Sangla - Himachal

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		Introduction Sangla

		Transport & Sightseeing Sangla

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State	Himachal Pradesh

City	Delhouise

Airports	Nearest Amritsar

Distance from Amritsar	118 Km

Railway Junctions	Nearest Pathankot at 80 Km/48 Miles

Local Languages	Pahari , Hindi

Sangla Introduction

The name Sangla itself is engulfed in romantic lore. Sang is said to mean 'light' and la of course means 'pass' in the Tibetan language. In other words it is the 'pass of light'. The local story is that if while crossing the rather imposing surrounding mountains, you suddenly come across this valley ablaze with sunshine and bursting with the scenes of natural beauty, you would naturally go into ecstasies. Hence Sangla. And then you are in Sangla - the town where a handful of houses nestle together presided over by the local deity housed in a typical-of-Himachal Pradesh wooden temple.

Sangla valley village is on a slope with houses rising one above the other with gigantic Kinner-Kailash peak (6,050m) towering over it. Sangla valley is also famous for Kamru Fort. This fort was the place where rajas of Kinnaur were crowned. Now this fort is dedicated to Kamakshi Temple. The Goddess idol was brought from Guwahati (Assam).

District Kinnaur, of which Sangla Valley is one of the main attractions, consists of the Rajputs or Khosias and the Berus. The Khosias include Hindus and Buddhists. The former are dominant in Sangla while later dominate the tracts adjoining Tibet and Spiti

The people are frank, honest, hospitable and peace loving. The life of the people is simple and hard. However, they have a rich cultural legacy and a wealth of legends and myths. They follow Buddhism and Hinduism. It is believed that the Pandavas came and resided in the land while in the exile. In the ancient mythology the people of region are known as Kinners, the halfway between men and gods.