Champawat, Uttarakhand

Champawat and the power lines
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Jim Corbett, the famous hunter, had come to this region in the beginning of the twentieth century to hunt for man eating tigers. The very first story of his first book, Man Eaters of Kumaon, is related to Champawat. It is a city in the Kumaon region of Uttaranchal state in northern India.

Champawat was formerly the capital of Chand rulers. The Baleshwar Temple built by the Chand rulers in 16th century is an excellent monument with marvelous stone carving works.