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Chanderkhani Pass
चंद्रखनी दर्रा | |
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Mountain Pass | |
  Chanderkhani Pass  Chanderkhani Pass | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′36″N 77°14′24″E / 31.959987°N 77.24°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Kullu |
| Elevation | 3,660 m (12,010 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Kulvi |
Chanderkhani Pass (Hindi: चंद्रखनी दर्रा) is a pass located in the Kullu District of India at a height of 3,660 metres. It forms a way (pass) between the villages of Rumsu and Pulag to the well known village of Malana, which indirectly forms a trekking route from Naggar to Malana across the Chanderkhani Pass.
The pass has a lot of religious importance as it was once the seat of meditation for the Saptarishi Jamadagni. A legend has it that there was once a local deity named Jamlu of Malana, and he had in his hand a basket of the local gods, once he was on the top of the pass, he opened the basket and incidentally a strong wind came by and blew away all the idols to the nearby peaks, which is why all the nearby mountain peaks of Indrasan, Deo Tibba, Pir Panjal Range & Parbati Range are considered holy and can be seen very clearly from the pass.