Barechhina


Barechhina is a village in Almora district, Uttarakhand, 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of Almora.
. 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', 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, and engravings of trishul and Swastika.
These images have now become a tourist attraction as well It is also the site for archaeological rock engravings being studied by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.

Overview

It is also known as the birthplace of acclaimed Hindi short story writer, Shailesh Matiyani. It also home to the ‘Ekta Sanskritik Samiti’, a local cultural organization., and a Govt. Inter College. a Govt girls inter college. Some private schools also performing well like saraswati sishu mandir, maharshi vidhya mandir and sharda public school. 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