Between Tarala and Margi, forest, terracing, paths and snow peaks
View of Tarala rest house and the kitchen and outhouse budlings from above. West Himalayan Holidays pack ponies arriving.
Contact sheet IV 5 (photo)
Contact sheet IV 5B (photo)
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Tyari. My hosts, handsome men posing with their hookahs on the veranda. They were telling me Gaddi legends & history.
Nayagraon, Upper Ravi Valley. House being built detail of roof construction.
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Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ carrying a sheep or goatskin sack of flour.
Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in a ‘chola’ and carrying a goatskin sack of flour.
Bramour. Sheep and goats finding shade in the ‘chaurassi’.
View across upper Ravi Valley from Tyari village, dense terracing and snow peaks. June.
Tyari, a flock owner on his veranda with hookah
Two men wearing ”chola ‘at rest stop on the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley, Spring migration North, June. Checked and striped blankets
On the way down from Jalsu Pass. Spring migration North. June. Woman setting down her pack beside another for rest stop. Note goat hair ropes and wooden hasps.
Below the Jalsu Pass view across the Ravi Valley, showing steep terracing, tracks of paths and snow clad peaks. Spring migration North.
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Four women in ‘luanchari’ made with hand printed Rajasthani cloth. The child has a bonnet. Chatting and resting on a stone bench their way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley. Spring migration North. June.
On the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Nayagraon. Spring migration North. June. Resting at Lakhna temple young boy and elderly shepherd who is fondling his sheep. Checked blankets and pack.
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Inside the temple, Shiva, Parvati, Ganesh & Nandi embossed in silver.
Inside the temple Ganesh and his rat, embossed in silver.
Detail of balcony (silver?)
Detail of veranda – Silver ?
Detail of construction doors & veranda.
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The temple complex with mountains background.
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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.
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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.
Kukti Pass, 16,000ft. 4,800 metres. There is a Gaddi flock high up, some are already at the pass, some are in the dangerous area, the gully where rocks can fall, loosened from the melting ice. There is another flock resting mid photo to the right of the glacier.
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.