Naggar

1,851m elevation Roerich family estate 12th c. stone temple

A quiet Himalayan village above the Kullu Valley, once a kingdom's capital: the Roerich family estate, ancient stone temples, and pine-scented calm at 1,800 metres. A different, slower India: mountain views, art and stillness, far from the crowds.

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Where to stay in Naggar

9 hand-picked stays from budget to luxury, the author's picks first.

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Rustic Roots Home Stay

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Heritage Satikva Resorts

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Kohinoor Heritage Resort

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Tree of Life Eila Art Hotel

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Naggar Heritage Cottages

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The Landsby Cottages

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Highlights

Tripura Sundari TempleA wooden pagoda

Sharan Weavers' Village

Roerich EstateThe heart of Naggar

Chaturbhuj Narayan TempleVishnu opposite the castle

Gauri Shankar TempleA Shiva temple of the 11th to 12th centuries

Murlidhar TempleA Krishna temple of the 10th to 12th centuries

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Tripura Sundari TempleA wooden pagodaDetails →

Naggar CastleDetails →

Bijli Mahadev TempleA ridge-top shrine the lightning is said to strike, with two valleys open below itDetails →

Jana WaterfallA forest road through apple orchards ending at a cascade and a working mountain villageDetails →

Great Himalayan National ParkThe only UNESCO natural site in these mountains, and a night in Tirthan rather than a day tripDetails →

Sharan Weavers' Village

Roerich EstateThe heart of Naggar

Chaturbhuj Narayan TempleVishnu opposite the castle

Gauri Shankar TempleA Shiva temple of the 11th to 12th centuries

Murlidhar TempleA Krishna temple of the 10th to 12th centuries

Rumsu VillageA living kath-kuni village half an hour above Naggar, with carved temples and working looms

Anjani Mahadev Shiva LingamA day trip toward Manali

Basheshwar Mahadev Temple, BajauraThe valley's oldest stone temple and its finest carving, and hardly anyone stops for it

Hidimba Devi Temple (Dhungri)The most famous surviving wooden temple in these hills, and the key to Naggar's own architecture

The Old Temples of JagatsukhThe valley's former capital, with a 13th-century stone tower a few minutes off the Naggar road

Chandrakhani PassNaggar's own front door to the high Himalaya, walked from the Roerich estate upward

Hampta PassFrom apple-orchard green to the moonscape of Lahaul in a single morning's walk

Sethan VillageA Spiti-descended hamlet facing the Dhauladhar, with snowfields starting at the last house

Jogini FallsPerhaps the nicest short walk in the upper valley, and a fall you reach only on foot

Akhara Bazaar, KulluWhere the side-valleys come down to sell wool: cheaper and wider than the Manali lanes

Tibetan Market & Mall Road, ManaliOne covered lane for thangkas, singing bowls and woollens if you are not driving down to Kullu

BhutticoBuy the Kullu shawl where it is actually woven, from the society that made the craft's name

Dhakpo Shedrupling Monastery, KaisA working monastic college on a quiet bank of the Beas, minutes from Naggar and rarely on an itinerary

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