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Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib | |
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 Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib | |
  Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib Location in Uttarakhand, India  Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°42′0.78″N 79°36′57.54″E / 30.7002167°N 79.6159833°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Chamoli district |
| Elevation | 4,572 m (15,000 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Regional | Garhwali[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 249401 |
| Vehicle registration | UK 11 |
| Website | shrihemkuntsahib.com |
Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib is a Sikh place of worship (gurdwara) and pilgrimage site in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India. It is devoted to Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), the tenth Sikh Guru, and finds mention in Dasam Granth. With its setting of a glacial lake surrounded by seven mountain peaks, each adorned by a Nishan Sahib on its cliff, it is according to the Survey of India located in the Garhwal Himalaya at an elevation of 4,572 metres (15,000 feet).[3][4] It is approached from Govindghat on the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway. The main town near Gobindghat is Joshimath. The elevation of the lake at Hemkund is approximately 15,000 feet.
- ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Garhwali". Ethnologue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Hemkund Sahib | Chamoli District Website | India". Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Hemkunt Sahib at Google maps Satellite view: lake, Gurudwara building on the west shore, zigzag pilgrim path from Ghanghariya (2 km west) to west shore. Terrain view: Hemkund Sahib at 4,160 m, Ghanghariua at 3,100 m.