At the upper end of the Baspa Valley, Chitkul sits beside the Baspa River amid wooden homes, old temples, high ridges and striking Himalayan silence.
About the place
Chitkul is the highest inhabited village in the Baspa Valley and one of Kinnaur's most distinctive settlements. Traditional houses, the Mathi temple complex, cultivated fields and the Baspa River sit beneath an imposing mountain landscape. Its remote position near the upper reaches of the valley gives the village a powerful sense of distance and stillness.
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