General Information of Chamba : Location Himachal Pradesh INDIA

Headquarter: Chamba is the District Headquarter. Dalhousie, Khajjiar and Bharmour are the part of this place is discovered in 920 AD

Altitude: Varies from 610 meters to 6,500 meters.

Location: Chamba is situated in the western Himalayas between north latitudes 32°10' and 33°13' and east longitudes 75°45' and 77°33'. Best time round the Year

Access by Air: Nearest airport is Gaggal 135 km. and Pathankot 120 km.

Access by Rail: The nearest broad gauge railway station is at Pathankot 120 km.

Access by Road: Chamba is linked by Himachal and Punjab too.

Famous Places in Chamba:

Luxmi Narayan Temple: Which occupies a large compound in the northern sector of the town. Six large temples stand in a row facing east, three temples are devoted to Lord Vishnu and three other to Lord Shiva constituting the largest group in this part of the country. Luxmi Narayana is the presiding deity of Chamba Town. It is a Vakunth murti of marble covered with a acretitionery clothes, jewellery and golden caskets bearing portraits of rajas of Chamba. Another worth mentioning is the bronze group of Gauri Shankar (c.1025 AD) standing in fluid grace, Nandi depicted behind the divine couple. Smilingly Gauri and Shankar look on the devotees with benevolence and with abhay-mudra blessed them ever. Strict schedule of pooja archana is followed through out the day.

Museum: Museum is one of the important place for all of us. Bhuri Singh Museum was inaugurated in 1908 by Raja Bhuri Singh. As name suggest Museum is named due to late king of Chamba Bhuri Singh. It is a variety house of exquisite paintings of the famous Kangra and Basholi schools. It contains Chamba Rumal portable sourced most probably in the 2nd decade to 20th century. Here you can see coins of different king's and dresses and lot more but the main attraction of Museum is Tambar Patre. Letters written in copper plate. Research revealed that must of Tambar Patre were found in Chamba. Uttar Pradesh is the main city where you get these letters but 80 percentage of those are from Chamba and even now a days too we are getting them.
Chamunda Devi Temple: This temple is located on the spur of the Chamunda Hill overlooking the town to its south east. The temple stands on a raised platform. The temple has artistic carvings on its lintel, pillars and the ceiling. Behind the main temple is a small shrine of Lord Shiva in the Shikhara style. There is another platform in front of this temple where two very old peepul trees provide shelter to the visitors. From this platform a bird's eye view of most of the land marks in the town including Chouwgan, Circuit House, most of the temples and river Ravi can be had. The temple is being looked after by Archaeological Survey of India. This temple can be approached by road from Chamba ( 3 km. ). The temple is an ideal picnic spot throughout the year because it has an easy approach and a commanding view.