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Masroor Rock-Cut Temples

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

4.5 (0)

Overview

The Himalaya's Ellora — fifteen 8th-century shikharas carved downward from one sandstone ridge, reflected in a bathing tank with Dhauladhar behind.

Why visit: India's only major rock-cut temple group in the mountains.

Things to do

›Monolithic shikharas
›Tank reflections
›Unfinished galleries
›Pong wetland combo

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

₹25–300

Est. budget

₹200–500

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

11.1 km

🏛️ Historical

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Pong Dam Wetland & Ransar Island

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A Ramsar reservoir where a hundred thousand winter birds — bar-headed geese to pelicans — raft on the drowned Beas, with island camps and water sports.

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Norbulingka Institute

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Tibetan arts kept alive in a Japanese-styled garden campus — thangka painters, wood-carvers and appliqué masters at work, with a gilded temple at the centre.

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Bathu Ki Ladi Temples

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A drowned string of ancient temples that rise from Pong's waters each summer — walkable in May–June, an archipelago of shikharas by boat otherwise.

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