Dharamsala, known as the little
Lhasa of India & situated in
Himachal Pradesh pulsates the sights & sounds of Tibet. It's actually like mini Tibet in India. The call of the pristine town lying on a spike of the
Dhauladhar range, the Pir Panjal region of the Outer Himalayas is simple irresistible.
Dharamsala is known as the focus of the worldwide exiled
Tibetan community, residence of his holiness the
Dalai Lama and seat of the Tibetan govt. in exile. Various monasteries and institutions have been established to preserve and continue all aspects of Tibetan culture. Organizations monitor and disseminate informatio
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Lhasa of India & situated in
Himachal Pradesh pulsates the sights & sounds of Tibet. It's actually like mini Tibet in India. The call of the pristine town lying on a spike of the
Dhauladhar range, the Pir Panjal region of the Outer Himalayas is simple irresistible.
Dharamsala is known as the focus of the worldwide exiled
Tibetan community, residence of his holiness the
Dalai Lama and seat of the Tibetan govt. in exile. Various monasteries and institutions have been established to preserve and continue all aspects of Tibetan culture. Organizations monitor and disseminate information on the current situation in Tibet and others, which provide health care education and rehabilitation centers to aid the newly arrived refugee community.
Through out the year Dharamsala buzzes with life and culture.
Lower Dharamsala is home to vibrant colorful Indian community who trade almost having everything from sweet candies to note book computers.
McLeodganj is an over tone of Tibet, and under tone of India. Here pavement hawker sells fabulous amethyst and tiger stone jewelry. Tibetan women in their decorous Chubas and aprons sell Tibetan Handicrafts. Solemn and smiling faced monks clad in ochre and maroon robes silent walk the streets. Enchanting flutes and songs of Gaddi shepherds reverberate off the surrounding hills.
In 1960
Jawahar Lal Nehru invited Tibetan refugees to live in Dharamsala Tibetans then had no inkling that the location had prolific Buddhist routes dating back 2700 yrs. Today about 15000 Tibetan refugees consider Dharamsala as their second home.
Dharamsala’s earliest history is obscured by time and the successive invasions that swept through all north India. But it is known that the original tribes identified with
Kangras hilly tracks were Dassas - a warrior people, later a assimilated by Aryans.
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