Kangra

The name of a town and district in the
state of Himachal Pradesh; the town
was formerly the capital of a small hill
kingdom with the same name. Kangra is
famous for the temple of Vajreshvari
Devi, one of the nine Shiwalik goddesses.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries, Kangra’s status as a courtly
center brought in patronage for the
Pahari school of miniature painting.