Famous Places Around
Suitable location
Hotel Royal Dream is ideally situated near Forest Range Division of Nurpur area on National Highway 154 ( formerly NH-20 ) to State Highway 28 diversion point and is conviniently located near Main Bus Stand and so is very easily accessible. The Ideal location of Hotel Royal Dream provides an advantage to explore famous tourist places around Nurpur town with relative ease. There are a number of beautiful and worth visiting famous tourist spots near Hotel Royal Dream to explore and mix your inner heart with the beauty and refreshing environment of Nurpur town. Here are some of the finest places near Hotel Royal Dream Nurpur.
ECO Forest Park
Fashioned and developed more like a dream project, ECO park located in Forest Range Division area of Nurpur is one of the finest tourist spots to enjoy and a full day picnic and excursion point in Nurpur area. Located at merely 300 meters walkable distance from Hotel Royal Dream Nurpur, ECO park is a kind of a gem shining with solar lights, navgrah vatika ( nine planets garden ), yoga and children activity areas and a long walking trail extending up to 1000 meters combining both the sections of the ECO park. ECO park can be accessed from Forest Division Colony area and directly from National Highway 154 ( formerly NH-20 ) spreading along Forest Range Division area. ECO Forest Park is accessible through a big and colorfully decorated attractive entrance with ample parking space outside the entrance.
Nurpur Fort
1 Km. from Hotel Royal Dream. The Nurpur Fort is the prime attraction of entire Nurpur area. Originally built before the 10th century, it was the main seat of the Pathania Kings. It was destroyed partially by the British and the great earthquake which hit this region in April 1905 AD. Currently going through restoration process by government, Nurpur Fort now has turned into a major tourist attraction and has become one of the finest tourist places in Himachal Pradesh. There is a huge parking space outside Nurpur Fort which makes it easy to park your vehicle and go straight inside the fort. Nurpur Fort has two main tourist sections i.e. Queens Palace area containing Kali Mata Temple and the other one named Brijraj Swami Temple ( Lord Krishna Temple ) area. Regular worship and evening prayers are performed at both the temples and the whole atmosphere becomes holy, peaceful and serene.
Brijraj Swami Temple
1 Km. from Hotel Royal DreamThe Brij Raj Swami temple inside the Nurpur fort is a 16th-century historical temple of Lord Krishna and home to a much revered deity of the local population and attracts tourists. It is the only temple in the world, where Lord Krishna and Meera idols are worshipped together. It is said the statue of Lord Krishna was worshipped by Meera, and when Raja of Nurpur went to Chittorgarh he got this statue as a return gift from the Maharana of Chittorgarh. Along with this, Raja also brought a Moulsary (a fruit-bearing plant) sampling and it was dried on way back and it was put to life through Puja and chanting of mantras. This plant has now grown into a huge tree. It flowers, but does not bear any fruit unlike such plants in Rajasthan.visitors can see the whole story of nurpur fort in the form of paintings inside the temple.
Nagni Mata Temple
6 Km. from Hotel Royal Dream. The Mata Nagani Temple, located about 6 km from Nurpur town on National Highway 154 ( formerly NH-20 ), is also very famous. It is unique because water stream comes from below the temple where the idol of Nagni Mata is placed. People who get snake bite, come to Naagni Mata and simply drinking water and applying the Mitti ( sacred soil ), get cured completely. The amount of water which flows there is quite sufficient, and there are number of water mills installed for grinding grain. Also Nurpur is famous for its silk and silk mills. There are various showroom of silk in Nurpur (himachal silk emp.,buttico) where different qualities of silk can be seen.
Divkeshwar Cave Temple
11 Km. from Nurpur in District kangra. Shri Divkeshwar also known as Dibku or Dipku is a very fine tourist spot for a full day excursion along with eatables. The place is blessed by Lord Shiva and has a temple complex and a Moderate Cave having ever flowing cold water through them along with Shivalinga and stone Pindies. There is a huge Water Fall dominating the entire temple complex forming a deep 6 to 8 feet water pool to enjoy diving and swimming. The temple complex at Dibku along with an open resting covered building is a fine place to relax even for a whole day.
Trilokpur Cave Temple
25 Km. from Nurpur. The natural cave has attractive pillars of limestone on the floor of the cave by the percolation of water from the roof. It is something like stalagmites. The cave is dedicated to Shiva. An ancient story is attached to the place indicating that Lord Shiva meditated here a for long time. There is an ever flowing water stream around this cave temple. The place also acts as a resting place for tourists on a long tour of Himachal Pradesh. There are restaurants located near cave temple serving Indian, Chinese and Continental food. Over Historic Shiva Cave Temple is a famous tourist spot worth a visit.
Just near Trilokpur Cave Temple, another famous temple of Lord Hanuman is located along the National Highway 154 were water tank serving drinking water is installed. Temple is located along Kotla river on one side and therefore visited regularly by refreshing winds and thus is very fine spot for a little rest. A number of old and modern restaurants are located nearby.
