by Shimla Walks | Aug 8, 2014 | Nature Walks, Trekking
As you enter the hills from Kalka, to drive towards Shimla, after about 30 kilometres, comes a place called Kumarhatti. A number of roads branch off in different directions. The road that forms a hairpin bend to its right, winds up to Dagshai. Although the village...
by Shimla Walks | Aug 1, 2014 | Day Hikes, Featured, General News, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Nature Walks
Mahu Nag the Serpent God in the hills of Himachal Pradesh is the chief deity of district Mandi. His seat is in the area of Karsog of district Mandi with His own temple. People of the area worship here and hold a great faith in the deity. Mahu Nag is the chief of the...
by Shimla Walks | Jul 26, 2014 | Apple, Apple Orchard, Featured, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Nature Walks, Stories
Alexander Coutts How much do we know about Alexander Coutts, the tailor to the Viceroy – Lord Dufferin? Coutts, perhaps or perhaps not from the Coutts family in England who runs Coutts Bank but he left a mark of his presence in Shimla Hills by establishing a fruit...
