Dharamsala

Dharamsala or Dharamshala, is a hill station in , famed for its large community centred on the activities of the Dalai Lama.
  • City with 56,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,359 metres (4,459 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code DHM
  • …was formerly known as “Bhagsu”
  • Description: city in Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Also known as
    “Dharamshala”
    “Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dalai Lama Temple.
Namgyal Monastery is located in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, .

Dharamsala

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Latitude
32.2143° or 32° 12′ 52″ north
Longitude
76.3197° or 76° 19′ 11″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN DHM
Open location code
8J4R6879+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Dharamsala” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dharamshala”
  • Arabic: “دارامسالا”
  • Arabic: “دارمشالا”
  • Asturian: “Dharamshala”
  • Basque: “Dharamsala”
  • Belarusian: “Дгарамшала”
  • Bengali: “ধর্মশালা”
  • Bhojpuri: “धरमशाला”
  • Bhojpuri: “धर्मशाला, हिमाचल प्रदेश”
  • Bhojpuri: “धर्मशाला”
  • Bishnupriya: “ধর্মশালা”
  • Bulgarian: “Дхарамсала”
  • Catalan: “Dharamsala”
  • Catalan: “Dharamshala”
  • Catalan: “Dharamshālā”
  • Catalan: “Dharmsala”
  • Cebuano: “Dharmsāla”
  • Chinese: “Dharmaśālā”
  • Chinese: “小拉萨”
  • Chinese: “小拉薩”
  • Chinese: “特尔姆萨拉”
  • Chinese: “达兰萨拉”
  • Chinese: “達蘭薩拉”
  • Czech: “Dharamsala”
  • Czech: “Dharamsála”
  • Danish: “Dharamsala”
  • Dutch: “Dharamsala”
  • Dutch: “Klein Tibet”
  • Dzongkha: “རྡ་རམ་ས་ལ།”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دارامسالا”
  • Esperanto: “Dharamsala”
  • Esperanto: “Mc Leod Ganj”
  • Esperanto: “McLeod Ganj”
  • Estonian: “Alam-Dharamsala”
  • Estonian: “Dharamsala”
  • Estonian: “McLeod Ganj”
  • Estonian: “McLeodganj”
  • Estonian: “Ülem-Dharamsala”
  • Finnish: “Dharamsala”
  • French: “Dharamsala”
  • Georgian: “დჰარამსალა”
  • German: “Dharamsala”
  • German: “Dharamshala”
  • German: “Dharmashala”
  • German: “Dharmsala”
  • German: “Dharmshala”
  • Greek: “Νταραμσάλα”
  • Greek: “Νταράμσαλα”
  • Gujarati: “ધરમશાલા”
  • Gujarati: “ધરમશાળા”
  • Gujarati: “ધર્મશાલા”
  • Hebrew: “דרמסאלה”
  • Hebrew: “דרמסלה”
  • Hebrew: “דרמשלה”
  • Hindi: “धर्मशाला, dharmaśālā”
  • Hindi: “धर्मशाला, हिमाचल प्रदेश”
  • Hindi: “धर्मशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Dharamszala”
  • Hungarian: “Dharmasála”
  • Indonesian: “Dharamsala”
  • Italian: “Daramsala”
  • Italian: “Dharamsala”
  • Japanese: “ダラムサラ”
  • Japanese: “ダラムシャーラー”
  • Kannada: “ಧರ್ಮಶಾಲಾ”
  • Kashmiri: “دھرم شالہ”
  • Korean: “다람살라”
  • Ladin: “Dharamshala”
  • Latin: “Dharmasala”
  • Latvian: “Daramsala”
  • Lithuanian: “Daramsala”
  • Lithuanian: “Dharamšala”
  • Macedonian: “Дарамсала”
  • Magahi: “धर्मशाला, हिमाचलप्रदेश”
  • Malay: “Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh”
  • Malay: “Dharamsala”
  • Malayalam: “Dharamsala”
  • Malayalam: “Dharamshala”
  • Malayalam: “ധരംശാല”
  • Marathi: “धरमशाला, हिमाचल प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “धरमशाला”
  • Marathi: “धरमशाळा”
  • Marathi: “धरमसाला”
  • Marathi: “धर्मशाळा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dharamsala”
  • Mongolian: “Дарамсала”
  • Nepali: “धर्मशाला”
  • Newari: “धर्मशाला”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dharamshala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dharamsala”
  • Norwegian: “Dharamsala”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dharamsala”
  • Oriya: “ଧର୍ମଶାଳା”
  • Pampanga: “Dammasálâ”
  • Pampanga: “Dharamsala”
  • Panjabi: “ਧਰਮਸ਼ਾਲਾ”
  • Persian: “تارامشالا”
  • Persian: “دارامشالا”
  • Polish: “Dharamsala”
  • Portuguese: “Dharamshala”
  • Romanian: “Dharmshala”
  • Russian: “Дарамсала”
  • Russian: “Дармсала”
  • Russian: “Дхарамсала”
  • Russian: “Дхармасала”
  • Russian: “Дхармсала”
  • Russian: “Дхармшала”
  • Sanskrit: “धर्मशाला, हिमाचलप्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “धर्मशाला”
  • Santali: “ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢᱥᱟᱞᱟ”
  • Scots: “Dharamsala”
  • Silesian: “Dharamsala”
  • Sinhala: “ධර්මසාලා”
  • Slovak: “Dharamsala”
  • Slovak: “Dharamšálá”
  • Slovak: “Dharmšála”
  • Slovenian: “Dharamsala”
  • Spanish: “Dharamsala (India)”
  • Spanish: “Dharamsala”
  • Swedish: “Dharamsala”
  • Swedish: “Dharmsala”
  • Tagalog: “Daramsala”
  • Tagalog: “Dharamsala”
  • Tagalog: “Dharamshala”
  • Tamil: “தரம்சலா”
  • Tamil: “தரம்சாலா”
  • Telugu: “ధర్మశాల”
  • Thai: “ธรรมศาลา”
  • Tibetan: “དྷ་རམ་ས་ལ་”
  • Tibetan: “རྡ་རམ་ས་ལ།”
  • Turkish: “Dharamsala”
  • Turkish: “Dharamshala”
  • Ukrainian: “Дармсала”
  • Urdu: “دھرم شالہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Dharamsala”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dharamsala”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dharamshala”
  • Welsh: “Dharamsala”
  • Western Panjabi: “دھرم شالہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “达兰萨拉”
  • Yue Chinese: “達蘭薩拉”

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