India – the ‘Phenomenon' – a country where you can still sarvour a rare cultural unity of various civilization and an equally diverse geography, it is here that you can experience a five thousand year old living culture in all its pristine glory.

Himalaya -the greatest physical feature on earth is a part of this great country. Besides the natural divisions carved out by the perennial rivers that drain the mammoth reservoir of snow, man has also etched his own political boundaries. Himachal Pradesh is a generous sections of this mantle of white. The name is descriptive of its characteristics – Himachal being an ancient Sanskrit compound of the hima (‘snow') and achal (‘that which cannot move') – and this quite simply means ‘The mountain State'.

Himachal combines the awesome and the beautiful. Here roamed the gods of the Hindu trilogy, Siva and Parvati with their host of elves and goblins, this was also the adobe of demigods. Here now live the romantic, carefree people in one of the most beautiful states at the foot of the king of Mountains – Himavat.