The first time Kangra Valley truly registers is on the drive up from Gaggal. The Dhauladhar range fills the windscreen, and the closer you get to Dharamshala, the more those snow-capped peaks seem to lean in toward you, wrapped in cloud against a hard blue sky. It is a genuinely surreal few minutes of road. […]
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Standing at the edge at Billing, about to run off it with a pilot I’d met minutes earlier, was the most frightened I felt all day. The evening before my Bir Billing paragliding flight, I’d sat at the landing site and watched the gliders drift down one by one against the sunset, quietly noting whose
Finding a good cafe in Bir should be easy. There are dozens of them, lined along the Bir Tibetan Colony road and scattered across the paragliding landing site. The catch is that half of Bir’s most famous cafes are famous for the wrong reasons: a sunset view, a mud-house wall that photographs well, or a
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Most travellers’ list of things to do in Bir Billing has exactly one item: jump off Billing and glide back down to Bir. I get it, the flight is the headline. But I live an hour away in the Kangra valley, and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve driven over for a day
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The Dalai Lama Temple in McLeodganj, officially the Tsuglagkhang Complex, is the one place in town I still slow down for, even after walking past its gates most weeks of my life. It is the spiritual heart of McLeodganj: the home of the 14th Dalai Lama, the main temple of the Tibetan community in exile,
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In late May, the plains hit 42°C. Up here, it is 18°C. Same country, same day, 24 degrees apart. That difference is why every hotel in McLeod Ganj fills up by April. But the best time to visit Dharamshala is not just about escaping the heat, it depends entirely on what you actually want to
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The plains are cooking at 42C. You open your phone, check the temperature, and wonder if the AC can survive one more summer. Then you remember Dharamshala. While Delhi, Chandigarh, and most of north India sweats through May and June, this Himalayan town sits at a comfortable 18C to 27C. That 20-degree difference is why
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For one Saturday in June, the most scenic cricket ground on earth hosts its first one-day international since the 2023 World Cup. The India vs Afghanistan Dharamshala 1st ODI is on Saturday, June 13, 2026, 1:30 PM IST at the HPCA Stadium, with tickets now live on District by Zomato. Here’s, the complete local guide
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, HPCA Stadium will host IPL Qualifier 1 Dharamshala, its first-ever playoff in 16 years of IPL cricket. The top two teams from the league stage face off at 7:30 PM IST. Winner goes to the IPL Final on May 31 in Ahmedabad. Loser drops to Qualifier 2 on May 29
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July 6, 2026 marks the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday, and roughly 5,000 visitors will descend on a small hill town to be part of it. Your most important decision isn’t where to eat or what to wear. It’s where to stay for Dalai Lama birthday 2026, and the answer isn’t “as close to the temple
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