Khirsu is a hill station in a
Pauri Garhwal district
Pauri Garhwal is a district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Its headquarters is in the town of Pauri. It is sometimes referred to simply as Garhwal district, though it should not be confused with the larger Garhwal region of which it is ...
of the state of Uttarakhand, India. Khirsu is a situated at an altitude of 1760 m. It is 19 km north of Pauri and 160 km west of
Dehradun
Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...
city.
Khirsu is famous for its scenic background. From this hill station one can see a spectacular 300 km-wide panoramic view of the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h ...
, including snow-crested
Kalanaag,
Jaonli,
Kharchkund,
Chaukhamba
Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group. It is loca ...
Kedarnath, Mandani, Janhukut, Nilkanth, and
Gauri & Hathi parvat peaks.
References
Pauri Garhwal district
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