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Uttarakhand is a great place to visit.
The state is predominant divided into two sections namely Garhwal and
Kumaon.
The eastern part of the state is
called as Kumaon while the western part is the Garhwal region.
The natives prefer calling themselves
as the Paharis or the hill people. The majority of the population is
Hindu; the others are Nepalis or Gujjars.
The Uttarakhand history is ancient as
the state is by itself very old. The state is one of the principle
seats of Hindus.
The history of Uttarakhand is one of
the tourist attractors to the state. The state is visited by many
tourists all over the year.
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The Garhwal valley is filled to its brim
with natural beauty. But even beautiful is the local history. The
regional history is full of myths, legends and other such stories as
the state of Uttarakhand is considered to be ‘Devbhoomi’ or ‘the land
of gods’.
The Uttarakhand history has a lot to do with
Hinduism and its beliefs. Most of the places where great saints have
spent their meditating are present in this state. The history of
Uttarakhand is also filled with stories of titanic clashes between gods
and demons and also stories of heroes.
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The Garhwal Himalayas is mountainous
and remote. It has lots of alpine meadows and oak forests.
This forest houses many endangered
animal species and are historically managed by local institutions.
The recent years, over grazing and
over harvesting of forestlands has shown threaten on the biodiversity
of this area.
The districts are Dehradun, Haridwar,
Rudraprayag, Tehri, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Pauri.The Uttarakhand
history relates to Garhwal and is old as Ramayana and Mahabharata.
This is a land of myths and Lord Shiva
is pre-dominantly worshipped in this region.
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The history of Uttarakhand is really
interesting as it has various legends in association with the epics.
The history of Uttarakhand comprises Kumaon, the land of Lord Vishnu,
the mankind preserver according to Hindus. Kumaon has districts namely,
Almora, Nainital, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, Udhamsingh Nagar and
Champawat.
The temples here also are very old and are
one of the greatest tourist attractions. The Uttarkand history in
relation to Kumaon initiates even before the early medieval period.
This is a beautiful place revealing the
richness of the past history when the rulers started architectural
innovation and constructed numerous temples using heavy stones and the
best illustration of such temple is the Katarmal temple facing east,
opposite to Almora. This is a sun temple that is 900 years old built in
the Katyuri dynasty and is a must visit place.
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