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Shangrila Lake Skardu Pakistan

Shangrila lake Skardu Pakistan Shangrila Lake is a beautiful lake located in Kachura village in Skardu in Baltistan. Its original name is Lower Kachura Lake but is famous with its new name Shangrilla Lake named after a very famous book titled Lost Horizon by James Hilton. In the novel, the author narrates a tale in which an airplane crash-landed near a riverbed, in the early 1920s. The surviving passengers came across some Buddhist monks from a nearby temple and sought their help. They were taken to a beautiful lamasery filled with a variety of fruits and flowers. The monks looked quite young, although they claimed to be hundreds of years old.[1][2] The idyllic place was called Shangri-la, a Tibetan word meaning "Heaven on earth". Facts: Name: Lower Kachura Lake also known as Shangrila Lake Height of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).

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Hunza - Jewel of Pakistan

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