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Mall Road + Ridge
Pedestrian colonial-era promenade + Christ Church.
Ganesh Chaturthi falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Shimla district and the rest of Himachal Pradesh.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 September | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
5 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM. Not a survey map.
56 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Shimla is a district of Himachal Pradesh with 26 tehsils, 412 gram panchayats and 3,391 revenue villages, administered from —. The population is — (Census 2011) across — km². The largest villages are Tyawal (53) (3,071 people, Sarahan), Up Mahal Nerva (89-1) (2,293 people, Nerwa), Chhakrail (352) (2,084 people, Shimla ( Rural )). Pincodes in the district start with —.
Shimla is a district in Himachal Pradesh. Editorial copy not yet contributed — claim a village to start adding context.
Summer capital of British India; toy train + Mall Road.
Pedestrian colonial-era promenade + Christ Church.
1903 UNESCO narrow-gauge mountain railway — 102 tunnels.
Hanuman temple + 108 ft statue on Shimla's highest peak.
Ski + adventure point — 15 km from Shimla.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Shimla district.
Click any tehsil to see its villages, posts, and local services.
Villages with the most posts, contributors, and verified residents this month.
Answers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.
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