AndreasW
07.01.2008, 12:25
Traurige Nachrichten aus Kullu... :cry:
Malana burns
Over 150 houses gutted in oldest surviving democracy of the world
Kuldeep Chauhan
Tribune News Service
Malana Barrage (Kullu), January 5
Over 150 houses and six temples and ‘bhandars’ (temple stores) of Jamlu Devta, the presiding deity of the famous Malana village, were destroyed in a fire that broke out around 7.45 am today. The village is known as the oldest surviving democracy of the world.
The loss is estimated to be around Rs 15 crore, while over 900 villagers have been rendered homeless. There were reports of the area receiving mild snowfall towards the evening. Mehr: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080106/main1.htm
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080106/ind2.jpg
Photo by Subhash Sharma
Malana Fire: It’s fight for survival now (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080107/himachal.htm#4)
Malana (Kullu), January 6
Life has never been so harsh for over 2,500 Malana residents. The fire-hit 160 families have been fighting for survival as the village is cut off from the rest of world after it experienced more than 20 inches of snow. It is still snowing in the entire valley.
Malana, The Old Order Burns Down
http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man2.JPG (http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man2.JPG)
Shimla: What centuries of hostility could not do to Malana village (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malana), a devastating mid-winter inferno did so in half a day on Saturday.
Shrine of the all powerful Jamlu Devta, god of the Malana people (http://www.ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=mln1), along with over half of the high altitude village was reduced to ashes.
Three other temples of Atharah Karadu Devta and of Renuka Mata were also consumed by the fire.
Winter fodder and fuel wooded stacked in village houses to meet animal and human needs, further inflamed the inferno.
http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man3.JPG (http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man3.JPG)
Firemen, villagers and volunteers fighting the blaze, had to break down houses to make a fire line that helped to save the upper half of the village.
About 650 people belonging to 150 families that were living in 120 houses have been rendered homeless to face the cold in sub-zero temperatures in the village located at an altitude (http://wikimapia.org/#lat=32.062646&lon=77.260409&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2) of over 10,000 feet.
Mehr: http://himachal.us/2008/01/06/malana-the-old-order-burns-down/4188/people/ravinder (http://himachal.us/2008/01/06/malana-the-old-order-burns-down/4188/people/ravinder) Malana liegt am Chanderkhani (Chandrakhani) Trek. Im Jahr 2000 hatte ich diesem Dorf noch einen Besuch abgestattet.
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=32.061919&lon=77.260323&z=13&l=5&m=a&v=2
AndreasW
Malana burns
Over 150 houses gutted in oldest surviving democracy of the world
Kuldeep Chauhan
Tribune News Service
Malana Barrage (Kullu), January 5
Over 150 houses and six temples and ‘bhandars’ (temple stores) of Jamlu Devta, the presiding deity of the famous Malana village, were destroyed in a fire that broke out around 7.45 am today. The village is known as the oldest surviving democracy of the world.
The loss is estimated to be around Rs 15 crore, while over 900 villagers have been rendered homeless. There were reports of the area receiving mild snowfall towards the evening. Mehr: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080106/main1.htm
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080106/ind2.jpg
Photo by Subhash Sharma
Malana Fire: It’s fight for survival now (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080107/himachal.htm#4)
Malana (Kullu), January 6
Life has never been so harsh for over 2,500 Malana residents. The fire-hit 160 families have been fighting for survival as the village is cut off from the rest of world after it experienced more than 20 inches of snow. It is still snowing in the entire valley.
Malana, The Old Order Burns Down
http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man2.JPG (http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man2.JPG)
Shimla: What centuries of hostility could not do to Malana village (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malana), a devastating mid-winter inferno did so in half a day on Saturday.
Shrine of the all powerful Jamlu Devta, god of the Malana people (http://www.ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=mln1), along with over half of the high altitude village was reduced to ashes.
Three other temples of Atharah Karadu Devta and of Renuka Mata were also consumed by the fire.
Winter fodder and fuel wooded stacked in village houses to meet animal and human needs, further inflamed the inferno.
http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man3.JPG (http://www.himachal.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/man3.JPG)
Firemen, villagers and volunteers fighting the blaze, had to break down houses to make a fire line that helped to save the upper half of the village.
About 650 people belonging to 150 families that were living in 120 houses have been rendered homeless to face the cold in sub-zero temperatures in the village located at an altitude (http://wikimapia.org/#lat=32.062646&lon=77.260409&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2) of over 10,000 feet.
Mehr: http://himachal.us/2008/01/06/malana-the-old-order-burns-down/4188/people/ravinder (http://himachal.us/2008/01/06/malana-the-old-order-burns-down/4188/people/ravinder) Malana liegt am Chanderkhani (Chandrakhani) Trek. Im Jahr 2000 hatte ich diesem Dorf noch einen Besuch abgestattet.
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=32.061919&lon=77.260323&z=13&l=5&m=a&v=2
AndreasW