The Marja (or Marza) Festival is a traditional local water festival celebrated in Rakhcham village. It honors the rivers, streams, and water sources that sustain the village, nourish the land, and ensure a good harvest. ✨
The event highlights the deep connection between the local community and nature through rituals, gratitude, and communal joy. ❣️
Hadimba Mata temple, one of the most revered and divine places of Himachal , is being turned into a smoking spot by tourists. This is pure disrespect to faith and nature. And then people ask why mother nature punishes these areas every monsoon. Please do take action @KulluPolice
We have down it to ourselves and the complete failure of the admin to punish these guys.
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बंजार में हरियाणा से आये पर्यटक की दादागिरि पास देने के पीछे निकले डंडे
#HimachalPradesh#tourism
This thug Dr Raghav Narula, caught thrashing a patient at IGMC Shimla, has merely been suspended. Deserves to lose his license & serve some jail time. No matter what, how can you assault a patient? Most sensible docs have condemned, but several shameless 'docs' defending.
all construction activities suspended on the Kaithlighat-Dhalli four-lane project with immediate effect, pending a detailed safety assessment after the road sink in Bhattakufer yesterday.
Possible link to tunnel excavation work, report ordered
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The Raulane festival, Himachal.
Locals believe that in winter, when the cold turns unforgiving, celestial fairies called Saunis descend from their heavenly palaces to watch over the villages. They guide, they safeguard, and bring a quiet reassurance the community depends on.
Raulane is celebrated to honour them. Two men are chosen as a symbolic couple, the “bride” (Raula) and the “groom” (Raulane). They dress in heavy Kinnauri woollens made for the harsh cold. Masks veil their faces, gloves hide their hands, the idea is to transform a human into a ritual figure, an intermediary between the people and the Sauni spirits.
The central moment unfolds at the Nagin Narayan temple. The two enter in full attire, offer prayers, and begin a slow, symbolic dance. Villagers believe this dance opens a channel between humans and the Saunis. Versions of this festival appear across the Himalayan belt, each region adding its own flavour.
5,000 years old civilisation, preserving a culture so enduring, so unbroken, that even time stands in awe of it.
Divine assembly issues warning against desecration of sacred sites
Deities convey strong displeasure over converting of divine spaces into picnic spots
Bijli Mahadev ropeway was a serious concern. The oracle of Devi Hadimba condemned the tampering
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🚨 BIG BREAKING
Himachal Pradesh’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve has been added to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves list 🔥
With this, India now has 13 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.
*Chandratal lake cleanup*
Total waste collection: 159.5 kg
Number of bags: 38
Number of participants: 10
Please focus on the verity of bottles recovered in pic number -2
Winner is glass bottles 🏅
1 pickup full of non-bio material, 3 more to pick