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Barechhina
Sign in to saveBarechhina is an Indian village in Almora district, Uttarakhand, 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of Almora. . It lies on highway from Almora-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-Berinag-Chaukori-Thal-Tejam to Munsiyari.
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- Instance of
- village in India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Almora district
- Elevation
- 1646
- Dialing code
- 91-5962
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- postal code
- 263624
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Barechhina is an Indian village in Almora district, Uttarakhand, 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of Almora. . It lies on highway from Almora-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-Berinag-Chaukori-Thal-Tejam to Munsiyari.
==Prehistoric 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barechhina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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