| APPROACH
How to
Get There
Kasauli is connected by road. The closest broadgauge railhead is at
Kalka, 37 km away. The closest airports are at Chandigarh, (65 km)
and Shimla (73 km). Taxis and buses for Kasauli are available from
Delhi, Chandigarh, Kalka and Shimla.
WHAT TO SEE
Places of
Interest in and Around Kasuali
Monkey Point :
3 ½ Km from Hotel Ros
Common a hill which derives its name from Rishi Man-ki who used to
worship an idol of Lord Hanuman ji and later the summit is crowned
with a small temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman and presently being
looked after by the personnel of Air Force, stationed here. The area
being restricted from security point of view, no belongings like
Camera, bags are allowed.
Other Attractions :
An ancient Church is worth seeing located on the Upper Mall Road. A
little above this place, there is a Central Research Institute
established in 1906 by Dr. Sample, It prepares vaccines for
treatment of typhoid, cholera, smallpox, and snake-bite and is only
of its kind in Asia. Close to this there is Pasteur Institute
founded in 1900 to produce antirabies vaccine against dog-bite There
is yet another sanatorium for TB patients because of its heal thy
most environment. TV Tower is an another land mark. Baptist Church
established in 1923 is also worthseeing.
Baba Balak Nath Temple :
3 km. On the Graner
Hill top is a famous temple of Sidh Baba Balak Nathji. It is
believed that Baba Balak Nath ji one night appeared in dreams to a
local resident named Vijay Kumar and told him to built a temple at
the place, where the present temple is located. This temple is of
its own kind where many issueless couples visit to be blessed with a
child, whose baptism ceremony is also performed in the same very
temple. A number of photographs of such blessed children are the
evidence, which are kept as record by Baba Vijay Kumar ji in the
Temple.
Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir :
Built in 1989 by Sai
Sudha Trust is a famous temple located half km away from Garkhal.
The idol of Sai Baba was built at Jaipur and the burning flame in
this Temple Signifies the divine power of Sai Babaji of Shirdi.
Lawrence School :
5 km : Situated on the
top of the hill is a famous Lawrence School. Sir Henry Lawrence was
the founder of this School. He also built the first cottage in
Kasuali known as Sunny side in 1848.
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