In a pleasant and open valley of Pangna a village in Karsog Tehsil of Mandi District stands the Pangna fort. It is a tower-like structure on a fifty foot stone platform overlooking the little village spread on its either side. The seven storeyed tower-like fort-palace has an old-world grandeur. It is just 60 feet high and is built in typical hill architecture in which only wood and stone are used. The woodcarvings are decorative and look new and fresh even after so many centuries of wear and tear. In the open courtyard there is a Mahamaya temple.

Pangna fort-palace has two incidents attached to it because of which the rulers abandoned the palace: one about the recovery of an idol and second the imprisonment of a princess in one of its rooms on false allegations.

Climate: hot in summers, cold in winters

Location: In Karsog valley of Mandi district but it is nearer from Shimla

Accommodation: HPTDC Hotel Chindi, HPPWD Rest house at Pangna (just in the fort premises), HPTDC and other accommodation in Karsog town.

Reaching there: Driving from Shimla to Karsog via Tattapani, there is a bifurcation : the main road goes to Karsog while the other goes to Pangna village, 10 km from the bifurcation.

Places of interest: Karsog Valley and a large number of temples around, Shikari Devi temple, Chindi and many other.