Chamunda is a little station on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge railway track. There’s the Chamunda Devi Temple here, right on the banks of the Baner River. It is also a pretty picnic spot with a good view of the mountains, the Baner Khad (khad means hillside) and the Pathiar and Lahla forests.

Chronicles in the Durga Sapt Shati the story goes that on the orders of Shamb and Nishamb two demons tried to harras the goddess Ambika. Enraged Ambika knitted emerged. After a great battle the goddess Kali slew the two demons, Chanda and Munda.