Himachal in winter 2/ On the foothills of Dhauladhar
What a gift from God! I was thinking this only while entering Palampur. Actually, the scenic beauty in this town is just mersmerising. The whole region is located almost around four-and-a-half thousand feet above sea level. In spite of that is region is absolutely plain, with the snowcapped Dhauladhar in front of us. The British-era tea gardens have increased the beauty of the region. This is a brief description of Palampur. It was foggy all around in the morning when we started our journey from Bilaspur. However the fog cover lifted completely as we progressed a bit from Palampur. It was totally sunny all of a sudden. We didn’t take the straight road to Palampur from Bilaspur. Mandanji told us that we would visit the Jwalamukhi Temple on our way. Jwalamukhi is one of the most important religious sites in Himachal Pradesh and also it is one of the 51 ‘sati peeths’. Jwalamukhi is situated at a distance of 100 kms from Bilaspur. When we reached Jwalamukhi the Sun was over...