Barechhina
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Barechhina is a village in Almora district, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

, 18 km from the district headquarter, the city of Almora
Almora
Almora is a municipal board, a cantonment town in the Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Almora was founded in 1568.It is a town bustling with activity and a rich cultural heritage and history. It is considered the cultural heart of the Kumaon region of...

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. It lies on highway from Almora
Almora
Almora is a municipal board, a cantonment town in the Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Almora was founded in 1568.It is a town bustling with activity and a rich cultural heritage and history. It is considered the cultural heart of the Kumaon region of...

-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-Berinag
Berinag
Berinag, a tiny hill station, is located 10 km from Chaukori in the Pithoragarh district, the most eastern Himalayan district in the state of Uttarakhand , India. It is accessible by road. Closest prominent villages include Dhanoli, Bana, Bhattigaon, Banoli,quarali,tripuradevi and Sangarh...

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Chaukori
Chaukori is a tiny hill station in the Pithoragarh district set among the lofty peaks, of the western Himalayan Range in the Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand, India. To the north is Tibet and to the south is Terai...

-Thai-Tejam to Munsiyari
Munsiyari
Munsyari is the name of a town and a tehsil in the Pithoragarh District in the hill-state of Uttarakhand, India.It lies at the base of the great Himalayan mountain range, at an elevation of about , and is a starting point of various treks into the interior of the range.- Overview :Its name refers...

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Pre-historic art

Barechhina is also noted for its two pre-historic painted rock shelters, at 'Lakhudiyar', which literally means 'one lakh caves' , on the banks of Suyal river, it has with paintings of animals, humans and also tectiforms done with fingers in black, red and white colours , and engravings of trishul and Swastika
Swastika
The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form in counter clock motion or its mirrored left-facing form in clock motion. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient...

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These images have now become a tourist attraction as well It is also the site for archaeological rock engravings being studied by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

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Overview

It is also known as the birth place of acclaimed Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 short story writer, Shailesh Matiyani
Shailesh Matiyani
Ramesh Singh Matiyani 'Shailesh, popularly known as Shailesh Matiyani , is a Hindi writer, poet, essayist from Uttarakhand....

(1931–2001). It also home to the ‘Ekta Sanskritik Samiti’, a local cultural organization., and a Govt. Inter College (G.I.C.) .

Geography

Barechhina is situated at 29°38′32"N 79°44′51"E

Further reading

  • Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya, by Mathpal, Yashodhar. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Aryan Books International, 1995. ISBN 8173050570.

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