Chamba
Overview
Chamba is one of the oldest hill states in the region, with temples and the Bhuri Singh Museum preserving Pahari miniature art. The district contains the meadow of Khajjiar, the hill station of Dalhousie, Chamera reservoir, and the remote tribal valleys of Pangi and Bharmour.
Reviewed places in Chamba
Khajjiar
Khajjiar
A saucer-shaped meadow ringed by deodar forest at about 1,920 m, with a small lake at its centre, between Dalhousie and Chamba.
Dalhousie
Dalhousie
A colonial-era hill station spread over five hills in Chamba district at around 1,970 m, with wooded walks, churches and Dhauladhar views.
Manimahesh Lake
Bharmour
A high glacial lake at about 4,080 m below Manimahesh Kailash Peak, and the destination of one of Himachal's largest pilgrimages, the Manimahesh Yatra.
Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary
Between Dalhousie and Khajjiar
A compact sanctuary of dense deodar and oak forest between Dalhousie and Khajjiar, notified in 1958, with easy walking trails and a colonial-era rest house.
Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Chamba
Chamba town
The main temple complex of Chamba town — a walled group of six stone Shikhara temples to Vishnu and Shiva, the oldest founded in the 10th century.
Chaurasi Temple Complex, Bharmour
Bharmour
A courtyard of 84 shrines at about 2,195 m in Bharmour, the ancient capital of Chamba, with temples that go back over a thousand years and old wood carvings in the Lakshana Devi shrine.
More places worth visiting
- Khajjiar
- Dalhousie
- Chamera Lake
- Laxmi Narayan Temple
- Bhuri Singh Museum
- Bharmour (Chaurasi temples)
- Pangi Valley
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