Shoghi Travel Guide

Shoghi is located Himachal Pradesh India, It is a sleepy town at 5,873 ft above sea level, 15 km south of Shimla and 342 km north of Delhi. Shoghi and the small hamlets that surround it and put an end to the endlessly rolling stone. One you get to the top of this hill you can relax and revel in the knowledge that you are experiencing a small unassuming piece of heaven. The town of Shoghi is at most a 2 Km stretch of road whose highlights are the people, their hospitality and the natural beauty they are surrounded.

Shoghi is much more that just a cheap alternative to Shimla, It’s an ideal place to get away from it all. Learn how to paint with watercolours, indulge your camera, read new books, take up virdwatching and turn off your mobile and listern to the sounds of the forest. There are ample trekking gounds and clear streams that babble over beautifully coloured stones.

Tara Devi Temple

One of the significant temples of the area, the Tara Devi Temple is approximately 11 km south of Shimla but stands higher at 6,073 ft. As you drive through Shoghi headed due north on NH22, the turn off for Tara Devi is on the right, at the end of the town. The ascent is simultaneously breathtaking and nerve racking. The road is thankfully new. Various histories date the temple as either 200 or 500 years old. The story goes that a vision of Tara Devi appeared to the Raja of Junga on the mountain and he immediately built a temple on that spot.

Don’t leave Shoghi without trying some of Minchy’s Fruit Products locally produced achaars, Jellies, sysrups and juices. At the junction fo the main road NH22 and the road leading up to the Tara Devi Temple.

Local Temples

The landscape around Shoghi is dotted with temples. Virtually every villages in the region has one each as exquisite as the next. Approximately 6 km south west of Shoghi, nestling in a valley of green tress and fields, is the village of Anji. The recently renovated Hanuman Temple here stands right on the edge of the village. Continue on from Anji to Kadaur approximately 3 km west to the Kali Temple. Situated atop a velvet carpet knoll of green grass.