Kalpa
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Kalpa is one of the six disciplines of Vedanga, treating ritual.
Kalpa is a small village located above the Kinnauri River Valley and above the district capital of Recong Peo, in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, in the Indian Himalayas. Inhabited by the Kinnauri people, apple orchards, irrigated by snow melt, are the main crop. A mix of Hinduism and Buddhism is the religion, some temples are Hindu and some Buddhist/Hindu. Elevation is roughly 8,000 feet or more.
Kalpa is at a height of 10,900 feet in Himachal Pradesh, 265 km beyond Shimla on the NH22 in Kinnaur District. It is located at the base of the Kinner Kailash snow-capped ranges. The Shivling peaks rise upto 20,000 feet. Kalpa itself is located amongst apple orchards, pine-nut forests and the stately deodhars. It is above the town of Recong Peo, the district headquarters of Kinnaur, which has a hundred-year-old Budhhhist monastery.
Kalpa is a town with a history of ancient temples. The Sutleg River below hurtles through deep gorges, the winding mountain road is bordered by chilgoza forests. The serenity of this sleepy hamlet was not often visited by foreigners until recently, but there are still relatively few visitors. There are now over 5 places to stay in Kalpa and more, below, in Recong Peo where travelers must stop to get their interline permits to continue upwards to the Spiti Valley, which is an small, ancient, part of what used to be Tibet.
Reference
- Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna Dhallapiccola
See also
- Kalpasutra - the Jain Scriptures
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