Hatkoti is a village in

Shimla district Shimla is a District (India), district in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of Shimla. Neighbouring districts are Mandi District, Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Uttarakhand ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

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. It is a village located at the

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Pabbar River The Tons (टौंस नदी) is the largest tributary of the Yamuna. It flows through Garhwal region in Uttarakhand, touching Himachal Pradesh. The Tons thrust is named after this river. Its source lies in the high Bandarpunch mountain, ...

and it is about 102 kilometres away from

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

city. Hatkoti is also famous for Hateshwari temple and Sawra Kuddu Hydro Electric Project (111 MW).

History

Hatkoti temples date back to the period between the eighth to the ninth century CE, the

Gurjara-Pratihara The Gurjara-Pratihara was a dynasty that ruled much of Hindustan, Northern India from the mid-8th to the 11th century. They ruled first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj. The Gurjara-Pratiharas were instrumental in containing Arab armies moving ...

Period in Indian history. Parallels of these can also be found in the Balag Village in

Theog Theog is a town and a municipal committee as well as a tehsil in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It's just 26 km from state capital Shimla. First settlements were in 1902. Demographics/History India census, Theog ...

Tehsil and the Hanol Region in

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. The temples reflect the beautiful architecture of that era and were most likely built during the Pratihara Invasion of Kashmir, the route to which passed through the region. The architecture and design of Hatkoti Temple was originally in the classical

Shikhara ''Shikhara'' (IAST: '), a Sanskrit word translating literally to "mountain peak", refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture of North India, and also often used in Jain temples. A ''shikhara'' over the ''garbhagriha'' chamber ...

or tower style. The Shikhara style represents ancient structures that are conical or narrow at the top and have a wide base at the bottom. The walls of the temples are carved with ornate sculptures and speak volumes of the architectural designs of the eras in which they were created.

Geography

Hatkoti is located at . It has an average elevation of 1,442. Two mountain streams Bishkulti and Raanvati joins the

in Hatkoti.

Transportation

Hatkoti is well connected to Himachal and rest of India through National Highway 707 and National Highway 705.

References

{{reflist Villages in Shimla district

History

Geography

Transportation

See also

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