Taksal
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Taksal is a village in Himachal Pradesh
, India
.
Lying in the foothills of the Himalayas , it lies just above Parwanoo
(Solan district
) and is a beautiful place with great natural scenic beauty.
Taksal got its name from takka which means coins and because it used to be a place where coins were made in the time of kings .
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Lying in the foothills of the Himalayas , it lies just above Parwanoo
Parwanoo
Parwanoo is a city and a municipal council in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is an industrial town. It borders Panchkula district of Haryana, and is after the towns of Pinjore and Kalka on the Chandigarh Simla Highway. In fact it is separated by a river bed from the...
(Solan district
Solan district
Solan district is one of the twelve districts of Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. Solan town is the administrative headquarters of the district...
) and is a beautiful place with great natural scenic beauty.
Taksal got its name from takka which means coins and because it used to be a place where coins were made in the time of kings .