About and History Of Salooni

Chamba is very attractive full of many beautiful places and valleys. It is wholy mountaneous with few plain valleys in between two mountain ranges and alongside rivers. The last snowy range is Dhauladhar. The river Ravi rises from snow peaks of Bara Bhangal in Dhauladhar range a range of 2000 meters height run south of snow range. On this range lies Salooni town on the top of a hill at the height of 1829 and 56 km from Chamba and offers a breath taking panormic view of snow covered peaks. Situated at the top of a ridge and opening into the Bhandal valley, this scenic spot of great beauty leads also to Bhadarwah. Salooni is a tehsil and contains combined office buildings,block headqurter a Senior Secondary School and a degree college. It falls under Dalhousie assembly constituency. It has a population of about 1500.The main entrance to village contains series of shops and a small ground with anciaent temple of Kali Mata which is now renewed. Gamgul wildlife sanctuary lies 20 kms from Salooni with musk deer, barking deer, snow leopard himalayan tahr, pheasants, rabbits and large species of fauna. Bair Seul project is on the bank of a river in Surgani. Bhalei mata temple is 28 kms from Salooni towards Dalhausie.