Kullu Manali: The Place Where Strings of Nature and Culture Meet

Manali is a fascinating and adventurous place to explore, a perfect getaway from the mundane of regular life. The life and culture of mountains teach you to be the best version of you and strengthen to face obstacles that come in your life. Have you ever realized how hardworking life is in the mountains, the people of mountains carry heavily loaded stuff on their back and walk through steep and narrow trails to provide necessities? The life of mountains can teach you a lot and let you grow as an individual, hard-working life and humble culture of Manali gives you self-realization about your existence in this world. Enthralling beautiful and gigantic Himalayan Mountains and bio-diversity of the forests of Manali is enchanting, the Manali sanctuary gives you an insight of wildlife of Himalayas, situated in 2 km away from Manali, the path from Dungri temple goes through the dense forest of maple, walnut and deodar trees. Musk deer and snow leopard are the main attraction in the sanctuary, the sanctuary is spread in the area of 31.8 square kilometers. Culture of Manali is rich and traditional which shows in their food, festivals, customs and even in attires, the way they dress up is authentic Himachali style. Manali is nestled on the bank of Beas river in the Himalayas, with exquisite beauty and authentic food like trout fish gives you the best insight of the Himachali culture of Manali.

While wandering exploring through Manali, you witness many restaurants and Maggie points on fantabulous locations offering you best valley view beside the river where you can enjoy sweet corn, coffee, tea and everyone’s favorite Maggie at various Maggie points. Fine dining restaurants offering best authentic food of Manali with northern dishes with great valley view as in every season Manali is dazzling, in summer its lush green and bright sunny days, in the rainy season the valley becomes greener and stunning with cloudy sky and heavy rain, and in winter the whole Manali gets cover with the veil of white snow from top to bottom. Manali in every season and every sense is a heaven on earth and a perfect getaway from mundane of the materialistic competitive world, have a break and explore Manali thoroughly on at least one-week long vacation.

Culture wise Manali has its authenticity and culture is dissolved and blended in foods, fest, customs, and attires. The fairs and festivals give a profound insight into the culture of Manali as their customs and rituals are inspired by the relation between nature and humans. People of Manali worship deities of various kinds of forest gods and goddesses mentioned in ancient mythologies. Whole Manali is devoted to these forest deities and the architecture of the temples in Manali has a significant difference from other temples located in different locations. The architecture of temples and shrines is savage and carved beautifully with the head and horns of wild animals placed on the wall of some temples, gives the profound knowledge about the culture inspired by nature in Manali. For instance, Hadimba Devi temple, which is devoted to rakshasa, the wife of Bhima one of the five Pandavas that has a significant role in Hindu mythologies, is decorated with several animal heads placed in an array on the walls of the temple.

Many festivals also depict the culture of Manali imprinted with the nature of Himalayas, as their wedding rituals are also inspired by nature and human bonding. Winter carnival, Dussehra, a spring festival and ritual festivals are embedded with the Himachali culture of Manali. Folk dance, singing, and handicraft inspired by nature around Himachali people of Manali furnish the acknowledgment about Manali Culture and lifestyle. Himachali culture and proud of their surrounding that gravitates people from around the world to discover such magnificent land of art and culture surrounded by the Himalayan mountain range.