http://www.allhimachal.com Himachal Pradesh Information with the details like News, area, people, economy, climate, and history of the state by allhimachal.com. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:55:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/kye-monastery-is-the-largest-in-lahaul-spiti.html http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/kye-monastery-is-the-largest-in-lahaul-spiti.html#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:06:08 +0000 Tarsem http://www.allhimachal.com/?p=641 Overlooking Kaza from a height of about 13,500 ft, the Kye monastery is the largest in the valley and holds a powerful sway over the most populous part of the valley around Kaza. The gompa is an irregular heap of low rooms and narrow corridors on a monolithic conical hill. From a distance is resembles [...]]]> http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/kye-monastery-is-the-largest-in-lahaul-spiti.html/feed/ 0 http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/dhankar-monastery-lahaul-spiti.html http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/dhankar-monastery-lahaul-spiti.html#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:05:24 +0000 Tarsem http://www.allhimachal.com/?p=636 Dhankar Gompa (also spelled as Dhangkar Gompa) is a Gompa, a Buddhist temple in the district of Lahul and Spiti in India. It is situated at an elevation of 12,774 feet in the Spiti Valley between the towns of Kaza and Tabo. The complex is built on a 1000-foot (300-metre) high spur overlooking the confluence [...]]]> http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/dhankar-monastery-lahaul-spiti.html/feed/ 0 http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/dhankar-gompa.html http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/dhankar-gompa.html#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:20:10 +0000 dadhwal http://www.allhimachal.com/?p=436 Dhankar Gompa is a Buddhist monastery situated in the Spiti Valley of India. It stands perched at a height of 12,774 feet and falls between the towns of Kaza and Tabo. Dhankar was the erstwhile capital of Spiti Valley Kingdom during the 17th century. The monastery was built approximately one thousand years ago. One of [...]]]> http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/dhankar-gompa.html/feed/ 0 http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/kaza-hill-station.html http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/kaza-hill-station.html#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:10:26 +0000 dadhwal http://www.allhimachal.com/?p=433 Location Lahaul Spiti is the largest district in Himachal Pradesh. The Lahaul region is located at an altitude of 3000-3900 m. The Spiti valley is connected to Lahaul through the 4500 m long Kunzam Pass. Kaza is the main town and the administrative center of Spiti. Sight Seeing The town of Kaza is divided into [...]]]> http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/kaza-hill-station.html/feed/ 0 http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/history-of-lahaul-spiti.html http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/history-of-lahaul-spiti.html#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:58:27 +0000 dadhwal http://www.allhimachal.com/?p=430 Lahaul & Spiti is a big district having international boundary with Tibet. It  attained the status of a district in the year 1960. Till then it was merely a tehsil of Kullu Sub-division. The valleys. mountains, glaciers, rivers, forests, pastures, gompas (monastries) and ancient buildings of the former ruling dynasty are the principal objects of [...]]]> http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/history-of-lahaul-spiti.html/feed/ 3 http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/district-of-lahul-spiti.html http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/district-of-lahul-spiti.html#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:31:26 +0000 admin http://www.allhimachal.com/?p=34 Lahaul & Spiti or Little Tibet are 2 valleys in the northern part of Himachal Pradesh. Most tourists are unaware of these areas as 6 months of the year, the roads are closed and the climb is difficult. If one plans to visit Kulu- Manali in summer, one must include Lahul & Spiti in their [...]]]> http://www.allhimachal.com/district/lahul-spiti/district-of-lahul-spiti.html/feed/ 1