyond.
Contact sheet III 19 1979
Evening Standard Travel Notes describing West Himalayan Holiday Organised ‘Venturing’ led by CCN
