The overall tally of the species of birds landing at the Pong Dam is 417 now, with Ruddy Breasted Crake being the new entrant in the list. Ruddy Crake is usually seen in the North …
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Migratory Birds: Four Lakh at Chillika, Two Lakh at the Pong Dam
At least four lakh migratory birds have so far thronged to Odisha’s Chilika Lake – India’s largest brackish water lagoon as of 6 December 2012. Three lakh birds have been sighted on the lake’s Nalabana …
Continue readingRenuka Wetland welcomes migratory birds| 223 so far, more to come
Migratory bird habitat in Himachal Pradesh, Pong Dam Wetland has been host to about 50,000 birds so far in 2012, some of which have flown down from Siberia and Central Asia. At the same time, migratory birds …
Continue reading‘Bathu Di Ladi’ – Submerged Temples in Pong Dam | Image Gallery
The Pong Dam Wetland is one such place where a group of temples are submerged in water. Come summers, ampoule and they disappear in the dam, not leaving even a single trace behind. No one …
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Himachal is known as Dev Bhoomi, meaning the Land of Gods. There are hundreds of temples in the state and some of them are thousand years old. Many of them are at the top of …
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