Manali
Tourism
One day Varvasvata, the seventh incarnation of Manu found a tiny fish in his
bathing water. The fish told him to look after it with devotion for one day
it would do him a great service. The seventh Manu carded for the fish till day
it grew so huge that he released it into the sea. Before departing the fish
warned Manu of an impending deluge when the entire world would be submerged
and bade him to build a sea worthy ark. When the flood came, Varvasvata and
seven sages were towed to safety by Matsya the fish is regarded as first avatara
of Lord Visnu. As the water subsided the seventh Manu's ark came to the rest
of a hillside and the place was named Manali (2050m) after him.
As the earth slowly dried, here across a place of breath taking natural beauty
which was only appropriate for it was at Manali that life began again. Today
this legendary cradle of all human kind is a prime holiday destination. There
are high mountain surrounded by silent snows and deep boulder strew gorges.
There are thick forest full of cool breezes and bird songs. There are fields
of wild flowers small picturesque and fruit laden orchards.
Getting there :
The airport at Bhunter is 50 km from Manali where taxis and buses are available.
The closest narrow gauge railhead is at jogindernagar, 135 km away. The closest
broad gauge rail heads are Chandigarh (310 km) and Ambala (355 km). By road
the distance from Delhi via Mandi is 570 km, and from Shimla the distance is
280 km. From Shimla, Chandigarh and Delhi, Himachal Tourism plies luxury buses
to Manali.
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