The Chamba Valley, " The Beautiful Valley, The Pride Himachal Pradesh., "

 The Chamba valley is having numbers of panoramic landscapes which adds to the beauty of this valley. The Chamba valley is also known as Ravi Valley. The Chamba town is situated on the banks of  Ravi river. 

                        View of Chamba

The ancient capital of Chamba was at Bharmaur "Raja Sahil Verman had shifted the capital to Chamba on the special request of his daughter Champavati. The name "Chamba "  of this district is also kept on her name. 

           Laxmi -Narayan Temple at Chamba

This valley is surrounded by Jammu & Kashmir in North -West, area of Ladakh Union Territory and Lahaul and Batao Banghal area of Himachal Pradesh in North- East and East and in the South -East and South by district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh and Gurdaspur district of Punjab. 

      Khajjiar the Mini- Switzerland of India

The valley has numbers of beautiful places which are important from tourism point of view. Some places where tourists used to enjoy are Khajjiar Lake, Kalatop wildlife Sanctuary, Chamunda Devi temple, Chamera dam on Ravi river, Manimahesh Lake on Kailash peak in Pir- Panjal range of Himalayas, Bhuri Singh Museum which was inaugurated on  24th September 1908 , Akhand Chandi Palace, Champavati temple, Lakshmi Narayan temple and Rang Mehal  which was built by Raja Umed Singh during 18 th century. 

                View of  Chamba valley

The Chamba is famous for its art, craft and it's culture, the paintings, Chamba rumaal, Chamba Chapal and other traditional handicrafts. 

             Scenic beauty of Chamba valley

The fields in the mountains are stepped terraces which look beautiful, the valley is famous for herbs and flowers. 

                   View of Fields in the valley

The fields are arranged in such a way that peddy fields are at lower level where as maize, wheat, barley and other cereals on higher levels. 

            Beautiful view of fields landscape

Northern mountains of the valley are covered with forests where as Southern mountains are quite bare. 

                         View of Mountains

The important towns in the valley are Bharmaur, Banikhet, Dalhousie, Khajjiar,  Kakira and Chamba. The people of Chamba valley are very beautiful, honest and hardworking. The valley is very much rich in cultural heritage. 

                           View of Temple

               View of Village in Chamba valley

                                   By :- Er. R C Verma