The Kangra Valley, " The beautiful valley expanding between Dhauladhar range in North and Shivalik hills in South. "

 The Kangra valley is a very beautiful valley with numbers of tourist destinations like Baijnath, Bir-Biling, Palampur, Dharamshala, Nurpur, Panchrukhi, and Kangra. The valley has many famous temples where lacs of Pilgrims used to visit through out the year. The famous Shakti Peeth Jawala ji, ancient Lord Shiva temple at Baijnath  , Chamunda mata temple and Brajeshwari temple Kangra are major attractions for tourists. 

             The Jawala Mata Shakti peeth

The Shri Jawala Mata temple is 11Km from Dehra-Gopipur  , 40 Km from Hamirpur and 51 Km from Kangra. 

             Ancient Lord Shiva temple Baijnath

It is about 45 Km from Kangra and about 92 Km from Mandi Himachal Pradesh. Tourists used to visit these places  from various parts of India and abroad. 

This valley extends between Dhauladhar range in North and the Shivalik hills in South, from West to East it has gradual rise slopes from Shahpur to Palampur  and Baijnath. The valley has many panoramic landscapes which attract the tourists potential in the valley. 

               Beautiful View of Kangra Valley

The Shobha Singh art gallery is located at Andreta on Jaisinghpur  Panchrukhi Palampur road, it is an attraction for tourists to  see the paintings of  great artist Shri Shobha Singh. 

The people of Kangra are very beautiful and the Kangri dialect is very charming and keeps the power to touch hearts. 

        One beautiful view at Dharamshala

Palampur , Dharamshala and Meclodgunj are very beautiful locations which visitors always enjoy. 

                               Kangra Temple

The valley has tea gardens in Palampur, Baijnath and Kangra and  Kangra tea is famous from a very long time. The Kangra fort is also a centre of attraction for tourists being a historic preservation. 

                             View of Kangra Fort

The Kangra is also rich in its art and culture, the Kangra paintings are very famous. Dharamshala is  also a winter capital of Himachal Pradesh. The Tibetan Government in exile is also functioning from Mclodganj. The valley is worth seeing. 

                        View of Kangra Valley

                               By :- Er. R C Verma