Beauty of Uttrakhand - Badrinath
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Each trip will include a series of posts as it is impossible to cover all the useful information in one post.
And we start our journey today with Uttarakhand.
of the Republic of India
on 9 November 2000.
The word Uttrakhand is made up
of two words Uttar and Khand,
if we refer to old literature,
this word is derived from two Sanskrit words
uttara meaning north, and khaṇḍa - part.
Uttrakhand - a part of north India has its capital at Dehradun.
The state is divided into 13 districts which are grouped into 2 divisions - Kumaon division and Garhwal division having a total geographical area of 51,125 km² out of which 93% are mountains and 64% are covered by forests.
State is full of natural beauties and has a lot of tourist places:
is India's oldest national Park,
Valley of Flowers, Nanda Devi National Park
are both a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Another gem of the state is Haridwar, counted as one of the seven holiest places for Hindus.
Two others most spiritually auspicious pilgrimage places of Hindu's are Badrinath (Lord Vishnu) and Kedarnath (Lord Shiva) and also situated in this state.
And a prime pilgrimage for Sikhs Hemkund Sahib is also a part of Uttrakhand.
But mind it if you think this place is only about spiritual and religious places. Uttrakhand is place of great culture, a natural beauty and a must destination for all those who have passion to explore nature, those who want to be inspired by nature, those who need a getaway place from all the problems and troubles of day-to-day life.
We started this blog because at some point we realized that in this crazy run of time, fast life rhythm many of us fail to see the beauty around, fail to contemplate nature, fail to find their place in this world. Maybe it is a good way to find yourself again when you connect to the nature. What we try to do with this blog, is trying to help you bridge yourself with the nature.
And what can be better way to do this as to start our journey with some of the most beautiful places in Uttrakhand which though have their significance in Hindu piligrimage, but beside this they are really wonderful places where you can enjoy a great time one-on-one with the nature and its magic..
We will start our journey with one of such places - Badrinath.
a Hindu holy town,
a place devoted to Lord Vishnu
and one of the Chaar Dham.
Let's start our journey as we recall it.
Today is September 27th and we are in KaranParyag. Yes, KaranParyag, Uttrakhand, India. And when we say we, we mean Umesh, Manjeet and myself. Initially Sanjeev planned to be a part of our trip but due to fever he was to return home from Rishikesh.
Scenery

Devparyag, Alaknanda meeting with Ganga
If you are going by your own vehicles
then make sure you should have full tanks
from Rishikesh as there is only one pump
at Devparyag but when we reached there
was no fuel in the Pump.
One more Pump we found before Srinagar
but again it was not working and finally we
were able to get 2 petrol pumps at Srinagar
and could continue our journey.
Srinagar
Srinagar is a beautiful valley and one of the most developed towns that we had found on the way, after the Rishikesh we found ATMs there (Thanks to State Bank of India for wonderful network).
KaranParyag
10 comments:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this beauty area of India. I appreciate the pictures & the history.
Hugs,
Bill
I wish I could see all the places with my own eyes. Looks very beautiful :)
being a part of the trips, and as a reader, its really a great pleasure to recall the good time :)
thank arun.
manjeet :)
Highly Appreciable!!!! Good going guys :)
This is a great idea to start this blog as the topic is interesting for many people. Way to go. Good luck :)
Nice pictures:)
Thanks Nehha!!
its also a beautiful place
Nice entry. Did you know that Valley of flowers has about 400 varieties of flowers and is 10 kms long, 2 kms wide?
@valley if Flowers Traveler
yes we do have this idea but we guess you have way deep knowledge tham ours
Thanks for sharing this with us.
India is a religious land. Ever since the dawn of civilization, India has been the birthplace of many religions. Being so, the country boasts of a lot of pilgrim destinations within its precincts. Rich in mythology, it has a number of temples, mosques, monasteries, churches and gurdwaras, which attract lakhs of devotees every year. Pilgrimage tour India
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