The Government of India approved the Uttarakhand government’s proposal for renaming the Joshimath tehsil in Chamoli district to Jyotirmath, and the Kosiyakutoli tehsil in Nainital district to Pargana Shri Kainchi Dham tehsil.
- The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has also given a No Objection Certificate. It is required as the Survey of India, the body responsible for preparing maps in India, comes under the central ministry.
- The Kosiyakutoli tehsil is well-known for Neem Karoli Baba’s Kainchi Dham Ashram.
- Jyotirmath (also known as Jyotir Peeth) is one of the four cardinal mathas (monasteries) that 8th-century philosopher Adi Shankaracharya is believed to have established across India to promote the Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
