Champawat

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Place details

Locality: Champawat
Region: Uttarakhand
Country: India
Population: 4,668
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Champawat
Settlement.other_name: Kali Kumaon
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Champawat town.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Champawat Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttarakhand#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttarakhand, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttarakhand
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Champawat
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Division
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kumaon
Settlement.governing_body: Nagar Palika
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 5

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Belief and religion
History
Geography
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Climate
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Champawat (Kumaoni: Champāvat) is a town and a Nagar Palika Parishad in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Champawat district. The town was the former capital of the Kumaon Kingdom.

==Belief and religion== Champawat is believed to be the place where the Kurmavtar (the turtle incarnation of Lord Vishnu) took place. These days there is a temple called Kranteshwar Mandir, which is dedicated to lord Shiva. It is also believed that the head of Ghatotkacha (son of Bhima and the Rakshasi Hidimbi ) fell here after he died in the battle of Mahabharata. The Gahtku Mandir is the temple dedicated to Ghatotkacha. There is a temple called the Shani Mandir (or Manokamna Purn Mandir Kaula) in the village of Maurari

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