GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITION OF UTTARAKHAND DONE BY:- SHASHANK T RAI
FLORA AND FAUNA OF UTTARAKHAND • UTTARAKHAND IS THE STATE LOCATED AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SNOW CLAD HIMALAYS WITH LUSH GREEN VEGETATION.... MAJOR FAUNA IN THE REGION ARE HIMALAYAN BEAR , MUSK DEER , THE WILD GOAT CHORAL , BHARAL ECT . • THE REGION IS IMMEDIATELY RICH WITH 4000 SPECIES OF PLANTS , HAVING REMARKABLE DIVERSITY IN ITS NATURAL VEGETATION BY VIRTUE OF ITS BEING AT A GREAT RANGE OF ELEVATION ..
MAJOR FLORA FOUND IN UTTARAKHAND • THE ZONE HAS A VARIETY OF USEFUL PLANTS , SOME OF THEM WELL KNOW FOR CENTURIES . THESE WELL KNOWN FOR CENTURIES . THESE INCLUDE CEDRUS DEODAR A , PINUS APP , ABIES PINDROW , QUERCUS APP , ACONITUM HELEROPHYLLUM , PAEONIA EMODI , SWEETIES CHIRAYITA , BERGENIA CILIATA , DIOSOREA DELTOIDEA , ANGELICA GLAUCA (CHORU),ETC ..
SOME PICTURES OF FLORA
FAUNA • MAJOR FAUNA IN THE REGION ARE HIMALAYAN BEAR , MUSK DEER , THE WILD GOAT GHORAL , BHARAL OR BLUE GOAT , WOLVES , SNOW LEOPARDS AND VARIETIES OF DEER SUCH AS BARKING DEER . AVIFAUNA IN THE REGION IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE RICHEST IN THE SUB – CONTINENT , WITH OVER 500 SPECIES OF BIRDS . • LOCATED IN THE MOUNTAINOUS STATE OF UTTARAKHAND , CHAR DHAM ARE FOUR TREASURED HOLY SITES NAMELY – GANGOTRI , YAMUNOTRI , KEDARNATH AND RELIGIOUS VALUE . AS A TRAVELLER , YOU CAN ALSO WITNESS SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEWS ON THE WAY TO THESE TEMPLES .
SOME PICTURES OF FAUNA
TOURISM PLACES IN UTTARAKHAND • KAUSANI – OVERLOOKING THE MAJESTIC PEAKS OF TRISUL , NANDA DEVI AND PANCHACHULI , KAUSANI IS RENOWNED AMONG THE TOURISTS FOR ITS SCENIC BEAUTY. • ABBOTT MOUNT – NESTLED IN KUMAON HILLS , ABBOTT MOUNT IS A TINY VILLAGE THAT WILL TAKE YOU ON A TIMELESS JOURNEY THAT WILL TAKE YOU ON A TIMELESS JOURNEY OF HOSPITALITY , FOOD , VIEWS , AND MUCH MORE .
SOME PICTURES
SOME MORE TOURISM PLACES • NAGA TIBBA – HIGHEST PEAK OF UTTARAKHAND , NAG TIBBA OFFERS MAJESTIC VIEWS OF THE LOWER HIMALAYAN PEAKS SURROUNDING IT . YOU MUST VISIT THIS PLACE TO WITNESS THE FLOURISHING GREENERY OF THE HIMALAYAS AND ALSO TO ESCAPE INTO WONDERFUL WEATHER . • AULI – A STEEP HILL LOCATED NEAR JOSHIMATH , AULI IS THE SKIING CAPITAL OF INDIA . NEVERTHELESS , AULI IS EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL IN SUMMER WHEN THE MAN – MADE LAKE IS MOLTEN AND SURROUNDED BY A LAYER OF SOFT GRASS.
SOME PICTURES OF THESE TOURISM PLACES
TOURIST SPECIAL DONE BY:- SHAMBHAVI CHAUBEY
INTRODUCTION UTTARAKHAND HAS MANY TOURIST SPOTS DUE TO ITS LOCATION IN THE HIMALAYAS. THERE ARE MANY ANCIENT TEMPLES, FOREST RESERVES, NATIONAL PARKS, HILL STATIONS, AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS THAT DRAW LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS. THERE ARE 44 NATIONALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS IN THE STATE. OAK GROVE SCHOOL IN THE STATE IS ON THE TENTATIVE LIST FOR WORLD HERITAGE SITES TWO OF THE MOST HOLY RIVERS IN HINDUISM THE GANGES AND YAMUNA, ORIGINATE IN UTTARAKHAND. BINSAR DEVTA IS A POPULAR HINDU TEMPLE IN THE AREA.
TOURIST SPECIAL PLACES DEHRADUN(SCHOOL CAPITAL IN INDIA) DEHRADUN IS THE CAPITAL OF THE INDIAN STATE OF UTTARAKHAND, NEAR THE HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS. AT ITS CORE IS THE 6-SIDED GHANTA GHAR CLOCK TOWER. TO THE SOUTHWEST IS PALTAN BAZAAR, A BUSY SHOPPING AREA. JUST EAST IS THE SIKH TEMPLE GURDWARA NANAKSAR, TOPPED WITH ORNATE WHITE AND GOLDEN DOMES. IN CLEMENT TOWN TO THE CITY’S SOUTHWEST, MINDROLLING MONASTERY IS A TIBETAN BUDDHIST CENTER WITH SHRINE ROOMS IN ITS GREAT STUPA
RISHIKESH (YOGA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD) RISHIKESH IS LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS IN THE INDIAN STATE OF UTTARAKHAND, IN NORTHERN INDIA, IT IS KNOWN AS THE YOGA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND GATEWAY TO THE GARHWAL HIMALAYAS. IT IS KNOWN AS THE PILGRIMAGE TOWN AND REGARDED AS ONE OF THE HOLIEST PLACES IN INDIA.
NAINITAL NAINITAL IS A HIMALAYAN RESORT TOWN IN THE KUMAON REGION OF INDIA’S UTTARAKHAND STATE, AT AN ELEVATION OF ROUGHLY 2,000M. FORMERLY A BRITISH HILL STATION, IT’S SET AROUND NAINITAL LAKE, A POPULAR BOATING SITE WITH NAINA DEVI HINDU TEMPLE ON ITS NORTH SHORE. A CABLE CAR RUNS TO SNOW VIEW OBSERVATION POINT (AT 2,270M), WITH VISTAS OVER THE TOWN AND MOUNTAINS INCLUDING NANDA DEVI, UTTARAKHAND’S HIGHEST PEAK.
MUSSORRIE MUSSOORIE IS A HILL STATION AND A MUNICIPAL BOARD IN THE DEHRADUN DISTRICT OF THE INDIAN STATE OF UTTARAKHAND. IT IS ABOUT 35 KILOMETRES FROM THE STATE CAPITAL OF DEHRADUN AND 290 KM NORTH OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL OF NEW DELHI. THE HILL STATION IS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE GARHWAL HIMALAYAN RANGE.
BEST RESTAURANTS FOR TOURISTS • TOWN TABLE • Y CAFE AND RESTAURANT • FLAVOURS • BLACK PEPPER • MOTI MAHAL • ORCHARD • MUSE • DILLI CHAAT WALA • RAAZMATAAZ • CAFE CIBO
BEST HOTELS OR LODGE TO STAY • ANANDA IN THE HIMALAYAS • SOULITUDE IN THE HIMALAYAS • JW MARRIOTT MUSSOORIE WALNUT GROVE RESORT & SPA • SHAKTI 360 LETI • TE AROHA • FREDY’S BUNGALOW • THE WHITE PEAKS • WELCOMHERITAGE CORBETT RAMGANGA RESORT • JILLING TERRACES
FAMOUS THINGS TO BUY IN UTTARAKHAND • JAMS & PICKLES. • LOCAL WINE. • HONEY. • WOOLEN CLOTHING. • HANDICRAFTS • RINGAAL HANDICRAFT • RAMBAANS HANDICRAFT. • ANGORA & PASHMINA.
FAMOUS SHOPPING CENTERS IN UTTARAKHAND • PACIFIC MALL • THE MALL • NIRVANA ORGANIC STORE • THE PENTAGON MALL • WALKWAY MALL • PARAMPARA RAAS
PICTURE ALBUM OF UTTARAKAHND DONE BY :- SHAMBHAVI CHAUBEY
The Land Of God(Devabhumi) -Uttarakhand
CAPITAL OF UTTARAKHAND - DEHRADUN(SCHOOL CAPITAL IN INDIA)
THE HISTORICAL PLACES
AULI
RISHIKESH (YOGA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD)
NAINITAL
MUSSORRIE
KATARMAL SUN TEMPLE
BAIJNATH TEMPLE
DWARAHAT
BAGESHWAR
NARENDRA NAGAR
PATAL BHUVANESHWAR CAVE
KALSI
BADRINATH
JAGESHWAR
KEDARNATH
GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
WEATHER CONDITION
THE MOUNTAINS Nanda Devi Kamet Hardeol Chaukhamba
THE RIVERS Alaknanda Bhagirati Gomati Sharda (Kali OR Mahakali river)
CULTURE OF UTTARAKHAND
DRESS STYLE (Kumaoni Traditional Dresses)
DANCE
FOOD
FESTIVAL IN UTTARAKHAND
CONCLUSION CHANGE IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS IN UTTARAKHAND HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE RECENT PAST. LANDSCAPE DEGRADATION, CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE, WARMING OF THE RIVER VALLEYS AND MID-ALTITUDES, RECEDING GLACIER, DRYING NATURAL SPRINGS, CHANGE IN DISTRIBUTION OF FLORAL SPECIES, INCREASING EVENTS OF GEO-HYDROLOGICAL DISASTERS, CHANGE IN CULTURE AND CUSTOMS, POPULATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE, AND MIGRATION AND AGRARIAN CHANGE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES, WHICH THE UTTARAKHAND HIMALAYA IS FACING. IN THIS CHAPTER, DRIVERS OF CHANGE, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION ARE BROADLY ELABORATED.
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