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Chamoli

Chamoli in Uttarakhand. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.

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Discover Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Local stories, places and livelihoods, with the original sources close at hand.

Chamoli district is a district of the Uttarakhand state of India. It is bounded by Tibet to the north, and by the Uttarakhand districts of Pithoragarh and Bageshwar to the east, Almora to the south, Pauri Garhwal to the southwest, Rudraprayag to the west, and Uttarkashi to the northwest. The administrative headquarters of Chamoli district is in Gopeshwar. Chamoli hosts a variety of destinations of pilgrim and tourist interest including Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib and Valley of Flowers. The Chipko movement was first started in Chamoli.

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History & identity

The story of Chamoli

The region covered by the district of Chamoli formed part of the Pauri Garhwal district till 1960. It occupies the northeastern corner of the Garhwal tract and lies in the central or mid-Himalayas in the very heart of the snowy range described in ancient books as Bahirgiri, one of the three divisions of the Himalayan mountains. Chamoli, the district of "Garhwal" the land of forts. Today's Garhwal was known as Kedar-khand in the past. In puranas Kedar-khand was said to be abode of Hindu God. It seems from the facts vedas puranas, Ramayna and Mahabharat that these Hindu scriptures are...

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Chamoli: food, crops, crafts & local products

Food processing · PMFME ODOP

Fish based products

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries lists these food-product priorities for this district in its dated PMFME One District One Product record. This identifies programme focus, rather than current crop output or the district’s complete food culture.

District name in source: Chamoli
Source date: 2025-02-06

District products · ODOP reference

Nettle based products

These products appear against this district in the linked One District One Product catalogue. They are documented product associations, rather than a current industrial census or a complete list of local businesses.

District name in source: Chamoli
Source date: 2025-08-19

Places to discover in Chamoli

2 public place references

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Badrinath Temple

Badarinath Temple, also known as Badarinarayana Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. It is located in the town of Badrinath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India. The temple is one of the 108 Divya Desams, sacred...

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Nanda Devi National Park

The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982 is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, in northern India. The entire park...

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Temples, sacred places & heritage in Chamoli

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Badrinath Temple ↗

Badarinath Temple, also known as Badarinarayana Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. It is located in the town of Badrinath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India. The temple...

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People connected with Chamoli

6 public personality references

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Bharat Singh Chaudhary

Bharat Singh Chaudhary (born 20 May 1959) is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. Currently, he serves as the Rural Development, Small and Micro-Medium Enterprises, Khadi and Village Industries, Language minister in the...

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Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Chandi Prasad Bhatt (born 23 June 1934) is an Indian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the...

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Gaura Devi

Gaura Devi (1925 – 1991) was a grassroots activist and a rural women community leader from India who played an important role in the Chipko movement. She was conferered the Uttarakhand Gaurav...

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Mahendra Bhatt

Mahendra Bhatt (born 4 August 1971) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mahendra Bhatt is currently serving as BJP Uttarakhand State President. He is also serving as...

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Tripti Dimri

Triptii Dimri (pronounced [trɪptiː dɪmriː]; born 23 February 1994) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films, and is known for portraying emotionally nuanced and resilient women in both mainstream and...

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Vijay Prasad Dimri

Vijay Prasad Dimri is an Indian geophysical scientist, known for his contributions in opening up a new research area in Earth sciences by establishing a parallelism between deconvolution and inversion, the two...

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Chamoli: official travel, agriculture & local information

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