Dharamshala or Dharamsala is a city in northern India. It is the winter seat of government of the state of Himachal Pradesh and the district headquarters of the Kangra district. It is idyllic surroundings amidst pine trees tea gardens and snow capped mountains. Mcleod Ganj a village within Dharamshala municipality is the home of the Dalai Lama and the exiled Tibetan government. Dharamshalas history has been influenced greatly by both Hinduism and Buddhism. Several monasteries were built in the 8th century by the Tibetan immigrants who settled here though some slowly gave way to Hindu structures. The Hindu inhabitants of the region are the Gaddis who worship Shiva and Durga. Dharamshala was developed as a summer retreat for the British and their troops who had seized control of the town in 1848.
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