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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Unreferenced|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chanderkhani Pass
| native_name = चंद्रखनी दर्रा
| native_name_lang = hi
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| settlement_type = Mountain Pass
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| image_caption = Manali
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| coordinates = {{coord|31.959987|N|77.24|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kullu district|Kullu]]
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| elevation_m = 3660
| demographics_type1 = Languages
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'''Chanderkhani Pass''' ({{lang-hi|चंद्रखनी दर्रा}}) is a pass located in the [[Kullu]] District of [[India]] at a height of 3,660 metres. It forms a way (pass) between the villages of Rumsu and Pulag to the well known village of [[Malana, Himachal Pradesh|Malana]], which indirectly forms a trekking route from [[Naggar]] to Malana across the Chanderkhani Pass.

The pass has a lot of religious importance as it was once the seat of meditation for the [[Saptarishi]] [[Jamadagni]]. A legend has it that there was once a local deity named [[Jamlu]] of Malana, and he had in his hand a basket of the local gods, once he was on the top of the pass, he opened the basket and incidentally a strong wind came by and blew away all the idols to the nearby peaks, which is why all the nearby mountain peaks of [[Indrasan]], [[Deo Tibba]], [[Pir Panjal Range]] & [[Parbati Range]] are considered holy and can be seen very clearly from the pass.

==How To Reach==

===Air===
The nearest airport [[Bhuntar Airport]] (IATA code KUU) is at Bhuntar town, situated on NH3 about {{convert|32.3|km|abbr=on}} south west of Kasol and {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} south of Kullu town. The airport is also known as Kullu-Manali airport and has more than a kilometre long runway. [[Air India]] and some private airlines have regular flights to the airport. Recently Himalayan Bulls in collaboration with Deccan Charters have started flights on Kullu-Chandigarh-Kullu sector thrice a day. Daily flight service (except Tuesday) has been started by 15 May 2013 at Bhunter airport by Air India from Delhi to Bhuntar and vice versa.
[[Chandigarh Airport]] is the nearest international airport.

===Road===
Naggar is equidistant from Manali as well as Kullu and can be reached from Delhi by [[National Highway 1 (India)|national highway NH 1]] up to [[Ambala]] and from there [[NH 22]] to [[Chandigarh]] and from there by [[National Highway 21 (India)|national highway NH21]] that passes through [[Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh|Bilaspur]], [[Sundernagar]], [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India|Mandi]] and [[Kullu]] towns. The road distance from Chandigarh to Manali is {{convert|316|km|abbr=on}}, and the total distance from Delhi to Manali is {{convert|566|km|abbr=on}}.

===Rail===
Manali is not easily approachable by rail. The nearest [[broad gauge]] railheads are at [[Chandigarh]] ({{convert|275|km|abbr=on|0}}), [[Pathankot]] ({{convert|325|km|abbr=on|0}}) and [[Kalka]] ({{convert|310|km|abbr=on|0}}). The nearest [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] railhead is at [[Joginder Nagar]] ({{convert|135|km}}).

See [[Bilaspur–Leh line]] for the proposed railway line through this area.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{commons category|Chandrakhani}}

[[Category:Mountain passes of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Geography of Kullu district]]

Chanderkhani - Revision history

>Pat4287 at 00:58, 29 December 2020