Chamba in the eyes of travellers

"The district is wholly mountainous with elevation ranging from 2000 to 21000 ft. Chamba is bounded on north-west by Jammu and Kashmir, on the north-east and east by Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state and Lahaul and Bara-Bangal area of Himachal Pradesh, on the south-east and south by the District Kangra of Himachal Pradesh and Gurdaspur District of the Punjab" .

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Shakti Devi Temple : Shakti Devi Temple is also ascribed to Meru Varman and the image is of 7th Century. Among the deities in this temple complex at Chhatrari the oldest stone sculpture is of Kartikya with six faces and a peacock. The Idol of Shakti Devi in the Sanctum is a fine Ashat Dhatu statue with its socle 4 feet 6 inches height. The goddess stands on a big lotus with reverted over ripe petals such as is very common convention in Nepal and Tibetan arts.

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Minjar Fair : Among the monsoon festivals one of the most colourful ones is Minjar. On this day people cook special sweet and savoury delicacies and distribute them among friends and relatives. The women-folk all decked up in their finery place these in platters with Minjar (the ears of corn or flowers) and go singing to the banks of the river and immerse them there. Most songs sung on this occasion express the yearning of the married woman to go visit her father's house and her sense of loss.

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