Garhwal

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cultural region historical region mountainous region

Garhwal is a mountainous cultural region in the Indian Himalayas, known for its Garhwali heritage, pilgrimage sites, and scenic landscapes in present-day Uttarakhand.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Garhwal Himalayas 3
Garhwal division 3
Garhwal Himalaya 2

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
borderedBy Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Kumaon ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
climate temperate mountain climate ⓘ
contains Badrinath ⓘ
Chamoli district ⓘ
Dehradun district ⓘ
Gangotri Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Gangotri

Garhwal Himalaya ⓘ
Garhwal Kingdom (historical) ⓘ
Garhwal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Garhwal division

Haridwar ⓘ
Haridwar district ⓘ
Joshimath ⓘ
Kedarnath Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kedarnath

Mussoorie ⓘ
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks ⓘ
surface form: Nanda Devi National Park

Pauri ⓘ
Pauri Garhwal district ⓘ
Rishikesh ⓘ
Rudraprayag district ⓘ
Srinagar (Garhwal) ⓘ
Tehri ⓘ
Tehri Garhwal district ⓘ
Uttarkashi district ⓘ
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks ⓘ
surface form: Valley of Flowers National Park

Yamunotri ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Garhwali ⓘ
surface form: Garhwali people
hasCulturalPractice folk dance ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
oral epics ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFestival Bikhauti ⓘ
Makar Sankranti ⓘ
surface form: Ghee Sankranti

Harela ⓘ
Makar Sankranti ⓘ
hasHeritage Garhwali culture ⓘ
hasHighestPeaks Nanda Devi region (eastern boundary vicinity) ⓘ
Trisul region (eastern boundary vicinity) ⓘ
hasLanguage Garhwali ⓘ
surface form: Garhwali language
hasMajorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
historicalCapital Srinagar (Garhwal) ⓘ
knownFor Himalayan trekking routes ⓘ
pilgrimage sites ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
snow-clad peaks ⓘ
temples ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Indian Himalayas

Northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
mergedInto Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
modernAdministrativeCenter Pauri ⓘ
nowPartOf Uttarakhand ⓘ
partOf Central Himalayas ⓘ
primaryOccupationOfInhabitants service in armed forces ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
tourismCircuit Char Dham ⓘ
surface form: Char Dham Yatra

Hemkunt Sahib ⓘ
surface form: Hemkund Sahib pilgrimage
traditionalRulerDynasty Panwar dynasty ⓘ
traversedBy Alaknanda River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhagirathi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ganga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandakini River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pindar River ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kumaon → borderedBy → Garhwal ⓘ
Garhwal → contains → Garhwal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal division
Dehradun → division → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal division
Haridwar → division → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal division
subject surface form: Northern India
Uttarakhand → hasRegion → Garhwal ⓘ
Gangotri Glacier → locatedIn → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal Himalaya
Gangotri Glacier → locatedIn → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uttarkashi district
this entity surface form: Chamoli district
Yamunotri → locatedIn → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal Himalayas
this entity surface form: Garhwal Himalayas
Haridwar → locatedInRegion → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal region
Uttarakhand → mountainRange → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal Himalaya
Yamunotri → partOf → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal region
Mussoorie → region → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal region of Uttarakhand
Jamuna → sourceRegion → Garhwal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal Himalayas