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Van Buren Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.A western suburb of Detroit, Van Buren Township is located roughly 28 miles (45.1 km) southwest of downtown Detroit, and 17 miles (27.4 km) southeast of Ann Arbor.
Yamunotri, also Jamnotri, is the source of the Yamuna River and the seat of the Goddess Yamuna in Hinduism. [1] It is situated at an altitude of 3,293 metres (10,804 ft) in the Garhwal Himalayas and located approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) North of Uttarkashi, the headquarters of the Uttarkashi district in the Garhwal Division of Uttarakhand, India.
The Yamunotri temple is a full day's journey from Uttarakhand's main towns — Uttarkashi, Rishikesh, Haridwar or Dehradun. The actual temple is only accessible by a 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) trek from the town of Hanuman Chatti and a 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) walk from Janki Chatti; horses or palanquins are available for rent.
The Chota Char Dham appeared very likely in the second half of the 20th century, as a touristic (religious tourism) label coinned for a new pilgrimage circuit in the Garhwal Himalayas region, representative of all three major Hindu sectarian traditions, with two Shakti (goddess) sites, (Yamunotri and Gangotri), one Shaiva site (Kedarnath), and ...
Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit , Belleville is located roughly 29 miles (46.7 km) southwest of downtown Detroit , and 18 miles (29.0 km) southeast of Ann Arbor , and is completely surrounded by Van Buren Township .
Eastlawn is an unincorporated community located within the township just east of the city limits of Ypsilanti near the junction of U.S. Route 12 and Interstate 94 at [ 4 ] Rawsonville is an unincorporated community located along the eastern border of the township at 42°12′55″N 83°33′06″W / 42.21528°N 83.55167°W / 42. ...
As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 3,630 people, 1,467 households, and 1,007 families residing in the township. The population density was 542.9 inhabitants per square mile (209.6/km 2).
William Lemmon purchased the first plot of land here in 1825 when the area was still part of Wayne County in the Michigan Territory until Washtenaw County was established in 1829. Lima Township was organized in 1832, and the settlement became known as Lima Center due to its central location within the new township.