Chamba

Headquarters: Chamba Best time: March to June, and September to November

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

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Bhuri Singh Museum

Chamba

A state museum in Chamba, opened in 1908, best known for its collection of Pahari miniature paintings from the Chamba, Basohli and Kangra schools.

Human-reviewed

Chamba Town

Chamba

The old capital of the Chamba princely state on the Ravi, known for the grassy Chaugan, a cluster of stone Shikhara temples, the Bhuri Singh Museum and the Minjar fair.

Human-reviewed

Chamera Lake

Dalhousie–Chamba road

The reservoir of the Chamera dam on the Ravi, between Dalhousie and Chamba, used for boating and set among wooded hills.

Human-reviewed

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.

Human-reviewed

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.

Human-reviewed

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.

Human-reviewed

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.

Human-reviewed

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.

Human-reviewed

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.

Human-reviewed

Sach Pass

Pangi Valley approach

A high, rough pass at about 4,400 m linking the Chamba valley with remote Pangi, open only in the short summer and known as a hard adventure drive.

Human-reviewed

More places worth visiting

Khajjiar
Dalhousie
Chamera Lake
Laxmi Narayan Temple
Bhuri Singh Museum
Bharmour (Chaurasi temples)
Pangi Valley

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