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Town in Himachal Pradesh, India
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Palampur is a town in the Himalayan foothills in Himachal Pradesh. It is famous for its mountain scenery and tea gardens. It is also known as Green Valley of Himachal Pradesh because it is famous for plantations
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A tourist place worth seeing: it is filled with fountains and caves and there is a temple of Lord Shiva. It is 25 km from Palampur on Andretta Road.
About 16 km from here. It is a historic temple of Lord Shiva and it is there from the reign of pandavas, one will find it amazing. It has beautiful monuments which are worth seeing. It is said that Ravana built this temple to worship Lord Shiva. There is a Yagaya Kund where it is believed that Ravana performed Yagaya to please Lord Shiva.
Mata Brijeshwari Devi
Another famous temple which is about 35 km from Palampur. It is situated in the heart of Kangra city.
A temple 4 km from the town on the Nuegal Cafe Road. It is a worthseeing place full of nature's blessings. Aima (Tikka Aima) is one of the central place with majority of Posh Palampurian's living over there. Aima is accomplished by beautiful tea gardens.
About 17 km from Palampur and is very popular destination for Indian tourists. It is believed that it is a place where Devi Chamunda killed two evils named Chand and Mund. The temple is very beautiful and it is along a river side which adds to its beauty. From the top of a hill it is an awesome view.
A temple at nature's paradise 5 km from the Bundla Mata temple and also 5 km from palampur via chandpur village.
At Sidhbari Dharamsala, which is about 32 km from Palampur .A German painter, Elisabeth Buschmann, who has made the Dharamsala area her home, has now opened an art gallery--NAAM-- at Sidhbari village on Dharamsala-Chamunda road to display her paintings.The abstract paintings of Elisabeth displayed in a portion of the gallery illustrate various shades of spirituality that crossed her mind while meditating. A section of the gallery displays paintings of Alfred W. Hallet.
A great place for art lovers. It is 12 km away from Palampur and well connected by bus or by train. Sardar Sobha Singh Ji was a world-famous painter. His paintings like Kangari Dulhan, Gaddan, are great.
At the height of 2000-2500 m above sea level, where one can find unsurpassed creation of God.
A zoo with a limited variety of animals. The main attractions are the Asiatic lion, leopard and Himalayan black bear.
A peaceful place in the foothills of the Dhauladhar Mountains.
You can reach Palampur via car, bus, or by train uptil Maranda. The town is well connected by bus routes to neighbouring states.
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The nearest broad gauge rail-head is Pathankot (112 km) from where a narrow gauge toy train runs.
By plane
3 flights run daily from Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) to Kangra Airport. These include two Spice Jet flights and one Air India flight. The price is reasonable.
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