Tehri Garhwal is on of the sacred hilly districts of  Uttarakhand State.. Tehri and Garhwal are the two words combined for naming the district as Tehri Garhwal. While  the prefix Tehri is the corrupted form of  the word `Trihari`

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Narendra Nagar
14 kms. away from Muni-ki-Reti at an altitude of 1,129 m lies this capital of the former king of Garhwal. Until a few years ago it was the...

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Chamba
On the road to Gangotri. Chamba is a township lying high at an altitude of 1676 m, offering a splendid view of the snow-capped Himalayas

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Weather

The winter starts at Tehri Garhwal in late October which extends upto late March, of which December & January are extreme cold during which snow fall may also occur. April to Mid June & the month of October is the most pleasant time at Tehri. It rains very heavily from late June to September.

 

Clothing

Heavy woolens in winter and light woolens in summer. Raincoat & Umbrella are must during rainy season.

 

Best time to visit

Round the year

 

Language

Hindi, Garhwali

 

What to buy

Pulses as Gahat, Rajma, Tor & Ginger, Local handmade items.

 

Drive

We don't recommend to drive in night hours in hilly-curved roads. especially in fog, indistinct objects like animals & heavy loaded trucks suddenly appear on the road in the bends.

 

Keep adequate fuel in your vehicle, you won't find filling stations in every mile and usually fuel canters close till 7 in the evening.

 

Worth-seeing places

Tehri Dam (To visit the dam from project location, you have to take the permission from GM, THDC, New Tehri at least a day before, Tehri Lake, Dhanaulti, Chmba, Narendra Nagar, Surkhanda Devi Temple, Chamba devi Temple