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Updated October 2026 Palpung Sherabling (also spelt Sherab Ling) is a large Tibetan Buddhist monastery set in pine forest a short drive from Bir. It's the seat of the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche in India. Visitors are welcome to walk the grounds, see the shrine halls and sit quietly. Entry is free, and two to three hours here are enough to walk around and take in the experience. Before you go Where: in the pine forest near Keori and Bhattu villages, about 5–7 km from Bir (15–20 mi

Updated October 2026 Bir Billing is two places in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, joined by one famous flight path. Billing is the paragliding take-off meadow, high on the ridge at about 2,400 m. Bir is the village and Tibetan settlement below it at about 1,400 m, where the gliders land. Between the two you'll find tea gardens, Buddhist monasteries, forest waterfalls and a relaxed café scene. It's why people come for a weekend and stay a week. We live here, so this g