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Low
rolling hills criss-crossed by narrow fast-flowing streams, scores of tiny
hamlets, lush tea gardens and paddy fields - with the backdrop of the
majestic Dhauladhar mountains - all combine to make
Kangra one of Himachal's most
beautiful tracts. Here, built in 1931, by the 27-year-old ruler of
Bahawalpur, Nawab Sadiq Mohammed Khan Bahadur is Al Hilal-'the Land of the
Crescent Moon'.
Now called Taragarh after Maharani Tara Devi, of the princely state of
Jammu and Kashmir, who became its subsequent owners, this is a splendid
art-deco mansion set amidst large grounds. Memorabilia of its past adorns
its elegantly appointed rooms while the grounds also host a 'jungle camp'.