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From the road

30 photos from 8 years across Himachal. Jai Mata Di.

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An old stone shikhara temple with saffron flags, under deodar trees in a hill town
Devotees at the Maa Baglamukhi temple, with its golden spires and a Hanuman statue
A white sedan on a curving hill road, seen from a roadside café with red chairs
A pagoda-roofed Himachali temple on a stone platform, between two yellow buildings
A large dark Shivling with a copper water pot above it, in a white temple sanctum
A shopping street with an optician’s shop and parked cars
The carved stone tower of an old Himachali temple, with marigold garlands over the door
Two white vehicles parked on a misty hill road, with buildings fading into the fog
A carved wooden temple among tall deodar trees
White-water rafting on a rocky mountain river
A busy market street at night, lit up with restaurant signs
A red rock-style arch reading “Hip Hip Hurray”, among pine trees
A red-spired temple standing in a sacred pond at Thanesar, Kurukshetra, in Haryana
A crystal Shivling on a white marble base
The flower-decked idol of the Devi under a golden canopy
The tall stone Shivling at Kathgarh Mahadev temple, with devotees making offerings
Rows of red and orange tulips in bloom, with greenhouses behind
A man and a woman standing beside a white Toyota Etios taxi from the Nandini Travels fleet
Fresh snow on a hillside, with a small hill town and sunlit peaks behind
Red and yellow tulips at the tulip garden in Palampur, with the snowy Dhauladhar behind
Snow-covered peaks glowing pink at sunset, above a snowy hillside
Auto-rickshaws parked in a quiet town square at dusk, with snow peaks glowing in the distance
An old stone shikhara temple in a paved square, with deodar trees and mountains behind
A white marble temple with tall carved spires
The Devi’s pindi draped in a red chunni and covered in flowers, with offerings of fruit and dry fruits
Two yellow tulips in full bloom
Arvind, who runs Nandini Travels, on a snowy day in the hills
A riverside promenade with lamp posts beside a shallow, rocky river
A Devi shrine decorated with a marigold arch, fresh flowers and a silver trishul
The carved wooden entrance of a hill temple, with brass bells at the door