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Bhakra Dam & Gobind Sagar

Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Overview

Nehru's 'temple of modern India' — the 226-m concrete wall that made a 90-km lake, with viewpoints, a visitors' gallery and drowned-town lore of old Bilaspur.

Why visit: The monument that lit north India, holding back an inland sea.

History: Completed 1963; among the world's highest gravity dams.

Things to do

›Dam gallery
›Gobind Sagar boating
›Sunken Bilaspur temples
›Nangal barrage drive

Dam ViewingBoatingHistory Tour

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar (ID required)

Entry fee

Free (permits at gate)

Est. budget

₹300–800

Duration

Half day

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Within

6.1 km

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Deotsidh (Baba Balak Nath)

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Naina Devi Temple

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The eye-shaktipeeth on a whaleback ridge over Gobind Sagar — cable car up, Sikh history in its footnotes and fairs that fill the hill.

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📍 Museum

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Virasat-e-Khalsa

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Moshe Safdie's petal-roofed museum of Sikh history — a world-record-visited marvel narrating 500 years in light, textile and steel.

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📍 Gurudwara

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Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib

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