Shimla

The summer capital of Britishers - Shimla was called "The Queen of Hills". Located roughly 7000 ft above sea level it's a quiet and a beautiful hill station which attracts lacs of tourists the whole year. It gets covered with snow in winters and is pleasant with soft sunrays, that can be experienced in the afternoon, during summer.

Presenting you a glimpse of the city in its summers.

Green Valley
(Evergreen Forests)

Shimla view from The Ridge

Mall road- This is really like a mall with small shops on ones side of the road. It is divided into Upper and Lower Bazar. You wont find vehicles loitering around honking horns. Smoking and littering is strictly prohibited and fined. And yes, the policemen mean it even if you are any politician's kid. People can peacefully stroll on the roads. The dogs here are nice healthy and fury compared to those in Mumbai.

St. Michael's church is close to The Ridge Area, which is in the heart of the Mall Road. The route is a huge stretch of beauty with clean, cool & natural air and pathway.








The Municipal Corporation Building- Gothic structure located on the Mall road.









High Court of Shimla- This building too is an ancient heritage which was converted to high court.








Indira Gandhi Institute of Advanced studies- Another ancient structure, the interiors of which are intact since British times. As the interiors are mainly wooden, the roof of the building has multiple water storage tanks and corners of walls are sealed with wax so that anytime the wood catches fire, the wax melts to quench it. This all in 17th century. Marvellous, isn't it?

The clock inside one of the rooms, is about 250 yrs old and still requires to be winded only once a day to get ready to work. The photograph to the left side of the clock is that of Queen Victoria.






Kufri- This place used to be mainly well known in winters for ice sports. This is how its path looks in summer. In the picture you can see people carrying tourists on horse as you can't climb beyond this stretch for 4kms height. The entire area is snow filled in winters. That's actually a time one should visit it.

There is a zoo close by, maintained by HP Govt., which is where we could see Black Bears (one in the pic), Brown Bears, Sambar, Barking Deers and exotic birds.








Jakkhu Temple- This is one of the most ancient temples at highest altitude of Shimla. It is believed that Hanuman had taken rest at this place while flying with Sanjeeving booti to Lanka for Laxman. You will find too many monkeys here who manage to terrorize you by snatching your belongings, especially your specs and goggles, in exchange of food.










Langur - Last but not the least.... The lone specie of his kind we found in Shimla. He was sitting upright with a perfect pose just for the pic.