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Kullu is a district in Himachal
Pradesh, India. The district stretches from the
village of Rampur in the south to the Rohtang Pass
in the North.The largest valley in the district is
called the Kullu Valley, which is also known as the
Valley of the Gods. There is also a town called
Kullu which sits on the banks of the Beas River in
the central part of the valley. Another important
valley in the district is the Lug valley where the
main forest contractors have been extracting timber
from the forests for the last 150 years and continue
to do so today. Farther north lies the town of
Manali. The ancient seat of the kings of Kullu was
at Naggar Castle, about 12 km north of the present
town, and thought to have been built in the early
16th century by Raja Sidh Sing. Raja Jagat Singh
(1637-72) moved the capital in the middle of the
17th century to its present position, and called it
Sultanpur. The Royal compound consists of the "Rupi
Palace, several temples, and a long narrow bazaar
descending the hill."
Palace Of Interest
Lug valley
Lug valley is a valley in the Kullu district of the
Himalayan region in the state of Himachal Pradesh,
India.The Lug valley in Kullu is reportedly the
place where the concept of using cables and trolleys
for transportation was first employed by the British
Forest Department to transport timber out of
Himachal Pradesh forests in the early twentieth
century.
Hidimba Devi Temple
Hidimba Devi Temple is at Manali, a hill station in
Himachal Pradesh state of north India. This is an
ancient cave temple dedicated to Hidimba Devi, a
character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The temple
is surrounded by a cedar forest at the foot of the
Himalaya mountains. The sanctuary is built over a
huge rock jutting out of the ground, which was
worshipped as an image of the deity
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