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guest house
/ hotel: |
Sheetal guesthouse
has nice rooms with plenty of wood panelling, with room prices
ranging from 150 - 500 Rs, and a terrace restaurant with a
great view of the village. We always fancied staying in Naggar
Castle (run as a hotel by HP tourism)- but never did;
there are quite a few other guesthouses around |
restaurant
/ dhaba: |
The Naggar Castle
HP Tourism dept restaurant serves good Indian food, otherwise
most of the guesthouses have attached restaurants (most of
the time fairly empty); Alliance Guesthouse
offers yummy (but expensive) waffles. Restorante
Italiano La Purezza close to Naggar's pagoda style
Tripura Sundri temple serves surprisingly good and reasonably
priced Italian food. |
local interest: |
Krishna Mandir, Roehrich Gallery, old
castle, old village temples, starting point for trek, day
hikes |
| season: |
April to June is best, but also okay
during the monsoon July to August; September / October, after
which its a bit cold. |
| transport: |
by bus from
Manali (20 km, appr. 1 hour), bus
from Kullu (20 km, appr. 1 hour). If you dislike crowded buses,
take a bus from Manali to Patlikuhl, after which its a 40
Rs rickshaw to Naggar bus stand,
or 60 to the castle. |
| related: |
On this site: Himachal
Pradesh slide show • Village
faces slide show • Himachal
Pradesh map • Kulu
Valley Map •
Photo diary: Naggar (Gauri Shankar Mandir) |
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Naggar
is a peaceful village situated along the hills on the east
bank (known locally as the Left Bank) of the Beas river. The
beautiful Naggar castle (now a Himachal Tourism hotel and
restaurant) is the legacy of its status as the old capital
of the former Kullu Kingdom about 500 years ago. The castle
commands an incredible view of the river far below and the
villages that litter the opposite bank, with the distant snow
peaks beyond the Rohtang La Pass visible on a clear day. In
the Deodar forest on top of a hill above Naggar village is
the old wood and stone Krishna Mandir (temple); foreigners
are not allowed inside the sanctuary but are welcome to wander
around the courtyard. At the edge of the village lies the
Roerich gallery displaying oil paintings and the 1930's Dodge
car of the famous Russian artist Gurudev Nikolai Roerich who
lived in Naggar for many years. In the trekking season, Naggar
serves as a starting point for the trek to the village of
Malana via the Chandrakhani Pass.