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Walks,
riding, trekking, golfing, fishing or skating.
Visiting
Shimla town:
The Ridge and the Mall: The town comes down from the
Ridge. The Mall, which is a pedestrian zone, is lined
with shops, food stalls and colonial houses.
Christ
Church
Constructed in 1857, this yellow structure with a
Victorian-Gothic spire has some of the finest stained
glass windows in India. The 1910 mock-Tudor library next
to it has a good collection of historical books
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Scandal
Corner
Apparently the daughter of a senior British officer eloped
with a Patiala prince from this point. This general meeting
point is now dominated by a statue of freedom fighter Lala
Lajpat Rai. It is close to Kali Bari where the deity of Shimla,
Shyamla Devi, is enshrined.
Other places of
interest are the Town Hall, General Post Office, the old
Gaiety Theatre and the rebuilt 1877 Cecil Hotel. There are
various interesting bazaars as well in town.
The State
Museum
Housed in a colonial mansion, it has an impressive collection
of traditional and contemporary art with a gallery of fine
Pahari miniatures, a style developed under the auspices of the
Kangra rulers.
The Viceregal
Lodge, now known as the Rashtrapati Niwas, atop the
Observatory Hill, was an Elizabethan mansion built in 1888 for
Lord Dufferin. It now houses the Institute of Advanced
Studies. The lodge also has a botanical garden and a café. A
rear stone terrace affords a view of some major Himalayan
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