Mcleodganj is like little foreign country
of India. You can see people from different countries Russia, Singapore,
France, Canada, America hanging around in this small place greeting 'Namaste'
to everyone on the way. Walking on the streets of Mcleodganj is entirely
different experience. You can see people visiting the place not for one day or
two, but for weeks or months and for few 'till visa is not over'.
Usually, some people coming to place like
this create lot of noise. Travellers coming for the pursuit of peace have to
find nearby places where they can spend time away from madness of mind. Some of
the nearby places of such kind are Dharamkot, bhagsu, upper bhagsu.
Dharamkot is village 2 km from the city. Dharamkot is
very small place, people here are very simple (Thank God) and well it has some
cafes to hang around. Local people in this region are very connected to the old
culture of India. Many houses has a small temple which is of different kind.
Unlike public temples, which are very big in space, this temple is very small
like over 2 x 2 feet area and about 5-6 feet height with low entry. You have to
bend down to enter into the temple. Shape of the temple is such that it acts as
a closed space for individual meditator.
Bhagsu is
also small village 2 km from city square. Bhagsu has lot of tibetian people.
Bhagsu has big market area and lot of things to provide including yoga, Tantric
meditations, Osho meditations, gurdjieff stop techniques, music, hand crafted
material, wooden material, tibetian handcrafts.
