Solang village | Last village of Kullu | Indian Himalayas.

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Solang is a peaceful village situated in the outskirts of Manali town. It’s the last village of the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh while we are travelling via NH3 towards Leh. You have to take a right turn from NH3 at Solang Nala towards right bank of the river Beas to reach here at Solang village.

We parked our car just before the bridge and walked our way further towards this beautiful Himalayan village.

The Solang Bridge is a long bridge that recently got completed. Before this bridge was constructed, people were dependent on the traditional river crossing method by using ropes.

Construction of this bridge has made the lives of the people living here very easy and also attracted development in this area.

I was visiting here with my father and brother to climb a beautiful Himalayan peak in Pir Panjal Range of Himalayas. The name of the peak is Patalsu Peak and the hike towards this peak starts from this village.

Our plan was to stay in this beautiful village and explore nearby places and finally summit the Patalsu peak.

Jodo peak was also visible from here with amazing view of the Beas river.

Upon looking at the left bank of the river now, the Dhauladhar range of Himalayas can clearly be seen. I imagined how beautiful the view is gonna be when we will climb the mountain as the views were already very beautiful from here!

This village is situated at about 2700m elevation and the weather is generally colder here as compared to the other villages and towns of the Kullu Valley and so the houses here used to be smaller and cozy but in recent years, after construction of the bridge, modernisation took place in this remote village too.

As I've mentioned in my previous blogs, every village of Kullu Valley has a daity and here Agni Patal devta is the daity of the village. There are multiple places that are dedicated to the local deity in the village along with the main temple. The below photo shows such a place with a sign board that states the same information.

This village is quite near to the non tropic zone and so the views are just mesmerising from here. You can see the views yourself and imagine living a peaceful life here in this beautiful Himalayan village.

As there aren’t any people who moved here from outside, the houses of this village are quite limited. Everyone living here is a native and the whole village lives like a family.

Just before entering the villages, we see the village parking where most people park their cars. Most of the cars are recently bought after construction of the road and the bridge and all the cars are mountain friendly.

I was amazed to see a hotel/ home stay here in this village. That’s how important is the road for the development of an area.

The streets are quite narrow inside the village only enough for walking. I personally believe that’s a good thing that cars are not allowed inside the village.

Most people living here still keep cows and cattle for dairy products and as already mentioned that this place is very cold in the winters, you’ll see huge heaps of dried grass and wood chopped for fire in the village.

I was amazed to see a couple of cars and a bike that people somehow bought inside the village. Those were either 4x4 cars or off road bikes. I could imagine people making personal parking in the village soon.

In-spite of the development, people of this village are still connected to their roots. They wear their traditional dresses and do the same things that their ancestors did and took pride in it.

It was an amazing experience being in this beautiful Himalayan village and we couldn’t wait to go further from here.

We roamed around in this village for a couple hours before we settled in a little homestay.

We were super exited to start our trek next day and were planning to depart the next morning.

That’s all for today.

I’ll be back tomorrow with another beautiful experience for you guys.

Peace ✌️