32 Coldest places to visit in India

Dras

Dras (also spelt Drass), a tourist hub for its high altitude trekking routes and tourist sites, is a Hill Station in the Kargil district of the union...

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2. Mussoorie

Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from...

McLeod Ganj (also spelt McLeodGanj or McLeodganj) is a suburb of Dharamshala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known as “Little...

3. McLeod Ganj

Leh

Leh is the joint capital and largest town of the union territory of Ladakh in India. Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital...

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Srinagar

Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of...

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Shimla

Shimla, also known as Simla, is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer...

Kyelang

Kyelang (or Keylong) is the administrative centre of the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, 71 km (44 mi) north of Manali...

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Munnar is a town and hill station located in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around 1,600 metres...

8. Munnar

Manali is a resort town nestled in the mountains of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh near the northern end of the Kullu Valley in the Beas River...

9. Manali, Himachal

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Gangtok

Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the East Sikkim district....

Hemkund Sahib (also spelled Hemkunt), formally known as Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib Ji, is a Sikh place of worship and pilgrimage site in Chamoli district,...

11. Gurudwara Sri Hemkund Sahib, Uttarakhand

Kargil is a town in Kargil district and the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh. Kargil is the second largest town in Ladakh after Leh. It...

12. Kargil

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North Sikkim

North Sikkim is a district of the Indian state of Sikkim. Its district headquarters is Mangan. It is the seventh least populous district in the country...

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Spiti Valley

Spiti Valley is a cold desert mountain valley located high in the Himalayas in the north-eastern part of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh....

The Sela Pass (more appropriately called Se La, as La means Pass) is a high-altitude mountain pass located on the border between the Tawang and West...

15. Sela Pass

Munsiari

Munsiyari (Kumaoni: Munsyār) is the name of the sub-division headquarters, a conglomeration of revenue villages and it also refers to the entire region...

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17. Pahalgam

Pahalgam (Urdu pronunciation: [pɛhɛlɡaːm]), known as Pahalgom (Kashmiri pronunciation: [pəhəlʲɡoːm] ; lit. ’village of shepherds’)...

Gulmarg is a town, a hill station, a popular skiing destination and a notified area committee in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India....

18. Gulmarg

Kupwara

Kupwara is a town and a municipal council in Kupwara district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Kupwara is mainly known...

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Kokernag is a sub-district town and a notified area committee in Breng Valley (The Golden Crown of Kashmir), Anantnag district in the Indian union territory...

20. Kokernag

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Qazigund

Qazigund, also known as Quazigund, is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India....

Kalpa is a small village of king Kamal Negi Sutlej river valley, above Reckong Peo in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, Northern India, in the...

22. Kalpa

Banihal is a town and a notified area committee in Ramban district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a rural and hilly area...

23. Banihal

Tawang

Tawang is a town in India, situated 448 km north-west of state capital Itanagar at an elevation of approximately 3,048 metres (10,000 ft). The town...

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25. Rohtang Pass

Rohtang Pass is named as such due to people working in CBRE dying in bad weather trying to cross the pass . It is a high mountain pass (elevation...

The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E / 35.421226; 77.109540,...

26. Siachen Glacier

Sonamarg

Sonamarg (Urdu pronunciation: [soːnaːmərɡ]) or Sonmarg (Urdu pronunciation: [soːnmərg]), known as Sonamarag (Kashmiri pronunciation: [sɔnɨmarɨɡ]...

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28. KedarnathTemple

Kēdārnāth Mandir (Kedarnath Temple) is a Hindu temple (shrine) dedicated to Shiva. Located on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river,...

29. Badrinath Temple

Badrinath or Badrinarayan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu which is situated in the town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand, India. The temple...

Amarnath Cave Temple

Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The cave is situated at an altitude of 3,888 m (12,756 ft), about 141 km (88 mi)...

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Yamunotri Temple is situated in the western region of Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,291 metres (10,797 ft) in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand....

31. Yamunotri Temple

32. Dharmashala

Dharmashala is a small town and headquarters of the Anthoor Municipality in Kannur district of the North Malabar region in the Indian state of Kerala....