PALAMPUR IN THE KANGRA VALLEY.

The Serene town of Palampur by the Dhauladhar range.

The Mighty Dhauladhar Range at Palampur.

                 PALAMPUR- The SERENE TOWN OF KANGRA VALLEY.

Tea plants bloom.

BAIJNATH TEMPLE , near Palampur.(Jyothirling shrine).

Myself ,at the Baijnath Shrine near Palampur.

On our drive off from Chandigarh to Dalhousie ,we thought to have a night stopover at the serene town of Kangra valley ie. PALAMPUR. With the day break at Palampur , we could feel the severe chill in the air ; The Dhauladhar Range standing tall in front of us made us feel high spirited.... Its a tiny place town but I liked its spread across...Saw & heard about the place many times in hindi movies ,but its the first time that we'r here in this part of India. Wanted to visit the BAIJNATH JYOTHIRLING which is 14kms from the hotel were we stayed the previous night.So, we quickly wrapped up our belonings after a bit of photo session from our 4th floor hotel balcony . Since the place is very small , hardlybig hotels came up; Baijnath temple had a beautiful architecture ...
note: No leather items r allowed inside the temple premise.Cameras allowed outside the main shrine.

Chamunda devi temple , near Dharamashala.

Tea estates of Palampur.

Beautiful sunset across the Beas river on our way to Palampur.

BAJRESHWARI SHRINE, KANGRA.( DURGAMATA's PITH)

Bajreshwari Temple enterance.

 We both at Shahpur on our drive off to Dalhousie from Palampur.

    We really loved this place of worship . Its believed that Ravana got Shiva's blessings after praying here.We had to remove our shoes & belts before entering the place . Taking water in Kalash from the tap besides the main scantum & flowers & prasad ,one can perform His/ hers own puja at this Shiva temple. & being monday  ie. Lord Shiva's day ,we found ourself lucky enough to do our puja & prayers here. We  were planning to go toBIR & BILLING to see the paraglaiding but , due to offseason ,this place was not worth going too ...So, planned out to go around the Tea Estates of Palampur. After that we drove off to Chamundeshwari Temple close to Dharamashala.
   We intended to visit Bajreshwari Shrine in this region ,so instead skipped out Dharamashala ...Bajreshwari is another of the 51 Durgamata's Pith. Here there's not much of hussle bussle like Nainadevi temple in Una City. Since its bit off route & only devotees interested visit the shrine.After Bajreshwari mata's darshan at Kangra we started off our drive to Dalhousie via Shahpur & Nurpur & than bypassing Pathankot.Nurpur to Dalhousie is 69kms via Lahru-Tunnahatti & Banikhet.
  MAIN ATTRACTION OF PALAMPUR: BAIJNATH TEMPLE, CHAMUNDADEVI TEMPLE,TEA ESTATES OF KANGRA,KANGRA TOWN, BAJRESHWARI TEMPLE, BIR-BILLING for paraglaidding lovers.