Dharamkot (aka Dharmkot) is a small hill station in

Kangra district Kangra district is the most populous district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district. History Kangra is known for having one of the oldest serving Royal Dynasty in the world, the Katoch of ...

in the state of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

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. On the crest of a hill above McLeodGanj, Dharamkot is a spot with wide views of the

Kangra Valley Kangra Valley is a river valley situated in the Western Himalayas.Dhauladhar Dhauladhar () () is a mountain range which is part of a Lower Himalayan Range, lesser Himalayan chain of mountains in northern India. It rises from the Siwalik Hills, Shivalik hills, to the north of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra and Mandi, ...

ranges. Dharamkot also has the Vipassana meditation center, Dhamma Shikara, as well as the Tushita Meditation Centre which is a center for the study and practice of Buddhism in the Tibetan Mahayana tradition. Past Dharamkot, at a distance of 9 km from McLeodGanj, much of which is a steady climb, Triund is at the foot of the Dhauladhar ranges and is at a height of 2,827 m. The snow line is the most easily accessible in the entire Himalayan range starts from Ilaqua, 4 km from Triund.

Israeli & American tourism

Dharamkot has a Jewish community center – the

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house, which stands in the middle of the village and looks like 770 Eastern Parkway. Restaurants serve Israeli dishes :

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, shakshuka and

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with

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. Over time, locals have also acclimatised and many can now fluently speak

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. Signage and boards in the village are also written in Hebrew, and keyboards in Internet cafes have Hebrew letters. Israeli people every year mark ceremonies here to celebrate Rosh-Hashana. Protest against the foreigners and trash happen.

Triund

The trek to

Triund Triund is a small hill station in the Kangra district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Triund is a part of Dharamkot. Triund is at the foot of the Dhauladhar ranges and is at a height of . See also * List of hill stations in India ...

starts from Gallu Devi temple in Dharamkot, where people going for this trek register their names. The trek mostly is a straight route up to Triund. The distance is 11 kilometers and usually takes about 4–5 hours.

Gallery

File:Sanjay's, Dharamkot (2485531104).jpg,

writing in Dharamkot : סנג'י קפה מסעדה אוכל ביתי File:Gaddi woman cutting grass c. 1980.jpg, Gaddi woman cutting grass, Dharamkot. By

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c. 1980. File:View from Dharamkot. 1980.jpg, View from Dharamkot looking west. 1980 File:Carlton Cottage.Dharamkot. 1980.jpg, Carlton Cottage. Dharamkot. 1980 File:View from Magic View Cafe on the Triund trail, Gallu Devi.jpg, View from Magic Cafe; one of the 4 cafes on the way to Triund. File:Snowline.png, alt=November 2015, View from just outside Snowline Cafe. November 2015

References

{{Kangra district Villages in Kangra district Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh Dharamshala