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MANALI
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Location: Himachal Pradesh
Important As: Himachal's famous Tourist Resort
Altitude: 2,050m
Best Time To Visit: May To October
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The Kullu valley has an ancient town in its lap called Manali. Surrounded by towering peaks at an arm length, Manali's major asset is its proximity to the snowline. It is a flourishing orchard industry, a popular honeymoon destination and trailhead for numerous treks as well as a great countryside ideal for adventure sport lovers. Manali literally means the 'Home of Manu'. Manu is the mythological character who is supposed to have survived when the world was drowned in Flood.

WHAT TO BUY

Woolen goods are the town's real forte, particularly the brilliantly patterned shawls. The New Shopping Center (NSC) near the bus stand has a good selection. A good place to familiarize oneself with fair prices is the Shawl Factory Shop, just off the Mall south of the bus stand, which sells high-quality shawls at fixed rates. Elsewhere around the bazaar, innumerable stalls are stacked with hand-woven goods and pillbox Kullu topis or caps. Manali's other specialty is Himalayan handicrafts: mainly assorted Tibetan curios such as prayer wheels, amulets, dorjes (thunderbolts), masks, musical instruments and thangkas.

For a lavish display of natural scenery, it is one of the principal snow places of the Kullu region. And Manali is at an altitude of beauty and gateway to Dhauli and Spiti. 
 

Specialties
Fruits
          ----------------- Apples  

There is nothing sweeter than tasting a fresh apple on a crisp fall day. Now if your idea of a fresh apple is a Red Delicious from the grocery store, I am here to tell you that it is as tasty as cardboard compared to the "right off the tree" apple. Vow to expand your apple horizons this year. The apple growers in Manali are said to be one of the best source of Apples. Exporting market of Apples has been captured by Manali. 
Hosiery
          ----------------- Shawls  

Shawls are a speciality of Manali In summer, the wild Himalayan goat sheds its fleece on the high mountains. From this, the hill people spin and weave exceptionally fine and valuable shawls during winter, when the fields are covered with snow. Most notable of these is the soft Pashmina shawl made from the hair of the Pashmina Goat.  The colour of these, largely depend upon the wool, is mixed.  If the designs of the Manali shawls are varied, so are also the methods of wearing them, the most popular styles being 'Dhobroo' and 'Pattu'.
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