Wikimedians of North India/Meetups/Cultural /Natural Heritage Mapping of Mandi Area-June 2019
Cultural /Natural Heritage Mapping ,People and landscape Nangal to Barot area-June 2019 is a photowalk event organised by Harvinder Chandigarh , the founder member of the User Group Wikimedians of North India .The event was conducted mainly to cover the Cultural and Natural heritage sites of the historically important Mandi (Himachal Pardesh) and other adjoing areas in this district such as Barot and Parasher etc.An effort was made to cover capture images of social life of people , landscape ,flora and fauna also.The photo walk tour was organised from Chandigarh therefore important objects and subjects on the way were also covered under the event.Mandi has many ancient templesit is also known as 'Chhoti (Small) Kashi'. Most of the temples are dedicated to Lord Shiva and the Goddess Kali. There are many temples which the Archaeological Survey of India has declared 'protected monuments' due to their historical significance.
Objective[edit]
- To take images of historically and culturally important sites and upload on Commons.
- To create new content on Wikipedia.
- To enrich the existing content on Wikipedia by adding relevant images to it .
- To create awareness about Wikipedia in the the local community.
Reference period[edit]
The visit was conducted from 27th June 2019 to 30th June 2019.
Outcome[edit]
Heritage sites[edit]
Mandi[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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Mandi town -
Victoria Bridge ,Mandi closer view -
Victoria Bridge ,Mandi full view -
Victoria Bridge ,Mandi ,inscription board -
Triloknath Temple -
Triloknath Temple -
Triloknath Temple -inner view -
Gurudwara Palang Sahib -
Gurudwara Palang -iner view -
Gurudwara Palang Sahib-outer view -
Bhimakali Temple -distant view -
Bhimakali Temple-closer view
Barot[edit]
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View of Barot Valley
Nagrota[edit]
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Shive temple Nagrota -
Shive temple Nagrota
Parashar Lake[edit]
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Prashar Lake and temple -
Prashar Lake
Gallery[edit]
Nangal[edit]
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Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru with group of engineers who constructed -
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru with group of engineers who constructed Bhakra Dam 03 -
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhakra Dam during its construction -
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru at during constructionof Bhakra Dam
People and life in Barot Valley[edit]
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A Himachali couple selling Lingaru naturally grown vegitable in mountain -
Himachali woman carrying fodder -
A farmer with sticks to be used for support of Vegitable crops -
People and social life in Barot ,Mandi,Himachal Pardesh -
Women working in Agriculture fields -
People and social life in Barot -an old Himachali woman on the way to her home near Barot -
Himachali women doing rest after working in the fields
