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Dharamshala (/ ˈ d ɑːr ə m ʃ ɑː l ə /, Hindi: [d̪ʱərmʃaːlaː]; also spelled Dharamsala) is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It serves as the winter capital of the state and the administrative headquarters of the Kangra district since 1855. [5] [6] [7] The town also hosts the Tibetan Government-in-exile.
In May 1960, the Central Tibetan Administration was moved to Dharamshala when Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India allowed him and his followers to settle in McLeod Ganj. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] There they established the " government-in-exile " in 1960 and the Namgyal Monastery . [ 13 ]
Dharamshala Municipal Corporation has been categorised into wards and each ward is headed by councillor for which elections are held every 5 years. Dharamshala Municipal Corporation is governed by mayor Devinder Singh Jaggi [ 4 ] and administered by Municipal Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Thakur.
Men-Tsee-Khang (Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་སྨན་རྩིས་ཁང་།, romanized: Bod kyi sman rtsis khang), also known as Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, is a charitable institution headquartered in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. The institute was founded by the 13th Dalai Lama, in Lhasa in 1916.
Dharamkot also has the Vipassana meditation center, Dhamma Shikara, as well as the Tushita Meditation Centre which is a center for the study and practice of Buddhism in the Tibetan Mahayana tradition. Past Dharamkot, at a distance of 9 km from McLeodGanj, much of which is a steady climb, Triund is at the foot of the Dhauladhar ranges and is at ...
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After the failure of this plan then it was shifted to Dharamshala, and then HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala was finally chosen. [5] The stadium served as the home ground for the Himachal Pradesh cricket team for Ranji Trophy matches and other domestic matches. The stadium also hosted some IPL matches as a home stadium for Punjab Kings. [6]
Dharamshala Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Dharamshala is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency .