Richards died in 1971 and Andretta slowly drifted into oblivion. But looking at Andretta even today, it is not difficult to understand why Richards chose this place.
The valley forms a perfect bowl surrounded by thick forests and bamboo groves of the Shivalik Hills on one side and the looming Dhauladhar on the other.
Standing in its fields, you feel you are in the womb of creation — where nature itself conspires to create a gamut of colours and perspective that baffle and thrill. Famous writer Khushwant Singh has described this place as “This is where drama, painting, pottery and writing marry.”
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