Kalka is an important town in Panchkula district of Haryana, India. It is on the NH 22 on way from Chandigarh to Shimla, and is the terminus of the Kalka-Shimla Railway. Location of Panchkula Panchkula is a city in Panchkula District, Haryana, India. ... Haryana (Hindi: , IPA: / /) is a state in north India. ... Chandigarh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) also called The City Beautiful, is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. ... Shimla (Hindi: शिमला, Urdu: Ø´Ù ÙÛ), the summer capital of the erstwhile British Raj in India, is a city and a municipal corporation in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. ... The Kalka-Shimla Railway is a 26 (762mm) narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla. ...
The name of the town is derived from the Goddess Kali and an ancient temple of the Goddess is located here. Kali (Sanskrit: à¤à¤¾à¤²à¥) is a goddess with a long and complex history in Hinduism (although sometimes presented in the West as dark and violent). ...
This town is on the foothills of Himalayas and is next to Chandimandir where the Western Command of Indian army is located. Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... The Indian Army (à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤à¥à¤¯ सà¥à¤¨à¤¾ Hindi: Bharatiya Sena) is the land force of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting land-based warfare. ...
Railway Station at Kalka is a junction of broad gauge and narrow gauge. You can embark upon a trip from Kalka to Shimla in a narrow gauge train traversing eye catching terrains of Himalayan valley. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Himalayan can refer to: Himalaya, the mountains: Himalayan (cat), the type of cat Himalayan, the breed of rabbit This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...