Dharamkot

Why this icon The Triund trail starts above Dharamkot; its meadow faces the Dhauladhar. Source: en.wikipedia.org

Zostel

The story

Golden hour on Triund, the ridge-top meadow above Dharamkot: a traveller kneels at the crest's edge to drive in the last peg of a little tent as the sun goes down, the Dhauladhar wall standing across the gap; granite rocks lie in the grass, a rhododendron in flower rises at the forest's edge below the ridge, griffons wheel on the updraft and two blue magpies fly over.

Why this picture

Triund (about 2,850 m) is the grassy spur above Dharamkot where trekkers camp facing the Dhauladhar, reached by a trail of about 11 km through oak and rhododendron forest. In April the rhododendrons are in flower and snow still streaks the range; Himalayan griffon vultures ride the ridge's updrafts and red-billed blue magpies glide between the oaks.

The sky wears Gond scales, from Madhya Pradesh.

The motion

Two blue magpies fly across the whole sky; two griffons wheel slowly round the thermal over the ridge, tipping their wings; the setting sun's fan of rays breathes; the traveller's mallet rises and comes down on the peg; the trees and the grass sway. A 16-second loop.

Colour

Orchid #AA5EA5

Valley Blue #4F87C7

Blush #F6ADCD

Dharamkot takes Orchid #AA5EA5, one of the three Valleys colours — with its icon in white on it.

Another moment in Dharamkot

A second scene: another true moment at Dharamkot, drawn in the graphic vocabulary with the animals and city symbols that belong there. Wide for screens, tall for a phone held upright.

The story

A clear spring morning on the forest trail above Dharamkot: a rhododendron in full red flower leans over the path, a traveller walks up from the village on the crest toward the snowy Dhauladhar, a grey langur crosses the trail ahead and a red-billed blue magpie sits in the oaks.

Why this moment

Dharamkot sits on the crest above McLeodganj, a village of slow mornings and hillside cafes; from it the trails climb through oak, deodar and rhododendron forest toward Triund and the Dhauladhar. In March and April the tree rhododendrons flower deep red on these slopes while snow still lies on the range, and red-billed blue magpies and grey langurs live in the oak forest along the trail.

The motion

Two blue magpies fly across the sky; a bank of clouds drifts across above the range; the sun's rays turn; the oaks and deodars sway; the traveller strides up the trail. A 16-second loop.

In the picture

Its files

wide: wide second scene, SVG wide second scene, Animated SVG wide second scene, PNG
tall: tall second scene, SVG tall second scene, Animated SVG tall second scene, PNG

Also in the kit's zip, in its own folder.

Dharamkot in symbols

Beside its icon, the things that are Dharamkot, drawn in the Brand Manual's city language: a monument in the city grey with its openings cut, the things of the place in flat landscape colours. Each comes in colour and in the city grey. Every place's symbols

Rhododendron in flowerOf the place
The tree rhododendron (burans) that flowers red along the oak-and-rhododendron trail from Dharamkot up to Triund each spring: trusses of fifteen to twenty bells over a whorl of dark leaves.
SVG Grey SVG PNG
Red-billed blue magpieOf the place
The red-billed blue magpie, the long-tailed violet-blue bird that glides between the oaks on the trail above Dharamkot: black hood, red bill, a tail longer than its body tipped with white.
SVG Grey SVG PNG

Also drawn for Dharamkot 3

Detailed icons from the library that name Dharamkot among their places: one drawing, on the page of every place it belongs to. Those drawn for Dharamkot alone come first. Every detailed icon

Say hello to Dharamkot's Zobus

Zobu in Dharamkot's own dress, on the palette. Hover or tap one and it waves. Each comes still and alive — idle, hello and hop — for stickers, stories and the app.

Every destination's Zobus →

Female
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave
Male
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave

The animals of Dharamkot

Animals and birds the research behind Dharamkot's picture names, drawn in the Brand Manual's animal style, in colour and in the city grey. All the animals of India

Grey langurSemnopithecus entellus
SVG Grey SVG PNG

The kit

Everything Dharamkot needs: its profile, its cover, wide and tall, its icon, tile, display picture and lockup, its loop and the symbol becoming it, its second scene, its city map, its city symbols and its Zobus — every file ready to download.

46 files in one zip, the cover, its second scene, its symbols, its Zobus and its city map included

Profile

Dharamkot’s page as a story, 1080 × 1920: its cover, its tile, its name, its line and its verbs — for stories, status and a phone’s lock screen.

SVGOther formats

Cover, wide

1600 × 900, for screens: a page’s top, a slide, a share card. The still is the loop’s first frame. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Cover, tall

900 × 1600, composed for a phone held upright: stories, reels, a lock screen. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Tile

The icon in one colour on Dharamkot’s own — for a grid, a story, a sticker.

SVG PNG

Icon

An object: flat landscape colours. Transparent; the mono takes any one colour.

SVG PNG Mono SVG

Loop

Points twinkle behind the peak, or clouds drift past. 7.2 s, seamless.

Animated SVG Lottie JSON

Motion

The symbol becomes Dharamkot and turns back — a Lottie loop for stories, the app and the web.

Lottie JSON

Display picture

Circle-safe: the colour, the icon and the name — for chats, socials and the app.

SVG PNG

Lockup

The horizontal lockup, with Dharamkot under the wordmark — for signage, email and merch.

SVG

City symbols

Dharamkot’s symbols, each in colour and in the city grey, as SVG and PNG — in the zip’s symbols folder.

See them with their files

Zobus

Dharamkot’s Zobu pair, still and alive (idle, hello, hop), waving still and as a face (a profile picture) — in the zip’s zobus folder.

Female SVG Male SVG

Also made for Dharamkot 5

The rest of what the library holds for Dharamkot: the pattern of its region, the card its links share, each opening its own file or gallery.

The map we made for Dharamkot

Seven things to do around Zostel Dharamkot (Bhagsu), each in its true direction with its distance and time from the door — a map made for your phone.

Camp on Triund under the starsTriund · 7.2 km · 180 min hike
Hike to a 20-metre waterfallBhagsu waterfall · 1 km · 13 min walk
Learn to meditate at TushitaTushita · 1.4 km · 19 min walk
Eat falafel in a hillside caféDharamkot village · 1.1 km · 15 min walk
Watch the Dhauladhar at sunsetNaddi · 3.9 km · 55 min walk
Walk the rhododendron trail in springGalu Devi trail · 1.2 km · 17 min walk
Spot blue magpies on the trailGalu waterfall · 3.1 km · 50 min hike

Download the phone map (PNG)Download the phone map (SVG)

1080 × 1350, for a phone or a story. Distances and times from Zostel Dharamkot (Bhagsu), measured on OpenStreetMap routing. Map for representation purposes only.

On the map

Dharamkot is in Himachal Pradesh, India — one of the 84 places where Zostel is live.

Region: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
Where: 32.25° N, 76.33° E
Landscape: Valleys

Make its poster Every place

Dharamkot · Himachal Pradesh · India

Hike up to Triund. Pitch your tent facing the Dhauladhar.

The story

Why this picture

The motion

Colour

Another moment in Dharamkot

The story

Why this moment

The motion

In the picture

Its files

Dharamkot in symbols

Also drawn for Dharamkot 3

Say hello to Dharamkot's Zobus

The animals of Dharamkot

The kit

Also made for Dharamkot 5

The map we made for Dharamkot

On the map