Explore The Green Poetry At Morni Hills
Take a left turn off the main highway to Panchkula to enter into the womb of nature, the famous Morni Hills, located at 45 km from Chandigarh downtown. You will be overwhelmed to feel how you have slipped into the tranquil realm of the mountains, far from the chaos of fast-moving trucks, buses and cars. Morni has much to reveal to the nature enthusiast with its fascinating collection of flora and fauna. The curves hold surprises and you might just stumble upon a wild buck crossing the road up ahead! Rise early and with that first cup of ‘palang chai’ (bed-tea), inhale deeply and relish the aroma of pine and wood-smoke, and listen to the hills tell their own stories. Shake off your ennui with a trek down to the picturesque Tikkar Tal, and its twin, close to the tiny Raghunath Mandir. If you are a bird enthusiast, do come to Morni for a date with the blue whistling thrush, the red throated flycatcher, and the golden eagle. A good pair of binoculars and Salim Ali’s ‘Book of Indian Birds’ are worh taking along. Before the day is done, saunter across to the old ruins of the fort near the Mountain Quail resort, standing in mute testimony to a love mystery that never found a record save the hearts of the folks.