McLeod Ganj
Dharamsala, is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, famed for its large Tibetan community centred on the activities of the Dalai Lama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Dharamshala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India
- Also known as: “McLeodganj” and “Upper Dharamshala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dalai Lama Temple and St. John in the Wilderness Church.
Dalai Lama Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Namgyal Monastery is in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. It is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama. Another name for this temple-complex is Namgyal Tantric College.
St. John in the Wilderness Church
Church
Photo: Lewesian1982, Public domain.
St. John in the Wilderness is a Protestant church dedicated to John the Baptist. It was built in 1852 and is located near Dharamshala, India, on the way to McLeod Ganj, at Forsyth Gunj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dharamsala and Sidhbari.
Dharamsala
Photo: Jms1241, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dharamsala, is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, famed for its large Tibetan community centred on the activities of the Dalai Lama.
Sidhbari
Photo: Planemad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidhbari is a scenic village and bazaar on the outskirts of Lower Dharamshala along the feet of the Himalayan Dhauladhar mountain range in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
McLeod Ganj
- Category: locality
- Location: Dharmsala, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.23527° or 32° 14′ 7″ northLongitude
76.32624° or 76° 19′ 35″ eastElevation
1,766 metres (5,794 feet)Open location code
8J4R68PG+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 342118182OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“McLeod Ganj” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “McLeod Ganj”
- Chinese: “McLeod Ganj”
- Chinese: “上达兰萨拉”
- Chinese: “上達蘭薩拉”
- Chinese: “麥克勞德甘吉”
- Chinese: “麥羅甘吉”
- Chinese: “麦克劳德甘吉”
- Chinese: “麦克罗干吉”
- Chinese: “麦罗甘吉”
- Danish: “McLeod Ganj”
- Dutch: “Boven Dharamsala”
- Dutch: “Klein Lhasa”
- Dutch: “MacLeod Ganj”
- Dutch: “McLeod Ganj”
- Dutch: “Mcleodganj”
- French: “McLeod Ganj”
- Hindi: “मकलोड गंज”
- Hindi: “मक्लौड गंज”
- Hindi: “मैक्लॉडगंज”
- Japanese: “マクロード・ガンジー”
- Japanese: “マックロード・ガンジ”
- Kannada: “ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ ಲಿಯೋಡ್ ಗಂಜ್”
- Kashmiri: “مکلوڈ گنج”
- Min Nan Chinese: “McLeod Ganj”
- Panjabi: “ਮਕਲੌਡ ਗੰਜ”
- Persian: “مک لئود گنج”
- Polish: “McLeod Ganj”
- Russian: “Маклеод Гандж”
- Tamil: “மெக்லியாட் கஞ்ச்”
- Thai: “ไมคลาวด์กันจ์”
- Urdu: “مکلوڈ گنج”
- Western Panjabi: “مکلوڈ گنج”
- Western Panjabi: “میکلوڈ گنج”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dolma Chowk and McLeod Square.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hope Gallery Stories Of Tibetans and Dharamsala Community Library.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “McLeod Ganj”. Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.