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Kullu

Kullu
कुल्लू
Town
Kullu is located in Himachal Pradesh
Kullu
Kullu
Kullu is located in India
Kullu
Kullu
Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 31°35′N 77°06′E / 31.58°N 77.10°E / 31.58; 77.10Coordinates: 31°35′N 77°06′E / 31.58°N 77.10°E / 31.58; 77.10
Country  India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kullu
Government
 • Type Democratic
 • Zonal Headquarters Kullu
Elevation 1,279 m (4,196 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 18,306 (10th)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 175101
Telephone code 01902
Vehicle registration HP 34 HP 66
Sex ratio 1.17 (1000/852) /
Website www.hpkullu.gov.in

Kullu or Kulu is the capital town of the Kullu district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the airport at Bhuntar.

Kullu is a broad open valley formed by the Beas River between Manali and Largi. This valley is famous for its temples, beauty and its majestic hills covered with pine and deodar forest and sprawling apple orchards. The course of the Beas river presents a succession of magnificent, clad with forests of deodar, towering above trees of pine on the lower rocky ridges. Kullu valley is sandwiched between the Pir Panjal, Lower Himalayan and Great Himalayan Ranges.

Historical references about the Kullu valley dates back to ancient Hindu literary works of Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas. During Vedic period several small republics known as "Janapada" existed which were later conquered by the Nanda Empire, Mauryan Empire, Gupta Empire, Pala Dynasty and Karkoṭa Empire. After a brief period of supremacy by King Harshavardhana, the region was once again divided into several local powers headed by chieftains, including some Rajput principalities, these principalities were later conquered by Maratha Empire and Sikh Empire.


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