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Shimla (c) ukirsari by ukirsariLeave a Comment Address: Mall Road, ShimlaDirections: you will not be miss it!!! especially in the winter, when the place covered by the snow --as appears on several postcards about Shimla.
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 PO and Scanal Point (c)
ukirsari by ukirsariLeave a Comment Address: Scandal Point, ShimlaDirections: At the heart of Mall Road to direction Lower Bazaar.
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 The Mall Road, Shimla (c)
ukirsari by ukirsariLeave a Comment Address: Mall Road, ShimlaDirections: easy to find, just walking to the center of the city
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Hanuman, the Hindu God is honoured all over India, but especially in Shimla which hasa nearby temple that is overrun by the little fellows.
You can also find them all over the town itself. The amount of 'ready-meals' make life so much easier for the average monkey. Some residents have 'monkey-proof' bins, but there is still plenty to go round from markets and general garbage. Some of the monkeys have become quite 'thug-like' in their approach to getting food. Woe-be-tide anybody walking down the street with an open bag and fruit in it - you won't get very far.
The monkeys also love many of the public buildings which are often wooden in construction with a kind of metalwork lattice covering them - the perfect climbing frame for them.
Whilst I loved watching them (as did Rudyard Kipling), I understand that many locals find the monkeys a nusiance. It's not much fun watching one bounce repeatedly up and down on your tin roof and then running off with breakfast.
I understand there is now a programme in place to try and kerb numbers by sterialising some of the male population. Leave a Comment
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 by sourbugger
These days you are more likely to find it thronged with a mixture of hawkers, honeymooning couples and tourists.
With a church at one end (services in English and Urdu) and various half-timbered buildings, a bandstand and the like, it is hardly surprising that you could imagine yourself to be deep in the heart of middle England. Only the warm weather and the odd monkey or two might give the game away.
When I found this old postacard on the internet I was surprised quite how recognisable the view still is.
This particular point is often called 'Scandal point'. Apparantly a local marahajah kidnapped the wife of the British Viceroy here. I wonder if she was really that reluctant ? One is reminded of the scene in 'Carry on up the Kyber' when Rhandi Lal, the Khasi of Kalabar (played by Kenneth williams) takes a fancy to Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond (played by Joan Simms) Leave a Comment
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 Simla's toy train by sourbugger
Although called a 'toy train' and built on a narrow-gague track, it is far from being a toy. The regular trains (about 4 a day each way) take about four and a half hours to make the trip. In that time they pass through 103 tunnels, over 969 bridges, and around 919 curves.
You can do it quicker by road, but why would you want to ? The views are deeply impressive.
A number of 'special luxury' trains also ply the route, but these are aimed at the richer type of tourist - and you will pay through the nose accordingly. Leave a Comment
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 Viceregal lodge, shimla by sourbugger
All the building materials for the six stories of the Viceroy's (the British ruler in Empire times) summer residence had to be dragged up the mountain by mule. It was only in 1904 that the railway arrirved - which would have made the task considerably easier.
I personally think it has something of the 'Playboy's mansion' feel about it, but it also been disparagingly described as a building in which 'a Minneapolis millionaire would delight’, ‘a Scottish hydro’ or ‘Pentonville Prison’
What can't be denied is it's place in history. Many importand decision were made here, including the one to partition India into India and Pakistan in 1947.
From the sixties the building has been used by the the Indian Institute of higher studies. It is still possible to arrange a viewing of the interior building at certain times (ticket only) Leave a Comment
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 by Willettsworld
Open: Tue-Sun 10am-1.30pm & 2-5pm. Closed Mondays. Admission: Rs50 for foreigners. Leave a Comment
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The site for the Viceregal Lodge was selected by Lord Lytton, the British Viceroy of India during 1876-80. It was built during the Viceroyalty of Lord Dufferin during 1884-88 in Neo-Gothic style with elements of Scottish Baronial architecture. Inside, the magnificent reception hall and corridors are lined from floor to ceiling with heavy teak panelling. Several momentous decisions were taken here as, in 1947, it was the venue for the decision of the partition of India following independence from the British.
I joined a group of other tourists where we were shown round a few of the rooms inside as part of a guided tour. The tour guide pointed out that the building still has its original electrics and wiring from 1890 and that it still all works. He also mentioned that there are 24 water tanks in the roof that are connected to pipes that can provide sprinkler water jets to all the rooms in case of a fire. Rainwater is collected off the roof and stored in a large tank underneath the lawn outside the building so that it can be used to water the gardens. After the British pulled out of India in 1947, India's first Prime Minister, Nehru, used the Lodge as his summer home before it was handed over to use as some Indian institute of something or other studies which still use it today.
Tours: Winter - 9am-1pm & 2-5pm, Summer - 9am-1pm & 2-7pm. Admission: Rs50 for foreigners. Leave a Comment
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 @rie at 2180 metres by ukirsariLeave a Comment Address: Baleuganj, ShimlaDirections: Not so far from Shimla-Kalka Highway.
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