
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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The massive spread of lush green Pines, also known as 'Pinus', and Deodar, also known as 'Cedrus deodara' as seen from a bird's eye view. Pine trees can reach a height of over 3 to 80 meters, but most are about 15 to 45 meters tall. Deodar trees can reach a height of over 40-50 meters. Strung out along a 12km ridge, with steep forested hillsides falling away in all directions, the Himachal capital is one of India's most popular hill resorts, buzzing with a happy flow of heat-escaping Indian vacationers. For some visitors, the attraction is perusing a dwindling series of relics from Shimla's previous incarnation as the summer capital of British India. Traffic is banned from the central part of town, so walking is pleasant – even when huffing and puffing uphill. The long, winding main street
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