Karsog Valley

  Tired of the overcrowded hill stations of the Himalayas? Shimla, Manali, and Kullu too mainstream for you? Then it’s time for you to explore the treasures of the Karsog Valley. While it’s peppered with temples that all link their histories back to the Mahabharata , the valley’s beauty lies in its pristine nature which has not been disturbed by rampant tourism. Here the village economy is still governed by the fertile farms of the valley and the rich fruit orchards. You can visit an idyllic village and go back to a time where the incessant buzzing of social media notifications and honking tourist buses didn’t exist! The story of Karsog is as old as time, the name itself comes from the words ‘kar’ and ‘shok’ meaning ‘daily mourning’. The myth from the Mahabharata goes that the village was terrorized by a rakshasa who ate a villager every day causing for daily mourning. But during the exile of the Pandavas, Bhima saved the village from the rakshasa by offering himself.