Govindghat
Govindghat is a town in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, located at the confluence of the Alaknanda and the Lakshman Ganga rivers. It lies around 22 kilometres from Joshimath on NH58 at an altitude of 6,000 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alokprasad, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in India
- Also known as: “Gobind Ghat” and “Govindghāt”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Joshimath and Ghangaria.
Joshimath
Photo: christian0702, CC BY 2.0.
Joshimath is a city in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India, a major tourist destination and a pilgrimage site at an altitude of 11,000 ft that serves as a gateway to the Hindu pilgrimage town of Badrinath.
Ghangaria
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ghangaria is a village at 3,100 m in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state in Himalayan North, India. It is the gateway aka base camp for hikes into the Valley of Flowers and the Hemkunt pilgrimage site.
Govindghat
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Joshimath, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.61923° or 30° 37′ 9″ northLongitude
79.56197° or 79° 33′ 43″ eastElevation
1,639 metres (5,377 feet)Open location code
8J2XJH96+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 440867595OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Govindghat” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Govindghat”
- Gujarati: “ગોવિંદ ઘાટ, ઉત્તરાખંડ”
- Hebrew: “גובינדגאט”
- Hindi: “गोविंदघाट”
- Irish: “Govindghat”
- Panjabi: “ਗੋਵਿੰਦਘਾਟ”
- Polish: “Govindghat”
- Urdu: “گووند گھاٹ”
- Western Panjabi: “گوۋند گھاٹ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gurudwara Sri Hemkunt Sahib and Horses to Gangaria.
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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 Wikipedia page “Govindghat”. Photo: Alokprasad, CC BY 3.0.