MATERIALS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION

construction techniques are much similar to both kath-Kohna and the mud architecture of spiti valley But not that refined and clean. In traditional building of miyar valley The stone and wood are used as it is without refining them. In kath –Kohna the stone and the timber beam are repeated in a certain defined intervals but in Miyar valley it seems to be more organic. Most of the people of Miyar valley are Buddhist but the houses of the place don't reflect the decoration and Buddhist architecture unlike Spiti valley. The building of the Miyar valley is rather simple and organic. Even the typical traditional building elements like doors, windows, column and beams are kept simple without

ornamentations. According to locals it is said that the Hinduism came first from the central and lower region of Himachal and then followed

by Buddhism

from the upper region of the Himachal. its is clear that the

architecture of the place is mixed of both regions. The climatic condition is one of the factor which lead into a difference in building craft of the place then the

upper and lower region of Himachal Pradesh. Miyar valley is not as dry as Spiti valley neither as wet as central Himachal. The use of just a dry stone construction or just a mud construction wasn’t that helpful.

KATH-KHUNI ARCHITECTURE

MUD ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE OF MIYAR VALLEY