Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Bharmour A Historical Town


Bharmour is a small village and the Headquarters of Bharmour Tehsil in district Chamba of Himachal Pradesh. This had once the distinction of being the seat of government of the old sovereign state of Brahmpura for 350 years from the 7th century. Then the capital was shifted to the newly laid out town of Chamba which later came to be called Chamba. Bharmour is inhabited by Gaddis a Himalayan tribal community has semi-pastoral, semi-agricultural. Now more than 50% of the Gaddis are migrated and settled in district Kangra.

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