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Spectators at a wedding celebration in Vashist.
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When there is a local wedding in Vashist, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, all the people from the village attend the celebrations. The wedding ceremony takes place at the stone temple and the festivities that follow all take place outdoors. The whole village participates and the businesses are closed
down.
Manali is on the Beas River valley and an important hill station in the Himalayan Mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India, near the northern end of the Kullu Valley. It is administratively a part of the Kullu District. There are actually two parts of Manali --New-Manali town is on the banks of the Beas river and the Old Manali village lies east of the Manalsu nullah, which in its present form, is more of a hippy enclave. Manali is named after the Hindu lawgiver "Manu". The word Manali literally means "the abode of Manu". Legend has it that sage Manu stepped off his ark in Manali to recreate human life after a great flood had deluged the world. Manali is popular as the "Valley of the Gods". The Old Manali village has an ancient temple dedicated to sage Manu. The small town was the beginning of an ancient trade route to Ladakh and, from there, over the Karakoram Pass on to Yarkand and Khotan in the Tarim Basin. The ancient cave temple, Hidimba Devi Temple, is near town.
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