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Chamba : A journey through photographs |
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| Government College Chamba :- The
old Palace is now the Government College of Chamba. It is a very
beautiful building. It also houses the Chamba Library. There is also
an IGNOU ( Indira Gandhi National Open University ) Study Centre
in the College. It is open from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. and 5:00
P.M. to 6:30 P.M. It is opened in Sunday from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00
P.M. but only for counseling. Not much is changed inside and this
building still reminds one the old time. If you are alone inside
the building, you begin to think of the old time. |
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| Chamba Library :- Inside the Government
College of Chamba is the old Chamba library. You can find books on
almost every topic of Himachal Pradesh here, i.e. Himachal history,
geography, states, books explaining ancient art and culture along
with photographs of ancient coins, armour etc. If you are interested
in the monuments, manuscripts, ornaments, wooden articles of utilities
etc., found in the Bhuri Singh Museum, then you must visit Chamba
Library. Here you can find truck loads of books on these topics.
There is also an office situated near the library and you can find
various books on other topics here. And not to mantion, you can also
find mystery-thriller and adventurous novels of various writers here. |
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| Suhi Mata Temple :- According to
a legend, the Chamba town had no convenient water supply. And therefore
the Raja had a water course made from the Sarohta stream, but somehow
the water refused to enter the channel made for it. It was ascribed
to supernatural causes. The Saints advised that the spirit of the
stream must be tranquilized and victim must be either Rani ( Queen
) or her son. The Rani named 'Naina Devi' got ready to sacrifice
herself. Accompanied by her maidens and bare-headed as for 'Sati',
she was taken to the spot near the village of 'Balota', where Rani
was buried alive. The legend goes on to say that when the grave was
filled in, the water began to flow and has ever since flowed abundantly.
A shrine was constructed at the top of thehill by Raja in her memory.
A fair called 'Suhi Mela' is also held in her memory from 15th of
Chait to the 1st of Vaishakh, where only women and children are allowed
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Bharmaur :- ( 2,195 metres ) 65
km. ) Bharmour was the original capital of the state of Chamba. It
has several ancient temples and monuments that reflect its erswhile
glory. Some of the important temples are of - Manimahesh, Lakshna
Devi, Ganesh and Nar Singh. This region is also home to Semi-nomadic
Shepherds, the Gaddis. Once called Brahmpura, still retains its 84
( Chaurasi ) ancient temples and the monuments of its one time glory,
some of which date back to the 7th century A.D.
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