Kukti Pass (16,000 ft). Autumn migration south, from the Lahaul side. 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.
Contact sheet IV 11B 1982
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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.
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.
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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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Contact sheet IV 13B 1982
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.
Village above Bramour. In foreground a goat beside slate-roofed shed, background snow peaks.
View of upper Ravi from above Bramour. illustrating the scale of the landscape – a narrow path, terraces, houses on the crests and snow peaks above forest level.
Ravi Valley on the way to Holi. West Himalayan Holiday porters crossing the Ravi river.
Contact sheet IV 14B 1982
Autumn migration South. Packing up before setting off, young shepherd sitting on wool sack. Similar to 4.14.13 in this one more packs with blankets, and goat’s hair rope.
On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October. Young shepherd penning lambs before flock goes out to graze. Note wool sack, woollen blankets, and jacket, and the hookah.
Near the Jalsu Pass, West Himalayan Holidays camp kitchen near a Gaddi camp
Approaching the Jalsu Pass, on the Ravi side. Autumn migration South. September/October. Flat roofed Gujar dwelling in the background and view of peaks across the Ravi.
Man, child and woman, with heavy packs, climbing out of Ravi Valley towards Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October.
Climbing out of Ravi Valley towards Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. September-October. Man & woman with heavy packs and checked blankets. Woman wearing tucked up ‘luanchari’ of Rajasthani print cloth. Child walking
Upper Ravi. Autumn migration South. Young shepherd carrying many lambs and kids. Another shepherd in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ behind. In the background a stone hotel ‘dhaba’ building.
Upper Ravi Valley, Near Nayagraon. Autumn migration, September. Tea stop. Girl wearing luanchari, ‘dora’, hair jewellery called ‘ring’
On the way up Ravi Valley. Autumn migration South. September-October. A flock of sheep and goats. Shepherd with woolsack, hookah. Wearing a ‘chola’. Woman on the right, has been or is about to rest her pack on the stone resting platform.
Contact sheet used to be called 4.4a IV 31 1982
Contact sheet used to be called 4.4a(B) IV 31B 1982
British Travellers in the Himalayas. Reproduction of lithograph from India Office Library & Records, titled ‘Stone House at Manikaran – Parbutti Valley’
