Trans Himachal 2018 – 33 Bathad – Manjali – Palchan Gad (3500)

Palchan Gad

Cave shelter near the end of the Palchan Gad valley in the Great Himalayan National Park

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Flowers

The Great Himalayan National Park is dotted with beautiful alpine flowers of all colors of the rainbow

Festival

Villagers playing large silver trumpets in a music festival while inaugurating a newly built temple at Manjali

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Shesh Nag

The beautiful wood carved Shesh Nag temple near the village of Manjali

Palchan Gad

Glacial stream flowing down the beautiful Palchan Gad valley

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Manjali

Festival at Manjali village for the inauguration of the newly built temple

Apples

Villages surrounded by apple orchards carrying hundreds of fruits per tree

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Palchan Gad

Steep vertical drop below the glaciers at the end of the Palchan Gad valley