Malana
A village with its own laws and its own language.
- Where
- Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 32.0618, 77.2600
Get the Malana stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Malana. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Malana
Kasol 7.7 km
The Parvati valley's front door.
Manikaran Sahib 8.9 km
Boiling springs, a gurudwara, and langar cooked in the water.
Kullu 18 km
The valley town on the Beas whose Dussehra begins when everyone else's ends, with two hundred village gods carried in for it.
Deo Tibba 19 km
A flat-topped peak above Manali that looks easy from the valley and is not.
Manali 21 km
Where the Kullu valley narrows and the road to Ladakh begins, with apple orchards on both banks of the Beas.
Hidimba Devi Temple 22 km
A four tiered wooden pagoda of 1553 around a rock, standing in deodar forest above Manali.
Khirganga National Park 25 km
High forest and glacier in the Parvati valley, notified in 2010 and mostly trackless.
Bhrigu Lake 26 km
A high lake above Gulaba the sage Bhrigu is said to have meditated by, and gods bathe in.
More offbeat places in Himachal Pradesh
Questions
Where is Malana?
Malana is in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kasol (7.7 km), Manikaran Sahib (8.9 km), Kullu (18 km).
How do I get the Malana stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Malana and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Malana before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Himachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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