Know Your Himachal

Bhakra dam on the Satluj is one of the highest gravity dams in the world.

• Bhakra Dam
• Gobind Sagar lake
• Naina Devi temple

Minjar fair is held here every year; Chamba Rumal has a GI tag.

• Chamba Rumal
• Bharmour (Chaurasi temples)
• Pangi valley

Highest literacy rate in the state and the smallest district by area.

• Sujanpur Tira
• Baba Balak Nath (Deotsidh)

Most populous district; the Dalai Lama's seat at McLeod Ganj is here.

• Kangra Fort
• Jwalamukhi temple
• Masroor rock temples
• Pong Dam

Famous for apples and the Kinnauri shawl; Shipki La pass is on the Tibet border.

• Kinner Kailash
• Sangla valley
• Kalpa

Kullu Dussehra, a week-long festival of village deities, starts when the rest of India ends Dussehra.

• Manikaran
• Rohtang Pass
• Great Himalayan National Park

Largest district by area and the least populated; Atal Tunnel gives it year-round road access.

• Key Monastery
• Tabo Monastery
• Chandratal lake

Called Chhoti Kashi for its many temples; the Shivratri fair is world famous.

• Rewalsar lake
• Pandoh dam
• Prashar lake

State capital, once the summer capital of British India.

• The Ridge & Mall Road
• Kufri
• Jakhu temple

Renuka lake is the largest natural lake of Himachal.

• Renuka lake
• Paonta Sahib gurudwara

Known as the Mushroom City of India; the state's major industrial hub.

• Kasauli
• Baddi-Barotiwala industrial belt
• Shoolini temple

Lowest-lying district on the Punjab border; a gateway to the state.

• Chintpurni temple
• Dera Baba Barbhag Singh