LALANTI CAVES

Moorang (Kinnaur district - IN)
31.416700,78.483300
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/04/2016

NOTE 1: Lalanti 4420 m (www.himadventures.net accessed 25.08.2004).»Lalanti has a basic pilgrim shelter, which is too dank and dirty to use. We pitch tent and doze in the sun for a couple of hours. We can sense, we are very near the La (pass) as the valley has broadened, and the jagged, snow-laden peaks watch over us, silent and brooding. There is hardly a sound here, but for the angry sound of the nallah a few hundred feet away« (www.indiatravelogue.com accessed 25.08.2004). NOTE 2: »Lalanti is a high altitude shepherd pastures and snow leopard is also seen here in winters. This area is also famous for Ibex. [The trail from Surting at 3150 m asl] ascends gradually to Lalanti 4420 m« (www.himadventures.net accessed 25.08.2004). NOTE 3: Charang, perhaps near 32°18'N: 78°24'E (AMS sheet NI43-15 Pathankot (U502 series, 1959 edition): 3350 m (www.himadventures.net accessed 25.08.2004). NOTE 4: This Chitkal / Chitkul is expected to lie near 31°22'N: 78°26'E (NI43-15 Pathankot U502 series, 1959 edition). NOTE 5: »Lalanti - Chitkul via Charang La: Walking Time 8-9 hrs.> Hard day, should be early started. Walking though impressive terminal moraine, negotiating 200 m of steep climb to pass from where spectacular view of Gharwal and Sangla Valley is seen. Descending is steep up to 200 m and then becomes gradual to Chitkul 3450 m which is also a road head« (www.himadventures.net accessed 25.08.2004). NOTE 6: Indrahara (Charang La) Pass -- perhaps north and above the Chakran Chandar Bhan (Reserved Forest) near 32°19'N: 76°21'E (NI43-15 Pathankot, U502 series, 1959 edition): 4300 m (www.himadventures.net accessed 25.08.2004). NOTE 7: Surting is not identified. NOTE 8: Dharamsala 32°13'N: 76°19'E (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NI43-15 Pathankot (U502 series, 1959 edition). NOTE 9: Bharmaur (also: Bharmour, Brahmour, Brahmpur) 32°27N': 76°32'E) lies 64 km along the road approximately east of Chamba (N32°30': E76°30').

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/04/2016

Unspecified »caves« (more likely: one or several rock shelters) reported GERNER (1976, 1984) and Eisner, Uwe (1983 Mss) from a place called Lalanti (note 1). They are possibly -- but far from necessarily -- identical with the caves on the –>Tidung noticed in July 1821 by Alexander and James Gilbert Gerard (edited by COLEBROOKE 1827: 353). SITUATION 1 (note 2): Between Charang (note 3) at 3350 m asl (with –>Lahesh Cave) and Chitkal / Chitkul (note 4). SITUATION 2 (note 5): Between the pass Indrahara / Charang La (note 6) and Surting (note 7) on the popular trek from Dharamsala (note 8) via Indrahar / Indrahara Pass (4300 m asl) to Bharmaur (note 9) Trek.

Documents

Bibliography 06/04/2016
  • Gerner, Manfred 1976, 1984.

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