This beautiful landscape is of Dhankar Village which is in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dhankar Village is also known as Dankhar or Drangkhar.
Dhankar used to be the capital of the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is at an altitude of 3,894 metres (12,774 feet) above sea level, between the towns of Tabo and Kaza, Himachal Pradesh.
Above the village sits the local monastery - the Dhankar Gompa.There may perhaps once have been a fort here, but no trace of it was seen except for what seemed to be a large house on the top of the hill. Dankhar was capital of Spiti for many years till needs of the modern day saw the capital shifted to Kaza.
I was told stories about how the lamas sat in the monastery or the upper houses throwing stones at invaders. Life was very simple before the days of bullets! The whole place is very picturesque. As I approached it, I could see its corridors cut in the rock face leading to various chambers which are either used as store rooms for the villagers or as rest-houses for the travellers. There are seven tiers of houses built along the slope. Now it is connected by a rough, motorable road and is 27 km from Kaza.
