Shamli

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?Shamli Uttar Pradesh • India
Shamli
Coordinates: 29°27′N 77°19′E / 29.45, 77.32
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 248 m (814 ft)
District(s)	Muzaffarnagar
Population	89,861 (2001)
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 247776 • +01318

Coordinates: 29°27′N 77°19′E / 29.45, 77.32 Shamli is a city, tehsil and a municipal board in Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.it is located on the Delhi - Saharanpur highway. According to legend, Shamli is the place where Krishna took a night's halt while going for his last attempt of truce thus avoiding Mahabharata, hence was its previous name "Shyama vali"^{[citation needed]}. This small suburb is also famous for the Hanuman tilla, a temple of Hindu deity Hanuman, built by the great warrior Bhima^{[citation needed]}. The entire complex has around 20 temples devoted to various Hindu Gods and Goddesses. It is believed that Lord Hanuman stopped here while on his way to Dronagiri mountain to fetch Sanjeevani, a powerful life-restoring herb, for Lord Lakshmana. At the tilla, there is a very short statue of "hanumanji" which is said to have originated by itself.

There is a popular Shiva temple known as "Bhakuwala mandir"which is situated at Dhimanpura, Mazra road. There is a plan to built a 52 feet high statue of Shiva which will be the tallest statue in Uttar Pradesh.

This is an agriculture cum industrial township with sugar as the major produce. It also has an old sugar factory known as "Sir Shadi Lal Upper Doab Sugar Mill".
Ruskin Bond's experience long time ago in this small town inspired him to write a story called "Time Stops at Shamli".

[edit] Geography

Shamli is located at 29.45° N 77.32° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 248 metres (813 feet). The small city lies on the roads linking some major cities in this area, such as Delhi, Meerut,Karnal,Panipat, Baghpat , Baraut , Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur. It lies to the east of the Yamuna river flowing between the borders of two Indian states, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The area has a very fertile land called 'Doab' meaning "a place lying in the deltas of two rivers", i.e. The Ganga and The Yamuna . The area is a major center of sugar cultivation and hence an area which attracts the sugar industries^{[citation needed]}.This town is home to Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Jain people. Hindus are main residents of the area.