Location:
Himachal Pradesh
Altitude: 1,927m
Attractions: Monkey Point,
Sanawar, Dharampur
Best Time To Visit: April
To September
77-km
from Shimla and 35-km from Kalka, at 1,927m, Kasauli
is a quaint little town that seems to exist in a time
wrap of an era that reminds one of the 19th century.
Its colonial ambience is reinforced by cobbled paths,
quaint shops, gabled houses with charming facades and
scores of neat little gardens and orchards. Mixed
forests of chir-pine, Himalayan oak and huge horse
chestnuts surround Kasauli. Its narrow road slither up
and down the hillsides and offer some magnificent
vistas.
Kasauli
is one of the small towns developed by the British
during the 'hey day' of the empire, and reached by a
branch road from the Kalka- Shimla road. The quite
beautiful hill-station of Kasauli has a Pastur
Institute that produces the anti-rabies vaccine
against mad dog-bite and, at the same time, treats
victims who have fallen prey to the dead disease,
Hydrophobia. The institute in Kasauli set up in 1900,
is the oldest in India, taking care of pet, police and
army dogs as well as their masters.
Side by
side another institute produces other vaccines, this
is the Central Research Institute affording immunity
from Typhoid, small-pox, cholera and snake-bite. The
Shimla Hills stand on water - parting between the
Sutlej and the Giri, a tributary of the Yamuna.
South
of Shimla is the Panchmunda ridge, which is crossed by
a railway through a tunnel, the longest in the
Kalka-Shimla run at Barog, where a series of fissure
to springs occur at its flank. The first ridge above
Kalka rises abruptly to pine-clad Kasauli at a height
of 1,927m and is joined by a 12-km bridle path. The
distance by road, however, from Kalka is 36.5-km.
PRIME ATTRACTION
CITIES
Dharampur:
Just 15-km from Kasauli on the National Highway No.22,
Dharampur is situated. Amidst the healthy air of the
fragrant pines, Dharampur has one of the best
hospitals in India for the cure of tuberculosis. It is
also connected by Kalka-Shimla railway line.
Sabathu:
A little cantonment town has a Gurkha fort built in
the early years of the 19th century, situated at an
altitude of 1,437m. This cantonment town quartered the
British soldiers at the time of British Empire. A
diversion road from Dharampur 15-km away leads to the
Sabathu town.
Dagshai:
Another little cantonment at an altitude of 1,925m
just 19-km from Kasauli, it is accessible by a link
road, which diverts from Dhrampur. Dagshai is perched
on a small hill and comprisse of a military public
school and numerous military barracks.
OTHERS
Monkey
Point: The highest point in Kasauli called Monkey
point is just 4-km from the Kasauli bus stand. The
Monkey Point commands an excellent view of the distant
plains of Chandigarh region and the river Satluj ,
tracing a silvery trail through the scene. A small
temple is also situated on the top of the hill, which
is dedicated to Lord Hanuman. According to a legend,
at the end of Ramayana when Lord Hanuman was returning
from the Himalayas after obtaining Sanjivany Booty or
the Magical Herb, his foot touched the hill and thus
the top of hill is in a foot shape. On a clear and
starry night the gorgeous view of Chandigarh can be
seen from the Monkey Point.
Sanawar:
Just 6-km from Kasauli, Sanawar houses one of the best
schools in the country. The Lawrence school is almost
one hundred-years-old and a major attraction of the
town