Sirmaur
Overview
Sirmaur is a largely rural district in the south of the state, ranging from the Shivalik foothills near Nahan and Paonta Sahib to the high Churdhar peak. Renuka Lake, the largest natural lake in Himachal, hosts an annual fair, and the district is a major producer of ginger and stone fruit.
Reviewed places in Sirmaur
Renuka Lake
Renuka Ji
The largest natural lake in Himachal Pradesh, shaped like a reclining woman, with a temple to Renuka and a small wildlife park alongside.
Churdhar Peak
Nohradhar / Sarahan (Chopal)
At about 3,647 m, the highest peak in the outer Himalaya of Himachal, topped by a shrine to Shirgul Maharaj and reached by a full-day forest and ridge trek.
Paonta Sahib
Paonta Sahib
A town on the Yamuna where Guru Gobind Singh lived for over four years in the 1680s; the riverside Gurudwara Paonta Sahib marks the site.
Suketi Fossil Park
Suketi, near Nahan
Asia's largest fossil park, set up in 1974 on the Shivalik fossil beds in the Markanda valley of Sirmaur — an open-air display of life-size prehistoric mammal models plus a fossil museum.
More places worth visiting
- Renuka Lake
- Churdhar Peak
- Nahan
- Paonta Sahib
- Haripurdhar
- Trilokpur Temple
Detailed pages for these are being written and reviewed before they go live.