tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916377685289670812024-03-13T07:37:10.384-07:00ChaaranigaAmateur_Adventurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15218701745042883129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391637768528967081.post-84474132305660908852013-12-21T00:17:00.002-08:002013-12-21T02:14:36.022-08:00The Hornbill Festival - Nagaland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a exhilarating experience</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of my first </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Himalayan Trek and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">reliving my memories </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mount Kanchendzonga we a small group </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of three left the beautiful state </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of Sikkim and </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">travelled to </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Nagaland,w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">ith its </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">diverse </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">tribal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">culture and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">a land of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">festivals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">narrow strip </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">mount</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ainous </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">territory </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">with</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">rugged </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">hills, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">pearl </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">valleys, sparkling </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">streams </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and r</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">ich </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">variety</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">flora</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">fauna,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">the </span><span style="line-height: 13px;">16th State of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">the </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Indian </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"> Union.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">It is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">ounded by Assam </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">in </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the West, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> Myanmar </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">in </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">east, Arunachal Pradesh in </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> the north </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Manipur </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">in the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">south. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">Sometimes </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">referred to as </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">the </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">`Switzerland of the East' </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> Nagaland </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">represents </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">unimaginable beauty, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;"> moulded </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">perfectly </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">for a breathtaking </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">experience. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">For </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;">adventurous, the State is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">ideal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> place </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">for </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">trekking and </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">jungle camping and </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;">offers </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">limitless possibilities </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">for </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">exploring its lush sub-</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">tropical rainforests. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Each of the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">16 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">major tribes and </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">many sub-</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">tribes in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">the State </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">has </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">its </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">own way </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">maintaining </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">its </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">distinctive </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">cultural </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">traditions </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">customs, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">through </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">various </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">forms of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">performing arts, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">which are an </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">integral part of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Naga </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">festivals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Each </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">of the tribal </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">communities </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">that dwell in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the hills can </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">be distinguished by the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">colourful </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and intricately </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">designed costumes, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">jewellery </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and beads that its </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">members wear. The </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">tradi-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">tional ceremonial attire of each </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">tribe is dif-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">ferent </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">from that of the other. There are </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">multi-coloured </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">spears decorated </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">with dyed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">goat's hair, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the headgear </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">made of finely </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">woven bamboo interlaced </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">with orchid </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">stems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and adorned </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">with boar's teeth and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">hornbill's </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Festivals mainly revolve around agriculture</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">as this being </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the major economy and more </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">than 80 percent of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">population directly </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">depend on agriculture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">the Hornbill </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Festival, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">where </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">The Festival is named as Hornbill </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Festival</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> so as to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">pay tribute to the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">bird Hornbill ,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">which is admired </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the Nagas for its </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">grandeur and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">majesticity .</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">We enjoyed </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">fabulous </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">hospitality of the Nagas , </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">getting </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">invited to every tribal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">sections to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">taste the authentic </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">tribal food, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">particularly </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Non </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">indigenous Rice </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beer </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of Nagas</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">Each Tribe </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">showcases </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">their </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">unique </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">Hut , hunting </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">equipments, </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">folklore , </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">songs </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">war dance </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"> which </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">really </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">takes you into a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">trance because </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;">Mesmerizing Amedikkellu.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Text and Photographs by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anand Verma<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Getting there : <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By Bus –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alight at Kokkada enroute<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dharmasthala. Jeep ply </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Shishila about 20 kms. Approximate distance 300 Kms from B’lore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span> </div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Best time : After monsoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For treks in untrodden western ghats please log on to www.summiters.net</span></span></div>
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