Bharwain

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Bharwain

Bharwain
Hill station
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Bharwain
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Bharwain
Bharwain (India)
Coordinates: 31°47′54″N76°07′28″E / 31.798229°N 76.124525°E / 31.798229; 76.124525 Coordinates: 31°47′54″N76°07′28″E / 31.798229°N 76.124525°E / 31.798229; 76.124525
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Elevation
1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
177109
Telephone code911976
Vehicle registration HP

Bharwain is a hill station situated in Amb Tehsil and hill hamlet [1] village in Chintpurni region in the Una district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It is an entry point to the Chintpurni Temple. The area is situated between the western Himalaya in the north and the Shiwalik (or Shivalik) range bordering the state of Punjab.

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Description

Bharwain is situated at a distance of about 2 km from the Chintpurni Shakti Peeth Temple on the Hoshiarpur Dharmshala highway. Bharwain is an administrative seat as well, as it is a sub-tehsil [2] under the Amb block. Bharwain is also a PWD circle that covers many blocks of the Una district. This place borders the Kangra district to the north.

Attractions

There is a lot to see and do in and around Bharwain:

Temples

Structures

Bazaar

Hotels

Activities

Location

Bharwain is situated at the altitude of around 1000 meters and is part of the Una district, Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the Hoshiarpur-Dharmashala road. This road is part of the State Highway network.

Weather

Spring : About mid-February to mid-April. The winter starts losing its bite around mid-February.

Summer : Mid-April to end of June. It is hot in summer and light cottons are recommended.

Rainy season : July - September. Still quite warm and, of course, humid. Very rainy.

Autumn : October - November. Days are pleasantly warm, nights are cool. May need light woollens at night or early mornings.

Winter: December - January. It is quite pleasant during the day and you may get by with one layer of woollens. The winter nights are cold and an extra layer of woollens is required.

In general, temperatures in Bharwain, Chintpurni are about 5-8 Celsius lower than in the Punjab and Haryana plains and in Delhi.

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References

  1. ↑ Bharwain
  2. ↑ Bharwain Tehsil - Una
  3. ↑ Detail of Rest Houses /Circuit Houses in District
  4. ↑ "THE CHINTPURNI HEIGHTS". Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. ↑ The Chintpurni Heights - Bharwain Archived 3 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Yatri Bhavan Bharwain". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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