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Chamba is a town in the Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, in northern India. According to the 2001 Indian census the town is situated on the banks of the Ravi River (a major tributary of the Trans-Himalayan Indus River), at its confluence with the Sal River. Chambial were the Rulers of Chamba State Chambials use suffix Varmans.
Though historical records date the history of the Chamba region to the Kolian tribes in the 2nd century BC, the area was formally ruled by the Maru dynasty, starting with the Raju Maru from around 500 AD, ruling from the ancient capital of Bharmour, which is located 75 kilometres (47 mi) from the town of Chamba. In 920, Raja Sahil Varman (or Raja Sahil Verma) shifted the capital of the kingdom to Chamba, following the specific request of his daughter Champavati , Who Further Adopted a Kid Named Pt.Shiv Kumar Upmanyu (Chamba was named after her). From the time of Raju Maru, 67 Rajas of this dynasty ruled over Chamba until it finally merged with the Indian Union in April 1948, although Chamba was under British suzerainty from 1846 to this time.
The town has numerous temples and palaces, and hosts two popular jatras (fairs), the "Suhi Mata Mela" and the "Minjar Mela", which last for several days of music and dancing. Chamba is also well noted for its arts and crafts, particularly its Pahari paintings, which originated in the Hill Kingdoms of North India between the 17th and 19th century, and its handicrafts and textiles.
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Mujeres viajando a la chamba en el Metrobus, CDMX. Women going to work in the Metrobus, in Mexico City. Des femmes qui s'en vont au boulot, au Metrobus, à la Cité du Mexique.
HPTDC's (Himachal Pradesh Tourist Development Corporation's) Khajjiar Cottage. We first stayed in this building in Khajjiar overnight in October 1971 when walking from Dalhousie to Chamba
Carved onto the rock face, the 30 ft long limestone sculpture of standing Maitreya Buddha overlooks the National Highway 1D between Leh and Kargil, just a kilometre from the Mulbekh town. The sculpture measures nine metre from base to its top.
Maitreya is a bodhisattva, a successor of the historic Śākyamuni Buddha, who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. A school of thought believes the statue was built during the Kushan period during the first century; however, modern scholars date it around eighth century. In fact, in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, in the first centuries CE in northern India, Maitreya was the most popular figure to be represented, together with the Buddha Śākyamuni.
Though the rock sculpture represents the Maitreya Buddha, the idol is a unique blend of Saivite symbolism and early Buddhist art work. The art is a pointer to the fact that the Buddhist missionaries who were instrumental in carving the statue were from the east of the Himalayas and not from the Tibet.
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DAY 10: Over night halt – ALCHI
Distance & Time: Shey – Alchi by car - 80 km / 3 hrs
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We can see the Basgo village where ruins of the old citadal stand on a cliff.
Due to its strategic location, Basgo was the center of power and an unaccessable bastion 300 years ago. It is now in ruins, broken walls and ruined towers rear up from the cliffs. The three Maitreya (Future) Buddha or Chamba (as known in Tibet) temple that the kings built survive, they are being restored and is on the list of World Monument Fund. In the year 2007, the Basgo Restoration Project won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Excellence.
The Cham Chung Temple has an appearance of an Islamic shrine and probably was a mosque built by Gyal Khatun, Muslim wife of King Jamyang Namgyal who was from Baltistan (now in Pakisthan). Later, Queen Skalzang Dolma (another Balti princess) wife of King Sengge Namgyal converted it into a Buddhist temple.
Serzang Temple houses a 14m / 46 ft. high gold gilded copper statue of sitting Maitreya. The temple was built in 1622 by Sengge Namgyal in memory of his father Jamyang Namgyal.
A 9m / 30 ft. Maitreya statue adorns the Chamba Lhakhang, which was built in 15th century by King Tragspa-bum. This shrine was heavily damaged by water seepage but large sections have already been restored.
Scanned from a half frame Kodachrome slide (transparency)
The Lakshminarayan temple complex is very important from the archaeological point of view. This temple was constructed during the 10th century at the time of King Sahil Verma. In this complex, there are five other main temples namely Radha Krishna, Chandra Sekhara Mahadev, Gaurishankara, Tryambakeshwara and Laxmi Damodara. They are artistically decorated and all have been built in the Nagar style. There are also some other small temples in the complex .
"Picture of Innocence is written below the photograph.
On another photograph, the man is identified as Lt. A. Palmer.
From the album of a british family living in Chamba. 1900/1910.
Unidentified photographer.
Close to Chamba valley in Himachal, i encountered several of these giant spiders. they had huge webs spreading upto 10 meters (approx) hanging between the trees above the road. i climbed a few rocks to get a better view and waited for some time without moving for this dude to face a little towards me.
Previously published by Hindustan times.
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11th March, 2010 on EXPLORE at # 443
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DAY 10: Over night halt – ALCHI
Distance & Time: Shey – Alchi by car - 80 km / 3 hrs
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At the backyard of the Likir Gompa is the massive and dominating 25m / 82ft. tall golden statue of Maitreya Buddha facing east, which attracts the attention of the visitors much before reaching the monastery. Though the gompa was founded in the year 1088, the statue is considerably new, installed in 1999.
Maitreya or Buddha of the Future is in a sitting position. Maitreya's name is derived from the Sanskrit word 'maitrī' meaning 'the perfect virtue of sympathy'; he is also known as Metteyya Buddha derived from the Pāli word 'metta' or Ajita Bodisattva and in Tibet as Chamba or Jampa.
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Note: This shot along with a few more has been selected to feature in a source book to be published by a prominent Spanish publication house by the end of this year. Didn't have to do anything except send the selected photos to the editor when I was approached with the proposal. Would like to express my heart felt thanks for the appreciation received from my Flickr friends. Especially to arrowlakelass, dahil, daKing pics, Ishan, jackie ramo, Larpoon, psa148 and tutincommon for their encouragement (in some cases insistence!) to get my work published (wouldn't have dared otherwise in all probability).
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Salon Rétromobile 2015
Paris expo porte de Versailles
Stand Lukas Hüni AG
Châssis : 110105
Modèle unique. Carrosserie coupé née sur un dessin d’André Chambas et réalisée en aluminium par l’atelier Contamin sur un châssis court de T26 Grand Sport.
–24 Heures du Mans 1949 (Chambas/Morel), abandon.
–24 Heures du Mans 1950 (Chambas/Morel), 13ème place.
-Carrosserie coupé remplacée par une carrosserie barquette en aluminium par Tunesi.
–24 Heures du Mans 1951 (Chambas/Morel), 17ème place.
-Équipée de deux compresseurs Rootes.
–24 Heures du Mans 1952 (Chambas/Morel), 9ème place.
–24 Heures du Mans 1953 (de Cortanze/Chambas), abandon.
-Après Le Mans 1953, carrosserie Contamin remontée sur le châssis.
-Vendue en 1956 à Henri Malartre
At Khajjiar (Hindi: खज्जियार) - a hill station in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Khajjiar (Hindi: खज्जियार) is a hill station in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India, located approximately 24 km from Dalhousie.
Khajjiar sits on a small plateau with a small stream-fed lake in the middle that has been covered over with weeds. The hill station is surrounded by green meadows and dense forests. It is about 6,500 feet (2,000 m) above sea level in the foothills of the Dhauladhar ranges of the Western Himalayas and snowy peaks can be seen in the distance. It is part of the Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary.
Khajjiar can be reached from Dalhousie, the nearest major town and hill station, by bus in an hour or so. It has a rare combination of three ecosystems: lake, pasture and forest, all in one place.
On 7 July 1992, Mr. Willy T. Blazer, Vice Counselor and Head of Chancery of Switzerland in India brought Khajjiar on the world tourism map by christening it "Mini Switzerland". He also put a sign board of a yellow Swiss hiking footpath showing Khajjiar's distance from the Swiss capital Berne-6194 km. Khajjiar is among the 160 locations in the world that bear topographical resemblance with Switzerland. The counselor also took from Khajjiar a stone which will form part of a stone collage around the Swiss Parliament to remind the visitors of Khajjiar as a Mini Switzerland of India.
Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khajjiar
Presenting. The accumulation of a dream. Flowering from "over-the-hills-and-far-away". The Sacral, the Primordial, the Central-Galactic.
The glorific south face of the Holy Manimahesh Kailash, glows an a resplendent blaze, seen from Shikari Devi (top)-District Mandi and The Ridge at Shimla (below).
As awesome- as unbelievable. The legend of the mystical mountain, lives on through.
These views could possibly be encountered from the Thamsar Jot as it falls in the PoV of these images.
From the Ridge at Shimla, the mountain is at a Crow-distance of 147 kms and hidden behind multiple range of The Dhauladhar (the primary as well as Bara banghal). Its not daily that such Mountain is revealed. And i felt his light shine upon me as the Mountain showed up from nowhere.
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Mulbekh.
Mulbekh Chamba is a 9-metre high rock sculpture of Maitreya Buddha of future ages. It is located at Mulbekh in Kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir. Its execution combines esoteric Shaivite symbolism and early Buddhist art. The statue, carved on a hillside in the Suru Valley, belongs to 9th century. This imposing sculpture depicts a standing Bodhisattva with 4 arms and a headdress. It is adorned with jewels. Evidences reveal that this sculpture was made when Kashmiri Buddhist missionaries came traveling east of the Himalayas.
Salon Rétromobile 2015
Paris expo porte de Versailles
Stand Lukas Hüni AG
Châssis : 110105
Modèle unique. Carrosserie coupé née sur un dessin d’André Chambas et réalisée en aluminium par l’atelier Contamin sur un châssis court de T26 Grand Sport.
–24 Heures du Mans 1949 (Chambas/Morel), abandon.
–24 Heures du Mans 1950 (Chambas/Morel), 13ème place.
-Carrosserie coupé remplacée par une carrosserie barquette en aluminium par Tunesi.
–24 Heures du Mans 1951 (Chambas/Morel), 17ème place.
-Équipée de deux compresseurs Rootes.
–24 Heures du Mans 1952 (Chambas/Morel), 9ème place.
–24 Heures du Mans 1953 (de Cortanze/Chambas), abandon.
-Après Le Mans 1953, carrosserie Contamin remontée sur le châssis.
-Vendue en 1956 à Henri Malartre
Just outside Dalhousie as we were walking to Khajiar and Chamba
Photo scanned from a half frame Kodachrome slide (transparency)
FROM THE DIARY - 20th October 1971
Our plan is to do some walking in the Dalhousie area but a rainy spell of weather sets in and we do not get going until the 20th of the month. On the first day we walk from Dalhousie through pine forests to a place called Khajiar which is a grassy meadow in the hills with a lake. The local people have warned us to look out for the bears that frequent this area and if we meet one that looks dangerous we should run downhill as bears are not so fast going downhill. We don't know how much truth there is in this but luckily we don't have to test out the theory as we don't sight any bears.
Other people have been waiting for the weather to change and we meet up with an Australian guy and three Americans who are on a college tour of India. We all stay at the Youth Hostel at Khajiar where we have simple food and accomodation. At Khajiar there is an interesting wooden temple which we have a good look at the following morning. It has a covered area with wooden pillars on three sides in front of the shrine and there are wooden bas-relief carvings of Shiva and other gods.
a dry apple orchard in contrast with a high mountain called kalo peak in churah sub division of chamba district in himachal pradesh state india. winters providing for a warm morning light.
The Kid -
At the Chamera Lake - near Dalhousie, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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The Chamera Dam impounds the River Ravi and supports the hydroelectricity project in the region. It is located near the town of Dalhousie, in the Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India The reservoir of the dam is the Chamera Lake.
After completion of the first phase, the Chamera-I generates 540 MW (3x180 MW) of electricity. The second stage i.e. Chamera-II Dam generates 300 MW (3X100 MW) of electricity. From year 2012, the 3rd stage i.e. Chamera III generates 231 MW (3x77) of electricity.
The unique feature of the region is the fluctuating day and night temperature. The temperature during the day near the dam rises up to 35 degrees Celsius and drops to a minimum of 18 to 20 °C at night.
The water level in the Chamera Lake rises to a maximum of 763 meters while the minimum water level is 747 meters.
The absence of aquatic life in the lake has made it an ideal location for water sports. According to the plan developed by the tourism department, the lake shares the scope of sports activities like rowing, motor boating, paddle boating, sailing, canoeing, angling and kayaking. House boats and shikaras are also available. The government attempts to provide all these facilities to the tourists.
SOURCE : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamera_Dam
Chamba is an ancient town in the Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, in northern India at an altitude of 996 metres (3,268 ft) above mean sea level, the town is situated on the banks of the Ravi River. In 920, Raja Sahil Varman shifted the capital of the kingdom to Chamba, following the specific request of his daughter Champavati (Chamba was named after her). From the Beginning 67 Rajas of Verman dynasty have ruled over Chamba until it finally merged with the Indian Union in April 1948.
Mulbekh.
Mulbekh Chamba is a 9-metre high rock sculpture of Maitreya Buddha of future ages. It is located at Mulbekh in Kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir. Its execution combines esoteric Shaivite symbolism and early Buddhist art. The statue, carved on a hillside in the Suru Valley, belongs to 9th century. This imposing sculpture depicts a standing Bodhisattva with 4 arms and a headdress. It is adorned with jewels. Evidences reveal that this sculpture was made when Kashmiri Buddhist missionaries came traveling east of the Himalayas.