Ajay Ramola
GNN News Bureau
Dehradun, 4th March.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has approved the renaming of Municipal Corporation Kotdwar to keep kanva Nagri Kotdwar in the name of Kanva Rishi. Now the Municipal corporation kotdwar will be known as Kanva Nagri Kotdwar.
The Maharishi Kanva’s penance centre and the historic Emperor Bharat’s birthplace, Kanvashram Kotdwar, is located at a distance of about 14 kms from the city. Therefore, Kotdwar City is also identified as Maharishi Kanva. There has been a demand from time to time to rename Kotdwar, which has now got the concurrence of CM Trivendra Rawat. Kotdwar will now be known as Kanva Nagri Kotdwar.
Kotdwar means Gateway to Garhwal because it’s a gateway to hills of Pauri Garhwal region in Uttarakhand.
The city was initially ruled by the Mauryan Empire under the Great Ashoka, followed by the rule of Katyuri dynasty and then Panwar dynasty of Garhwal.
Kotdwar is a city, a municipal corporation, and a tehsil in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. It is the eighth-largest city in Uttarakhand. Its old name was “Khohdwara”, which means the gateway of the river Khoh since it is located on the bank of river Khoh. It is situated in the southwestern part of the state and is one of the main entrance points in the state of Uttarakhand.
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