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	'''Barechhina ~~near petrol pump 263624~~''' is a village in [[Almora district]], [[Uttarakhand]], 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of [[Almora]].		'''Barechhina''' is an [[India\|Indian]] village in [[Almora district]], [[Uttarakhand]], 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of [[Almora]].
	.<ref>[http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac/0506/rra_uttaranchal0506.html Barechhina] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507162724/http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac/0506/rra_uttaranchal0506.html \|date=7 May 2008 }}</ref> It lies on highway from [[Almora]]-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-[[Berinag]]-[[Chaukori]]-Thal-Tejam to [[Munsiyari]].		.<ref>[http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac/0506/rra_uttaranchal0506.html Barechhina] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507162724/http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac/0506/rra_uttaranchal0506.html \|date=7 May 2008 }}</ref> It lies on highway from [[Almora]]-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-[[Berinag]]-[[Chaukori]]-Thal-Tejam to [[Munsiyari]].

	==~~Pre-historic~~ art==		==Prehistoric art==
	Barechhina is also noted for its two [[pre-historic]] painted [[rock shelters]], at 'Lakhudiyar', which literally means 'one lakh caves',<ref>[http://210.212.78.56/almora/English/indexvisitor.html Lakhudiyar] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413011854/http://210.212.78.56/almora/English/indexvisitor.html \|date=13 April 2009 }} ''[[Almora]] city, Official website.</ref> on the banks of Suyal river, it has with paintings of animals, humans and also tectiforms done with fingers in black, red and white colours,<ref>[http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/iris/pdf/Joshi.pdf Visual Arts of Uttaranchal, India] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126165010/http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/iris/pdf/Joshi.pdf \|date=26 November 2006 }} Shekhar Chandra Joshi, Faculty of Visual Arts & Design, [[Kumaun University]] ([[Nainital]]).</ref><ref>[http://www.whereincity.com/india/uttaranchal/arts.php Uttarakhand Arts]</ref> and engravings of [[trishul (weapon)\|trishul]] and [[Swastika]].<ref>[http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/06B8B0D74FFCCF1C65257490001A3FAD?OpenDocument&StartKey=Rock&count=50 Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya = Colour Plate - 54 A, 54 B]{{dead link\|date=October 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} ''Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya'', by [[Yashodhar Mathpal\|Mathpal, Yashodhar]]. (New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,Aryan Books International, 1995. {{ISBN\|81-7305-057-0}}.</ref>		Barechhina is also noted for its two [[pre-historic]] painted [[rock shelters]], at 'Lakhudiyar', which literally means 'one lakh caves',<ref>[http://210.212.78.56/almora/English/indexvisitor.html Lakhudiyar] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413011854/http://210.212.78.56/almora/English/indexvisitor.html \|date=13 April 2009 }} ''[[Almora]] city'', Official website.</ref> on the banks of Suyal river, it has with paintings of animals, humans and also tectiforms done with fingers in black, red and white colours,<ref>[http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/iris/pdf/Joshi.pdf Visual Arts of Uttaranchal, India] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126165010/http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/iris/pdf/Joshi.pdf \|date=26 November 2006 }} Shekhar Chandra Joshi, Faculty of Visual Arts & Design, [[Kumaun University]] ([[Nainital]]).</ref><ref>[http://www.whereincity.com/india/uttaranchal/arts.php Uttarakhand Arts]</ref> and engravings of [[trishul (weapon)\|trishul]] and [[Swastika]].<ref>[http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/06B8B0D74FFCCF1C65257490001A3FAD?OpenDocument&StartKey=Rock&count=50 Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya = Colour Plate - 54 A, 54 B]{{dead link\|date=October 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} ''Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya'', by [[Yashodhar Mathpal\|Mathpal, Yashodhar]]. (New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,Aryan Books International, 1995. {{ISBN\|81-7305-057-0}}.</ref>

	These images have now become a tourist attraction as well <ref>[http://www.magical-india.com/city/cityDetails.asp?cityId=132 Places of Interest around Almora] www.magical-india.com.</ref> It is also the site for archaeological rock engravings being studied by [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://tdil.mit.gov.in/coilnet/ignca/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock Engraved tree motif ] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121100139/http://tdil.mit.gov.in/CoilNet/IGNCA/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock \|date=21 November 2004 }} ''[[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]]''</ref>		These images have now become a tourist attraction as well <ref>[http://www.magical-india.com/city/cityDetails.asp?cityId=132 Places of Interest around Almora] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507181210/http://www.magical-india.com/City/CityDetails.asp?CityId=132 \|date=7 May 2008 }} www.magical-india.com.</ref> It is also the site for archaeological rock engravings being studied by [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://tdil.mit.gov.in/coilnet/ignca/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock Engraved tree motif ] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121100139/http://tdil.mit.gov.in/CoilNet/IGNCA/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock \|date=21 November 2004 }} ''[[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]]''</ref>

	,<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nyks.org/list%20of%20development%20centers/SPORTS%20CLUB/uttar%20pradesh.htm \|title=Uttaranchal \|access-date=24 April 2008 \|archive-date=8 December 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208125725/http://www.nyks.org/list%20of%20development%20centers/SPORTS%20 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/loksabha2004/2004_gen/almora_booth.htm GIC BARECHHINA] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235835/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/loksabha2004/2004_gen/almora_booth.htm \|date=9 April 2009 }} Govt. of [[Uttarakhand]] Official website.</ref> a Govt girls inter college. Some private schools also performing well like maharshi vidhya mandir. A newly opened HP petrol pump is fully operational in barechhina and you can have a pure veg meal round the clock at jai guru hotel near Bhatt sports with lodging facility at very reasonable price.		,<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nyks.org/list%20of%20development%20centers/SPORTS%20CLUB/uttar%20pradesh.htm \|title=Uttaranchal \|access-date=24 April 2008 \|archive-date=8 December 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208125725/http://www.nyks.org/list%20of%20development%20centers/SPORTS%20 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/loksabha2004/2004_gen/almora_booth.htm GIC BARECHHINA] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235835/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/loksabha2004/2004_gen/almora_booth.htm \|date=9 April 2009 }} Govt. of [[Uttarakhand]] Official website.</ref> a Govt girls inter college. Some private schools also performing well like maharshi vidhya mandir. A newly opened HP petrol pump is fully operational in barechhina and you can have a pure veg meal round the clock at jai guru hotel near Bhatt sports with lodging facility at very reasonable price.
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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	* ''Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya'', by Mathpal, Yashodhar. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Aryan Books International, 1995. {{ISBN\|81-7305-057-0}}.		* ''Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya'', by Mathpal, Yashodhar. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Aryan Books International, 1995. {{ISBN\|81-7305-057-0}}.
	[[File:Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India - 4.jpeg\|thumb\|Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India]]		[[File:Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India - 4.jpeg\|thumb\|Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India]]

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'''Barechhina near petrol pump 263624''' is a village in [[Almora district]], [[Uttarakhand]], 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of [[Almora]].
.<ref>[http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac/0506/rra_uttaranchal0506.html Barechhina] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507162724/http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac/0506/rra_uttaranchal0506.html |date=7 May 2008 }}</ref> It lies on highway from [[Almora]]-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-[[Berinag]]-[[Chaukori]]-Thal-Tejam to [[Munsiyari]].

==Pre-historic art==
Barechhina is also noted for its two [[pre-historic]] painted [[rock shelters]], at 'Lakhudiyar', which literally means 'one lakh caves',<ref>[http://210.212.78.56/almora/English/indexvisitor.html Lakhudiyar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413011854/http://210.212.78.56/almora/English/indexvisitor.html |date=13 April 2009 }} ''[[Almora]] city, Official website.</ref> on the banks of Suyal river, it has with paintings of animals, humans and also tectiforms done with fingers in black, red and white colours,<ref>[http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/iris/pdf/Joshi.pdf Visual Arts of Uttaranchal, India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126165010/http://www.ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr/iris/pdf/Joshi.pdf |date=26 November 2006 }} Shekhar Chandra Joshi, Faculty of Visual Arts & Design, [[Kumaun University]] ([[Nainital]]).</ref><ref>[http://www.whereincity.com/india/uttaranchal/arts.php Uttarakhand Arts]</ref> and engravings of [[trishul (weapon)|trishul]] and [[Swastika]].<ref>[http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/06B8B0D74FFCCF1C65257490001A3FAD?OpenDocument&StartKey=Rock&count=50 Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya = Colour Plate - 54 A, 54 B]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya'', by [[Yashodhar Mathpal|Mathpal, Yashodhar]]. (New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,Aryan Books International, 1995. {{ISBN|81-7305-057-0}}.</ref>

These images have now become a tourist attraction as well <ref>[http://www.magical-india.com/city/cityDetails.asp?cityId=132 Places of Interest around Almora] www.magical-india.com.</ref> It is also the site for archaeological rock engravings being studied by [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://tdil.mit.gov.in/coilnet/ignca/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock Engraved tree motif ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121100139/http://tdil.mit.gov.in/CoilNet/IGNCA/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock |date=21 November 2004 }} ''[[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]]''</ref>

,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyks.org/list%20of%20development%20centers/SPORTS%20CLUB/uttar%20pradesh.htm |title=Uttaranchal |access-date=24 April 2008 |archive-date=8 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208125725/http://www.nyks.org/list%20of%20development%20centers/SPORTS%20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/loksabha2004/2004_gen/almora_booth.htm GIC BARECHHINA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235835/http://gov.ua.nic.in/ceouttranchal/loksabha2004/2004_gen/almora_booth.htm |date=9 April 2009 }} Govt. of [[Uttarakhand]] Official website.</ref> a Govt girls inter college. Some private schools also performing well like maharshi vidhya mandir. A newly opened HP petrol pump is fully operational in barechhina and you can have a pure veg meal round the clock at jai guru hotel near Bhatt sports with lodging facility at very reasonable price.

==Geography==
Barechhina is situated at {{coord|29|38|32|N|79|44|51|E|region:IN_type:city_scale:25000}}

==Further reading==
* ''Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya'', by Mathpal, Yashodhar. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Aryan Books International, 1995. {{ISBN|81-7305-057-0}}.
[[File:Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India - 4.jpeg|thumb|Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711170351/http://www.himvan.com/gallery/Flash/shaila_chitra/index.html Rock Art of Kumaon :: Himvan.com Photo Gallery]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711170333/http://www.himvan.com/Webpages/parirakshan.htm Rock Art of Kumaon :: Kuamon Kala Shilp Aur Sanskriti :: Himvan.com]
*[[File:Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India - 3.jpeg|thumb|Ancient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India]][https://web.archive.org/web/20041121100139/http://tdil.mit.gov.in/CoilNet/IGNCA/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock Series of rock art images at IGNCA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410130406/http://ignca.nic.in/asp/body.asp?imgsrc='rock;23_09' Engraved trishula (trident) Image]

[[Category:Almora]]
[[Category:History of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Culture of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Tourism in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Villages in Almora district]]