It is a breathtaking journey towards the Tibet border, especially since the Border Road Organisation has accomplished a fabulous feat in black-topping the road till the border. One is left with a salute for the dauntless Indian soldiers who spend the winter in these majestic, though inhospitable areas (we were told that the temperature comes down to minus 40 in winter), recounts Claude Arpi.
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Besides James Fraser, many foreign travellers have mentioned about the Bhyram temple in their writings. Even the famous British photographer Samuel Bourne took a photograph near the confluence and made a striking note about the temple in his 1870 published article