Barechhina Sheel
village
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Coordinates: 29°23′N 79°26′E / 29.38°N 79.44°E / 29.38; 79.44
Country	India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Almora
Elevation	1,646 m (5,400 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi & english
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	263624
Telephone code	91-5962
Vehicle registration	UK-01
Climate	Alpine (BSh) and Humid subtropical(Bsh) (Köppen)
Avg. annual temperature	28 – −2 °C (82–28 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	28–12 °C (82–54 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	15 – −2 °C (59–28 °F)
Website	almora.nic.in

Barechhina is an Indian village in Almora district, Uttarakhand, 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of Almora. .^[1] It lies on highway from Almora-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-Berinag-Chaukori-Thal-Tejam to Munsiyari.

Prehistoric art

Barechhina is also noted for its two pre-historic painted rock shelters, at 'Lakhudiyar', which literally means 'one lakh caves',^[2] 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,^[3][4] and engravings of trishul and Swastika.^[5]

These images have now become a tourist attraction as well ^[6] It is also the site for archaeological rock engravings being studied by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.^[7]

,^[8][9] 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 29°38′32″N 79°44′51″E / 29.64222°N 79.74750°E / 29.64222; 79.74750