Uttarakhand

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English: Uttarakhand (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड), state of India.

Districts of Uttarakhand[edit]

Temples of Uttarakhand[edit]

A small shrine at Gaumukh Gangotri glacier.
Gangotri temple.
Badrinath temple
Triyuginarayan Temple Triyuginarayan
Evening view of temples at Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar.
Golu Devta Temple, at Chitai, near Almora
Kedarnath Temple
Rudra Nath Temple, Rudraprayag
Tungnath temple, Tungnath, Uttarakhand.
Ukhimath Temple, near Kedarnath.
Ransi temple, in Garhwal, on way to Madhmaheshwar.

Geography of Uttarakhand[edit]

risul, Nanda Devi and Himalayan range from Kausani, Uttarakhand]]
Rainbow across Himalayas, Auli.
Trek to Gaumukh.
Near Gaumukh, Gangotri glacier.
Thalay Sagar from Kedartal in the West.
Nanda Devi.
View of Himalayas from the top of Mukteshwar.
View from Deovan of Chakrata
Himalayan range view from Lohaghat
Kedartal

Nature[edit]

Valley of Flowers National Park.
Terrace fields at Bangali, a village in near Nandaprayag
Terrace fields amidst Himalayan ranges, near Rishikesh.
Flowers of Rhododendrons, the 'State Tree', enroute Tungnath temple.
Himalayas near Auli.
Auli in winter
Valley of Bedini Bugyal
Dehradun Valley
Kedarnath view
Nanda Devi view

Wildlife Sanctuaries[edit]

Corbett National Park
An elephant herd at Jim Corbett National Park.

Places in Uttarakhand[edit]

"To Munsiyari on a Maruti", Uttarakhand eternally favourite with tourists and nature lovers.
Ropeway at Joshimath, Uttarakhand.
Binsar, a view of Kumaon Himalayas.
Chaukori
Mukteshwar, a view of the Himalayas
Devprayag - Confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda, to become Ganges River.
Hemkund.
Panchchuli Peaks, near Munsiyari, Uttarakhand.
Nainital lake in the morning.
Rishikesh, Lakshman Jhula.
Haridwar aerial view showing the Ganga river and the Ganges Canal.
Terrace farming

Historical images[edit]

Ganges canal at Roorkee, 1860.
Haridwar from opposite bank of the Ganges, 1866.
Almora Bazaar. c1860.
Mussoorie and Landour, 1860s.
Way to the main bathing ghat at Haridwar, 1860s.
Main bathing Ghat, Hurdwar (Haridwar), 1880s.
A complete view of the Nainital town, 1885, before the Naina Devi temple was built.
The dam and the Bhim temple at Bhimtal, 1895.
A General view of the hill station of Ranikhet, with snowy peaks in the distance, 1895.
Ironworks in Kaladhungi at the foot of the Himalayas sometime at the turn of 1862/1863.
Khyrna Bridge connecting Nainital-Almora road to Ranikhet.

Culture and people[edit]

Owner of a roadside tea stall, at Dev Darshani, enroute Tungnath Temple.
Boat-Man at Naini Lake, Nainital.
A havan ceremony on the banks of Ganges, Muni ki Reti, Rishikesh.
Sangam
Tungnath idol being taken up to the temple, Uttarakhand.
Evening aarti ceremony at Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar.

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