Chamoli District is a district in the state of Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand is a state in the country, India. The Tibet region surrounds the district on the north, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar districts of Uttarakhand on the east and Almora surrounds it on the south, while it borders with Garhwal on the southwest, Rudraprayag on the west and Uttarakashi on the northwest. Gopeshwar is the administrative headquarters of the district.

A diverse range of destinations of pilgrim and sightseeing tourist spots like Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib, Valley of flowers and Auli are there in the district. Chipko Movement is also believed to originate at this place. Chamoli established itself as "the most spectacular in its natural assets; be it maintain scenery, valley aspects, water-edges, floristic varieties, dramatic landform or the climatic cardinalities". Bhotiya ethnic group, who follows to Hinduism, also reside in this district. Out of all the hill districts of Uttarakhand, India, Chamoli district is one of such district. The place is famous and well known for its places of worship and temples and is also known as the dwelling place of gods. The Chipko Movement originated from this place and has strategic importance.

Chamoli History

Till 1960, a section of the Pauri garhwal district of the Kumaon was constituted by the area covered by the Chamoli District. The northeastern part of the Garhwal strip is occupied by Chamoli District. In the central Himalayas, right in the centre of the snow clad mountain range of Bahirgiri, as termed in the old books, rests the district of Chamoli. The Himalayan Mountains are divided into three sections. Bahirgiri is one of the three sections.

The financial and monetary as well as the administrative system of the Garhwal was destabilized and damaged by the dreadful earthquake which took place on 8th September 1803. Seeing vulnerability of the region and thus taking benefit from these circumstances, the Gorkhas, under the leadership of Amar Singh Thapa and Hastidal Chanturia attacked Garhwal. In 1804, more than half of the Garhwal region was taken under the rule of the Gorkhas and till 1815, the Gorkha rule dominated this region.  Raja Sudarshan Shah of the Panwar dynasty, in the meantime, got in touch with East India Company to acquire help. He gained victory against the Gorkas, with assistance from the British. The eastern portion of Alaknanda and Mandakani along with the capital city Srinagar was combined with the British Garhwal by him. This region was called as British Garhwal from that time onward. Tehri was made the capital of Garhwal as a replacement for Srinagar. This region was kept under Dehradun and Saharanpur initially by the British rulers; however afterward a new district was created by the Biritsh, who termed it Pauri. The present day Chamoli used to be a tehsil of this same place. A new district was formed by the promotion of the Chamoli Tehsil on 24th February 1960. A new district of Rudraprayag was created by combining two entire tehsil and two additional blocks of Chamoli District in October 1997.

Chamoli Tourism

Some of the places of tourist interest are given below.

Tourist places in Chamoli
Badrinath
Narasingha Temple
Hemkund Sahib
Uma Devi Temple
Bhavishya Badri
Adbadri
Gopinath Temple
Rudra nath Temple
Yog dhyan Badri Temple
Auli
Gopeshwar
Vasu dhara
Valley of Flowers
Satopanth Lake
Bedni Bugyal
Roop Kund
Tapovan
Gwaldam
Joshimath
Kagbhusandi Tal
Nanda devi Sanctuary
Hemkund Sahib
Kuari Pass
Rudra nath