Manali Tourist Attractions
Does the beauty of hills stations elude you? Are you attracted to reaching quiet and serene heights, capturing those miniscule yet scenic towns and villages in to your camera? Do you prefer mixing adventure with some solace in quiet mountains and cool hill tops? If you really do so then a trip to Manali in northern India is the right destination for your holidays, for which you would need an India tourist visa especially if you are an alien. Welcome to the hill station of northern India that offers its tourists a pleasurable concoction of peace, tranquillity, romance and a thrilling adventure- Manali the ‘Switzerland of India’.
As the India tourist visa holder traverses their journey by road from the green city of Chandigarh upwards towards the Himalayas, what India tourist visa holder will come across is a splendidly scenic grandeur that holds a classy display of natural beauty all over its hills. This is Manali, one of the classically popular spots for tourists in the Kullu region. Famous amongst tourists and newly-married couples this hill-station serves as an ideal location for film shooting crews as well.
Spiritual and religious splendour
India tourist visa holder shouldn’t miss the Gadha Thekchoking Gompa which is located in the Tibetan area around the bottom of the Mall in Manali. Built by the Tibetan refugees in 1960 this exquisite piece of religious art serves and amazes the tourists with its beautiful frescoes and a mid-size Buddhist statue. The list of martyrs killed in the war from 1987 to 1989 inside this temple would serve as a valuable piece of information to India tourist visa holders.
A four storey wooden temple of Goddess Hidimba Devi located in the middle of the forest comes as surprise attraction and an interesting place of worship which will inspire the India tourist visa holders.
Looking for a prowl in the wilderness?
Spread on the sprawling land of 3,180 hectares and a shelter to one of the most protected species, the Manali sanctuary is an important asset of the Manali wildlife authority. Ahead of this below the Chanderkhani pass, pops a small valley which is home to thousands of tribals living in this hilly region. If India tourist visa holders still haven’t satiated their desire for that thrilling adventure then India visa holder can take look at some known spots of Hanuman Tibba, Chanderkhani pass, Deo Tibba and Rohtang Pass for Heli-Skiing. The ideal time for India visa holder to carry out this sport is during late winters when the layers of snow have gathered making it favourable for it to be smooth and zesty.
As it is more convenient and advisable to use the helicopter service to drop the interested India visa holders at the right height and spot, the cost is expensive and only fit for the ‘right’ India tourist visa holders. No wonder the sport is tremendously thrilling and invokes all the senses as the skier experiences the zing by rapidly zooming down to the white icy slopes.
A visit to the Indian 'Switzerland'
Starting from the Manali town and at a distance of around 13 km, Indian visa holders get to see the exuberantly attractive landscapes of 'Solang valley' encapsulated with snow capped mountains seen around and lavish green acres of curvy lands all around them.