Pamgarh

Pamgarh
—  town  —
Pamgarh
Location of Pamgarh
in Chhattisgarh and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Chhattisgarh
District(s) Janjgir-Champa
Nearest city Janjgir
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


288 metres (945 ft)

Pamgarh is a town in Janjgir-Champa district, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the 36 Garh of Chhattisgarh state. Pamgarh is on the National Highway 200 National Highway 200 (India) and the Garh (meaning fort) is visible from the road. The next major village is Loharsi after which Kharod comes which is famous for various ponds, archeological items found during excavations like very long spinal cords etc. Pamgarh also hosts a police station.

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Geography

It is located at at an altitude of 288 m above MSL.[1]

Location

Nearest airport is Raipur Airport.

National Highway 200 passes through Pamgarh.

Tourism

Lakshmaneshwar Temple and Dewarghata are tourist attractions in the vicinity.

SheoriNarayan is a tourist place nearby. It got the name SheoriNarayan because Lord Rama ate ber (a type of fuit) at this place, with Shabari. So actually it is Shabri+Narayan(Rama).

References

Mehandi is one of the small village near Pamagarh. it is famous for the temple of Lord Hanumana.

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