Travel Information Himachal Pradesh: October 2011

Monday, October 31

Himachal Calendar 2012 free download

Dhauladhar Ranges Dharamshala

2012

Holidays and Observances (India)
Jan 01	New Year's Day	Jan 14	Makar Sankranti/Pongal	Jan 26	Republic Day
Feb 04	Prophet's Birthday	Feb 20	Maha Shivaratri	Mar 08	Holi
Apr 06	Good Friday	Jun 21	Rath Yatra	Aug 02	Raksha Bandhan
Aug 10	Janmashtami	Aug 15	Independence Day	Aug 19	Eid-ul-Fitar
Aug 29	Onam	Sep 19	Vinayaka Chaturthi	Oct 02	Mathatma Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 24	Dussehra/Dasara	Oct 26	Bakri Id/Eid ul-Adha	Nov 13	Diwali
Nov 15	Muharram	Dec 25	Christmas

Saturday, October 29

HRTC Online Bus Bookings Himachal Roadways ticket Bookings

HRTC Online Bus Bookings Himachal Roadways ticket Bookings

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During the peak tourist season it is advisable to book your bus tickets in advance. If you are planning your trip to Himachal Pradesh the best mode of transportation is Himachal Government operated HRTC Buses. The HRTC or Himachal Road transport Corporation is running thousand of buses all across Himachal and the neighboring sates.

HRTC boasts of safe and comfortable journey in their fleet with extremely skilled, trained and well behaved Drivers, conductors and other staff members.

HRTC offers number of services to the consumers like online bus bookings, advanced bus bookings in HRTC buses that include HRTC Volvo buses, HRTC AC ISUZU D and TATA AC Deluxe buses, HRTC Non AC Deluxe, Semi Deluxe buses and ordinary buses in the fleet. You can either book your tickets online or you can also get the bus tickets from the advance booking centers in Delhi Chandigarh Shimla Dharamshala Manali and other places in Himachal

HRTC Advance Booking Centers are available at the following cities.

One month advance reservation is available at the following locations:
Shimla, New Delhi, Hamirpur, Haridwar, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Kangra, Manali and Kullu

Address Phone numbers of HRTC Advance ticket booking centres

HRTC Shimla Advance Booking
Advance Reservation Counter No. 8,
ISBT, Shimla ( 8:00AM to 8:00PM )
Tel. Number : 91-177-2658765
HRTC Shimla Advance Booking
Advance Reservation Counter, Near Scandal Point,
The Mall, Shimla ( 11:00AM to 7:00PM )

HRTC Delhi Advance Booking Center Delhi
Advance Reservation Counter No. 40 & 8,
1st Floor, ISBT Kashmiri Gate,
New Delhi-110 001
( 7:00AM to 9:00PM )
Tel. Number : 91-11-23868694, 91-11-23863473
Traffic Manager : 099687-74008
HRTC Delhi Advance Booking Center Delhi
HRTC reservation at Himachal Bhawan Camps,
Mandi House,
New Delhi
( 2.00PM to 8:00PM )
Tel. Number : 092124-02085

HRTC Hamirpur Advance Booking
Advance Reservation Counter ,

Bus Stand, Hamirpur, Tel. Number : 91-1972-222284

HRTC Haridwar Booking Center
Advance Reservation Counter ,
Bus Stand, Haridwar

Tel. Number : 91-1334-222781

HRTC Chandigarh Booking Center

H.R.T.C.,
Advance Reservation Counter ,
ISBT Sector 43, Chandigarh

Tel. Number : 91-172-2668943

HRTC Advance Reservation Counter Dharamshala,

Bus Stand, Dharamsala

Tel. Number : 91-1892-224903

HRTC Advance Reservation Counter Mcleodganj ,

Bus Stand, Mecleodganj

Tel. Number : 91-1892-221750

HRTC Advance Reservation Counter Kangra,
Bus Stand, Kangra

Tel. Number : 91-1892-265129, 91-1892-264948

HRTC Advance Reservation Counter Manali ,
Bus Stand, Manali

Tel. Number : 91-1902-252323, 91-1902-251624

HRTC Advance Reservation Counter Kullu,
Bus Stand, Kullu

Tel. Number : 91-1902-222728

HRTC Online Bus Bookings Volvo AC Deluxe Semi Deluxe Ordinary Buses

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Sunday, October 23

Online Ticket bookings HRTC Himachal Roadways - Bus Reservation in Advance

HRTC Himachal Roadways Online Ticket bookings

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Are you planning your trip to Himachal Pradesh? Do you want to spend your vacations in the hills in Himachal? If yes then plan your trip in advance and make sure to book your tickets before you travel. Himachal Pradesh is visited by millions of people every year and the bus seats are booked in advance most of the time.

Now HRTC has offered this facility to book online tickets for deluxe buses, Volvo buses and HRTC ordinary buses as well. You can now book your HRTC tickets online to Himachal Pradesh. HRTC online Ticket bookings for Dharamshala, Shimla, Manali, Dalhousie, Chamba, Palampur, Kangra and all other major cities are available now.

Himachal Roadways HRTC offers very good fleet of buses that include Volvo buses, deluxe and semi deluxe buses apart from well maintained ordinary buses with low fare.

Before you plan your trip to Himachal make sure that you have booked your tickets online in advance. HRTC online ticket bookings can be done at the official site given below. Login to the site before you book your online seats in HRTC

The tickets can be booked from Delhi to Mcleodganj Dharamshala, Delhi to Manali, Delhi to Solan, Delhi to Kullu, Delhi to Palampur Baijnath and all other major towns of Himachal. Return tickets can also be booked online at the HRTC official website.

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How to Reach Dalhousie Khajiar - Best Unexpored places in Himachal Pradesh

How to Reach Khajjiar Dalhousie Himachal

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Are you planning your vacations in the hills this winter or summar? are you looking for some best options in Hiamchal Pradesh which are easily accessible from Delhi Punjab Haryana Jammu or Chandigarh? Do you know which are the places which are less explored but are absolutely beautiful? Here is your answer

Dalhousie Khajjiar The Mini Switzerland

Khajjiar also known as Mini Switzerland of India or Mini Gulmarg of Himachal is about 23 kms from Dalhousie. The panoramic Khajjiar is located at an altitude of over 6400 ft.

The highlighting point of Khajjiar is that its lush green meadows which are surrounded by Deodar trees, thick pine trees and cedar forests is really breathtaking. The view grazing herds of sheep, goats and other milch cattle is truly mesmerizing in Kahjjiar and gives you the natural pastoral scenery. Inside the saucer shaped beauty you will see a very small lake in Khajjiar.

The ultimate aim of the photographer is to find such a landscape as we see in Khajjiar. It is truly a photographers delight.

In Khajjiar you can also visit an ancient temple of Khajji Nag which was built in 12th Century AD. In this temple you will be amazed to see images of the Pandavas and the defeated Kaurvas hanging from the roof of the circumambulatory path.

In Khajjiar you can stay in well maintained HPTDC Tourism Hotel. HPTDC also has some cottages at Khajjiar where you can have a comfortable stay.

Government employees can book rest houses of P.W.D. and Forest Departments. There are few god private hotels in Khajjiar as well.

How to Reach Dalhousie Khajiar
Nearest Railway station from Khajiar is Pathankot Junction and Chakki bank station. Distance of Pathankot to Khajiar is around 90 Kms. Regular buses are available from Pathankot to Dalhousie and Khajiar.

You can get number of buses from ISBT Delhi to Chamba, Dalhousie and Khajiar. Buses to Khajiar are also available from Chandigarh, Ludhiana, and from other cities of Himachal and Punjab.

Nearest Airport from Khajiar is Dharamshala Gaggal airport

Distance of Khajiar from Dharamshala is is around 170 Km.

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Saturday, October 22

Chail Information Himachal Pradesh - Places of Interest and How to Reach Chail

How Plan a Trip to Chail Shimla from Delhi, Chandigarh, and Punjab Haryana

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Do you know which one of the best hill stations near Delhi is? Do you know the best hill station near Chandigarh Punjab or Haryana? Do you know about Chail in Himachal? Are you planning a trip to Himachal Pradesh and want to visit Chail? Do you know how you can plan a trip to Chail from Delhi or Chandigarh or Punjab? Are you aware that Chail is very near to the queen of hills Shimla?

Chail is one of the best hill stations near Chandigarh or Delhi. You can plan a weekend trip from Punjab, Chandigarh or Delhi to Chail.

History of Chail in Himachal

Chail is one of the beautiful and panoramic hill stations of Himachal Pradesh. Chail is located on the Sadh Tiba Hill at an altitude of over 2220 meters in the Shimla District of HP. Distance of Chail from Shimla is around 45 km from Shimla. Chail used to be the summer capital of the princely state of Patiala now in Punjab.

There is an interesting story about the establishment of Chail. Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was getting closer to the daughter of Lord Kitchener, the then British commander in Shimla. When he got to know about this relationship he expelled Maharaja Bhupinder from Shimla. The entry of the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was into the then summer capital of the British, Shimla. Maharaja Bhupinder Singh felt so insulted with this ban that he decided to establish a new Hill Station which was much better than Shimla and at an higher altitude. He searched and traveled many places and finally found Chail which was a tiny village of Chail near Shimla and also at an higher altitude. The Maharaja already had huge plots of land in this small village Chail as a part of ancestral heritage.

He selected this site and decided to make his summer capital here in Chail and started developing this small village into his summer capital.

There were many interruptions when while building his capital as the buildings collapsed and there were many snakes so the Maharaja took help of a sage and to avoid the omens Bhupinder singh first built a temple to honour the sage. The temple that he built in his honour is now known as the Sidh Baba ka Mandir..

Maharaja Bhupinder also built a grand mansion at an altitude of 2,226 metres in the Rajgarh Hill. The property that includes, woods, peripheral cottages, sports and recreation facilities, orchard, are now under HPTDC, Himachal Tourism. The mansion of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh is now a beautiful Palace Hotel in Chail and a destination resort.

Chail also boasts of the world's highest cricket pitch. The highest cricket ground in Chail was constructed after leveling the top of the hill. Chail also has highest and polo ground built in 1893. You can see Satluj Valley, Shimla and Kasauli from Chail’s hill top at night. Chail also offers an exquisite view of the snow clad Himalayan ranges from the other side.

Major tourist attractions in Chail apart from the scenic beauty are Hiking, fishing and horse riding. Main tourist attractions in Chail include Chail Sanctuary, Highest Cricket ground, Maharaja Palace and Sidh Baba ka Mandir.

Best time to visit Chail is throughout the year. Winters are very cold and the entire mountain ranges and hills are covered with snow in Chail. However the advisable time for visiting Chail is from May to July in summers. September to November is very colorful season in Chail as it is flowering seasons this time which are suitable for indulging in all kinds of tourist activities.

How to reach Chail in Himachal by bus

Chail is around 350 Kms from delhi and buses to Chail from ISBT Delhi are available. Buses to Chail are also available from Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and other cities. Local bus services are available from Chail to reach nearby cities. You can also get HRTC Deluxe buses from Shimla to Chail regularly. Distance of Shimla is around 45 km from Chail. Deluxe bus fare is around Rs 200 to Chail from Shimla.

How to reach Chail in Himachal by train

Nearest railway station from Chail is Kalka, around 86 km from Chail. You can hire a Taxi from Kalka to Chail. Frequent buses are also available from Kalka to reach Chail.

Taxi fare from Kalka to Chail is around 1700. Chandimandir Railways station at Chandigarh is around 95 km away from Chail. From Chandigarh number of deluxe and roadways buses are available to Chail as it is well connected to all major cities in India

How to reach Chail in Himachal by Air

Shimla’s Airport is the nearest Airport from Chail

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HP University Results 2013-2014 Exams and Time Table

HP University Results 2013- 2014 Exams and Time Table

Hello friends, now you can see and check your HP University Exam 2013- 2014 Results on the official website of HPU Shimla. The Himachal Pradesh University HPU Exam results 2013- 2014 are available in this site for all the UG and PG courses offered by Himachal University.

So check and see you HP University Results 2013- 2014 Exams online at the official link of the HP University website. Now onwards you don’t have to look and wait for your results after it is declared. You can have the access to your HPU exam HP University results instantly at the HPU Site.

HP University website will also give you other details about the HP University Exam 2013- 2014 Time table and date sheet

2013-2014 Exam Results and Exam Time Table date sheet of HP University is available at this official HPU site http://hpuniv.nic.in/result.htm

Right Now you can check and view the HP University Results for the following courses

HP University Result of MD/MS(Ayurveda) Entrance Test 2011
HP University Result of B.A.-I March 2012
HP University Result of B.A.-II March 2012
HP University Result of B.Sc.-I March 2012
HP University Result of B.Sc.-II March 2012
HP University Result of B.Sc. Nursing Entrance Test 2012

HP University Revised Result of Combined Pre Medical Entrance Test 2012

HP University Result of BAMS/BHMS Entrance Test 2012

HP University Result of B.Com.-I and B.A.-III (Hons.) March 2012
HP University Result of B.A.-III March 2012
HP University Result of B.Com.-II March 2012
HP University Result of B.Sc.-III March 2012
HP University Result of B.Com.-III March 2012
HP University Result and Merit List of B.Pharmacy Entrance test-2012
HP University Result of M.ed Entrance Test 2012
HP University Date Sheet for June/July 2012 Examination - All Courses
HP University Result of M.Com November 2012 - All Semesters
HP University Result of M.A. (Hindi) November 2012 - All Semesters
HP University Result of M.A. (English) November 2012 - All Semesters

HP University Revised Result of PG Degree (MD/MS) and Diploma Courses in Allopathy

HP University Revised Result/Merit of Post Graduate Degree (MDS) in Dental Courses

HP University Result of Entrance Test for admission to balance seats of PG Degree (MD/MS) and Diploma Courses in Allopathy

HP University Result of Screening Test for the Post of Clerks
Revised Result of Postgraduate Degree in Dental (MDS) Courses Entrance Test - 2012

B.A.-I Supplementary Examination September 2012 - Result

Result of Postgraduate Degree (MD/MS) and Diploma Courses in Allopathy Entrance Test - 2012

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How to Reach Palampur HRTC Buses to Palampur - Palampur tour packages @ INR 1000

Palampur in Himachal Pradesh

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Palampur is a beautiful small town in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh. Palampur is surrounded by huge Tea Gardens and Pine trees and the view of the Dhauladhar ranges of Himalayas is enchanting. Palampur is located on the Pathankot Manali Highway about 120 kms from Pathankot and 35 Kms from Kangra.

Places to visit near Palampur are Gopalpur Zoo, Kangra, Chamunda Devi Temple, Neugal River, Baijnath Temple, Dharamshala, Kullu and Manali.

Not to miss in Palampur are the Tea gardens and Tea factories and Billing Valley the famous spot for the Hang Gliders. Every year International Hang Gliding Championship is organized in Billing Valley near palampur and Hang Gliders from various countries take part in this event at this beautiful valley

How to Reach Palampur by Bus
Palampur is well connected by road from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Jammu amd other parts of Himachal Pradesh. Distance of Palampur is about 500 Kms from delhi. palampur is around 250 Kms from Chandigarh and 180 Kms from jalandhar. Number of buses from ISBT Kashmere gate to Palampur are available daily. Buses to Palampur from Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Shimla, Manali are available very frequently.

Palampur is just 35 Kms from Dharamshala, another famous hill station of Himachal Pradesh. Buses from Dharamshala to Palampur are available after every half an hour.

How to Reach Palampur by Train
Nearest Broad Guage Railway station from Palampur is Pathankot about 120 Kms. Palampur has a train link and narrow guage toy trains are available from Pathankot to Palampur Railway Station in Maranda.

How to Reach Palampur by Air
Nearest Airport from Palampur is Gaggal Airport Dharamshala about 40 Kms.

Narghota Dharamshala

Narghota Dharamshala
Narghota is a small but beautiful village located amidst pine trees and surronded by mesmerising tea gardens about 3 Kms from Kotwali Bazaar Dharamshala. The village has only about 50 households and equal number of families mostly from two communities Rajputs and Royal Gaddis. The people in this part of Dharamshala are very friendly hard working and honest.

All the families are well off as they have their own share of land and houses. People of Narghota have farming lands in the village itself and also in the nearby village Sudher about 2 kms. There is no road from Narghota to Sudher and the people have to walk down through the jungles to reach there.

Problems and challenges of people living in Narghota
Though Narghota village is conected by a road from the main city there is no bus service or other form of local transport plying to Narghota. People have to walk more that 3 kms from Narghota to reach Dharamshala for their day to day works. Most of the residents of Narghota are either in Army or private jobs and live out of the state or city but the once who are employed nearby have to walk all the way to Dharamshala to take a bus.

Children in Narghota has to walk all the way to the city to their schools. Their is only a Government Primary School in Narghota where the standard of education is so poor that people are no longer interested in getting their wards admitted in this school. The school now has not more than 30 students in all the five classes.

The plight of these small kids can be understood when we see them going to the schools early in the morning with heavy bags on the shoulders be it raining or snowing. The school buses refuse to come in this region as they do not find it feasible and viable to come all the way to pick these poor students. They demand such a hefty amont that is not affordable by these people.

Why Narghota has not been developed despite being in close vicinity to the city?
Narghota's drawback is that there are only about 300 votes and no politician is bothered and interested in looking at the problems faced by the residents of Narghota village.

Many intellectuals have advised the government to construct a road from Narghota to adjacent Lanjhani village that will further connect Dharamshala via Narghota to a state highway at Gharoh village but that suggestion has fallen to the deaf ears.

Kishan Kapoor the local MLA who himself was a transport minister could have done that but unfortunately his promises were never met. Another MLA Sarveen Choudhary who represents Lanjhani village has also done nothing on this project so far except for promises.

Narghota as a Tourist Destination
There is no other place better, beautiful and peaceful than Narghota village near Dharamshala. The scenic beauty is amazing with lush green tea gardens in the surroundings.

Very few people who visit Dharamshala are aware that there are such beautiful tea gardens in Narghota Dharamshala. The Tea Factory in Narghota owned by Maan family exports Mann tea to all parts of the world. The panoramic view of the Himalayas and Kangra valley from Narghota is trully enchanting.

Pollution free atmosphere with soothing fragrance of the pine trees is just enthralling and people will love this. The Government need to think about the plight of the people living in Narghota and must hounour its commitments and fulfill the promises they have made since ages.

Government should promote Narghota as a tourist destination and must construct a road from Narghota to Lanjhani. This will benefit the tourists coming from Pathankot side as this road will be a shortcut to reach Dharamshala and also people of Lanjhani village will be benefitted as they will not have to travel 9 Kms to reach Dharamshala via Gharo and Sudher. Residents of Lanjhani village will then need to travel just 4 kms to reach Dharamshala via Narghota.

How to Reach Narghota Dharamshala
Dharamshala is 500 kms from Delhi. There are around 20 buses HRTC and Private plying between Dharamshala and Delhi. HRTC Deluxe Volvo and ordinary buses to Dharamshala are available from ISBT Kashmere gate Delhi. Private buses from Delhi to Dharamshala are available from Majnu Ka Tila near ISBT Delhi.

Route Map and Driving Directions Delhi to Dharamshala
From Delhi you need to take GT Karnal road to reach Ambala via Panipat Kurukshetra. From Ambala take Chandigarh Highway to reach Chandigarh. Delhi to Chandigarh is 250 Kms. From Chandigarh Dharamshala is 250 Kms and you need to take Ropar Nangal highway to reach Una via Anandpur Sahib. From Una take Kangra Jwalaji route to reach Dharamshala.

To reach Narghota from Dharamshala take left from Kainchi Mode towards Chilgari just before the Petrol Pump. From Chilgari you need to take right turn near Microwave station and you will be in Narghota in 5 minutes.

Nearest Airport from Dharamshala is Gaggal Airport about 10 Kms and nearest railway station is Pathankot. Toy trains from Pathankot to Kangra are also available.

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