Hemkund
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.
Photo: Satbir 4, Public domain.
- Type: Gurdwara
- Description: pilgrimage site in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India
- Also known as: “Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib” and “Gurudwara Sri Hemkunt Sahib (Hemkunt)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghangaria.
Ghangaria
Hemkund
- Categories: human settlement, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Joshimath, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.69931° or 30° 41′ 58″ north
Longitude
79.61526° or 79° 36′ 55″ east
Open location code
8J2XMJX8+P4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Hemkund” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hemkund”
- French: “Hemkunt Sahib”
- German: “Hemkund”
- Gujarati: “હેમકુંડ સાહેબ”
- Hindi: “हेमकुंट साहिब”
- Indonesian: “Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib”
- Irish: “Hemkund”
- Panjabi: “ਹੇਮਕੁੰਟ ਸਾਹਿਬ”
- Tamil: “ஹேமகுண்டம்”
- Ukrainian: “Хемкунд”
- Western Panjabi: “ہیم کنٹ صاحب”
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