
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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Cars and trucks Crossing melting Glacier water in the Himalayas very cold and tricky at times. Jispa (elevation 3,200 m or 10,500 ft; population 332) is a village in Lahaul, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Jispa is located 20 km north of Keylong and 7 km south of Darcha, along the Manali-Leh Highway and the Bhaga river. There are approximately 20 villages between Jispa and Keylong. According to the 2001 census, of the town's 332 residents, 235 were male and 97 were female.Four belong to scheduled castes, and 149 belong to scheduled tribes.The village has 78 households. The village has a helipad, a post office, and a monastery.Travellers often stop for the night here; the village has a hotel, a mountaineers' hut, and a campground. Jispa also has a small folk museum. Tooh is small v
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