Shangarh

Why this icon The Shangarh meadow with the Shangchul Mahadev temple at its edge. Source: zostel.com

Zostel

The story

Dusk on a clear autumn evening at Shangarh: a traveller lies back on the sacred meadow, shoes set aside, while horses and sheep graze in the last light, the deodars round the meadow turn to dark cones and the first stars come out over the snow peaks.

Why this picture

Shangarh's broad meadow in the Sainj valley, at about 2,000 m, is held sacred: locals keep it unbuilt and walk it barefoot, and village horses and sheep graze it inside a ring of tall deodars, the small wooden temple of Shangchul Mahadev with its carved timber eaves at its edge. Autumn brings clear skies, and on clear nights the stars over the meadow.

The motion

The stars twinkle and the moon's rings turn; three birds fly home to roost across the sky; the horses lower their heads to graze and swish their tails; the sheep crop the grass; the deodars sway. A 16-second loop.

Colour

Mustard Leaf #E2E418

Jade #04B495

Paddy Green #B2D234

Shangarh takes Jade #04B495, one of the three Fields colours — with its icon in Steel Grey on it.

Another moment in Shangarh

A second scene: another true moment at Shangarh, 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 bright April morning at the rim of the sacred Shangarh meadow: the sun clears its ring of deodars, the temple a dark silhouette among them; the traveller has left his shoes in the grass at the meadow's edge and walks out across the spring wildflowers, while village horses graze.

Why this moment

Shangarh's meadow in the Sainj valley, at the edge of the Great Himalayan National Park, is held sacred: locals do not step onto it in shoes and nothing may be built on it, and the Shangchul Mahadev temple stands at its edge in a ring of deodars. Spring, March to April, wakes the meadow with wildflowers and sunshine, and horses and sheep graze it.

The sky wears Kullu shawl, from Himachal Pradesh.

The motion

Clouds cross the sky; the traveller walks; the deodars on the slopes sway; the horses graze, heads dipping; the wildflowers twinkle; the sun's rays turn. 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.

Shangarh in symbols

Beside its icon, the things that are Shangarh, 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

Shoes left at the meadow's edgeOf the place
The Shangarh meadow is held sacred and walked barefoot: visitors leave their shoes at its edge and step onto the grass without them.
SVG Grey SVG PNG
Barshangarh waterfallOf the place
Below the Shangarh meadow the trail through forest and village ends at the Barshangarh waterfall, pouring down a sheer rock face; it roars in the monsoon.
SVG Grey SVG PNG

Also drawn for Shangarh 9

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

Say hello to Shangarh's Zobus

Zobu in Shangarh'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

Their faces, poses and moves 25

Shangarh's Zobus from the rig: a face for a profile picture, a pose for a story, a move as a still; each opens its file. Every Zobu in motion

The kit

Everything Shangarh 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

Shangarh’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 Shangarh’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

A breeze sways the field stalks at its base. 7.2 s, seamless.

Animated SVG Lottie JSON

Motion

The symbol becomes Shangarh 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 Shangarh under the wordmark — for signage, email and merch.

SVG

City symbols

Shangarh’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

Shangarh’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 Shangarh 5

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

The map we made for Shangarh

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

Taste apples at harvest timeGoshti orchards · 0.2 km · 3 min walk
Spot magpies on Lapah's trailLapah · 9.8 km · 130 min hike
Hike down to Barshangarh fallsBarshangarh Falls · 2.6 km · 35 min hike
Wander the old wooden homesShangarh village · 1.1 km · 14 min walk
Trek into the national parkSainj Ropa · 7.7 km · 18 min drive
See Raila's old twin towersRaila towers · 27.5 km · 65 min drive
Walk the meadow barefootSacred meadow · 1.2 km · 16 min walk

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

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

On the map

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

Region: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
Where: 31.73° N, 77.42° E
Landscape: Fields

Make its poster Every place

Shangarh · Himachal Pradesh · India

The story

Why this picture

The motion

Colour

Another moment in Shangarh

The story

Why this moment

The motion

In the picture

Its files

Shangarh in symbols

Also drawn for Shangarh 9

Say hello to Shangarh's Zobus

Their faces, poses and moves 25

Faces 20

Poses 5

The kit

Also made for Shangarh 5

The map we made for Shangarh

On the map

Shangarh

Lie back on the sacred meadow. Count deodars, then stars.

The story

Why this picture

The motion

Colour

Another moment in Shangarh

The story

Why this moment

The motion

In the picture

Its files

Shangarh in symbols

Also drawn for Shangarh 9

Say hello to Shangarh's Zobus

Their faces, poses and moves 25

Faces 20

Poses 5

The kit

Also made for Shangarh 5

The map we made for Shangarh

On the map