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Coordinates: 21°51′12″N 82°39′41″E / 21.85333°N 82.66139°E / 21.85333; 82.66139
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Nawagarh-Thakurdiya
Lingeshwar Nagri
town
Nickname: 
Nawagarhiya
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya is located in Chhattisgarh
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya
Location in Chhattisgarh, India
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya is located in India
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya
Nawagarh-Thakurdiya (India)
Coordinates: 21°51′12″N 82°39′41″E / 21.85333°N 82.66139°E / 21.85333; 82.66139
Country India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictJanjgir-Champa
Elevation
269 m (883 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
495557
Telephone code07818
Vehicle registrationCG11
Nearest cityJanjgir

Nawagarh is a town in Janjgir-Champa district, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the 36 Garh of Chhattisgarh state. Nawagarh hosts a police station. Nearby villages are Thakurdiya which is famous for various ponds. Nawagarh also known for Lingeshwar temple.

Geography

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It is located at an altitude of 269 m above MSL.[1]

Location

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The nearest airport is Bilaspur Airport & Raipur Airport. The nearest railway is Janjgir Naila railway station 25km distance & Champa Junction railway station is 30km.

Tourism

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Lingeshwar Temple, Jagannath temple and Mankadai temple are tourist attractions in the vicinity. Sheori Narayan is a tourist place nearby. It got the name Sheori Narayan because Lord Rama ate ber (a type of fruit) at this place, with Shabari. So actually it is Shabri+Narayan(Rama).

Pendri is one of the small village near Nawagarh. It is famous as the location for the temple of Chandi Dai.

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