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Asia : South Asia : India : Himalayan North : Uttarakhand : Hemkund
Revision as of 05:29, 29 January 2008Hemkund is a holy lake at a height of 4339m in Uttarakhand. Ghangaria can be made as the base camp from where one can go to Hemkund and Valley of Flowers
Get inHemkund can be reached by a trek along the mountain from Ghangaria. Also there are horses carrying people, but its costly Get aroundSeeThere are two temples near the lake. A Sikh temple and a Hindu Lakshman temple. DoBuyEatDrinkSleepOne cannot stay the night at Hemkund. They have to reach back to Ghangaria, where there are many hotels. Get outBadrinath is a sacred place for hindus, which can be reached from Joshimath by road. Auli a skiing resort that can be reached by ropeway/road from Joshimath
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