Amazing Reasons Why you should Explore Uttarakhand Tours

Uttarakhand Tours to India

Uttarakhand Tours was considered as a part of the United Province of Agra and Awadh before independence. Later in January 1950 the United Province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh. Uttarakhand became a separate 27th state of India on 9th November 2000. Dev Bhoomi, which is another name of Uttarakhand came into existence due to the presence of various holy places to Visit and shrines in the state.

Although the Garhwal and Kumaon were first inhabited by Kuninda in 2^ndcentury B.C. A few traces of buddhism is also evident by the Ashokan edict at Khalsi in Western Gharwal. The Shaivite Katyuri dominated lands in a period of 7th and 14th century. Uttarakhand Tours The Gurkha Empire took over almora in 1971. In 1803 the Some Part of Garhwal kingdom also came under the control of the Gurkhas.

Garhwal and Kumaon

had to yield to the British as part of the Treaty of Sugauli (2^nd December 1815). After the Independence, the princely state of Tehri was merged into Uttar Pradesh where Uttarakhand composed of the Garhwal and Kumaon Divisions. There was a huge difference in the Cultures.

Traditions and Languages of The kingdoms of Garhwal and Kumaon and Uttar Pradesh. In 1994, the demand for a separate statehood achieved acceptance among the local people as well as political parties at the national level.

As a result it emerged as a new state under the rule of BJP government. Uttarakhand culture is full of traditions, religious, ‘Fairs and Festivals in Uttarakhand’. Uttarakhand Tours

Festivals of Kumaon and Festivals of Garhwal in Uttarakhand.

Uttaranchal is the land of natural beauty and panoramic views of lakes with the scintillating effect of water, mountains covered with snow and lush green vegetation. This place attracts a large number of tourists due to the bounty of temples and places of pilgrims.

The Kumaon and Garhwali people use to many types of Traditional Musical Instruments according to their culture Of Uttarakhand.

Except than the traditional and religious culture the Uttarakhand Culture has also various national forests like Jim Corbett National Park, Valley of Flowers National Park and Nanda Devi National Park are also the main center of attraction.

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Is Char Dham Yatra like Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri this place is also known as adobe of gods. Hence in Uttaranchal one can find the blend of religion as well as varied richness in wildlife and vegetation along with the presence of huge and mighty mountains.

Not to forget about the multicolored festivals, variety of dance and music and different cultures and lifestyles in Uttarakhand that adds to the charms to this place.Uttarakhand Tours

Uttarakhand Culture and its land of natural beauty and panoramic views of lakes with the scintillating effect of water, mountains covered with snow and lush green vegetation.

This place attracts a large number of tourists due to the bounty of temples and places of pilgrims.

The traditional folk music and songs are famous here.  In traditional instruments like Dhol, Damaun and Masak is famous and it’s showing the nice culture. They use these instruments in any occasional and at temples, god worship.

Uttarakhand Religion Tour

Uttarakhand Religion of India is vary from region to region. About Uttaranchal religion it is a mixed in nature but the majority of people of Uttaranchal  Believes in Hinduism is the Religion is a “faith” in a divine power and activities that are connected to this belief such as protecting us. punishing us and Providing us with whatever we need.

The majority of population in Uttaranchal believes in Hinduism but also practices other religion. Like Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and nature worshipers. Apart from these regular religions, several folk forms of worship can also be Seen in “Uttarakhand Religion”:

• Snake worship:The descendants of the Nag as who lived in Uttaranchal in ancient times still worship the snake on Nag Panchami.
• Karna worship:Karana (of Mahabharata) worship is widespread in the Jaunsar-Bawar area of western Garhwal. It’s in religious story of Mahabharata, Karna was the brother of Pandava (five brothers). Hindu believes in these stories that’s why the people from India comes to see the Uttarakhand religion.

The above and many types worship comes under ‘religion of Uttaranchal’. The Char Dham Yatra, Panch Kedar, Panch Badri, Badrinath, Kedarnath has differnet values at religion in Uttaranchal. 

The state is full of religious stories and so that famous for the pilgrim. The people and their belief is changes with place to place. So the state is full of temples in each village and full of religious people. Uttarakhand Tours

Fairs and Festivals Tour Packages

Fairs are an integral part of the ‘social’ and cultural of Uttarakhand. These not only encourage the strengthening of social ties across various castes, religions and sections of society but also showcase the cultural diversity of this state. The camaraderie generated by the fairs replenishes life in the hills. Some significant fairs of this region are:

Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand

The event marks the coming Nanda Devi to her mother’s place (mait). During this time, Uttarakhand reverberates with festivities. The event comes to a close when the people of her mait, escort her a procession to her ‘Saraas’ (husband’s home in Kailash0.

This procession is called the Nanda Jat. The entire scene is beautifully evoked in the folk song and jaagrs sung by the women of Uttarakhand.

Such Nanda Jats are held in almost all the villages where there is a Nanda Devi temple. Every Garhadhipati organizes Nanda Jats OT please the Esht Devi. Every twelve years, the Nanda Raj Jat replaces the annual Raj Jat to Homkund.

The dolls of other devtas, known as the ‘Birrs of Nanda Devi’, also join the Raj Jat. The Gorilla Dev of Kumaon and the Lattu Dev of Bandhan are the prominent deviates. Uttarakhand Tours

Bagwal in Uttarakhand

Every year on Rakshabandhan, an interesting stone-scuffle is organized in the courtyard of the Barahidevi temple of Devidhura in Kumaon.

On this day, people belonging to four traditional ‘Khams’  (groups) gather before the temple and start throwing stones on each other.

Legend has It that once Barahidevi did the pole of this region a great favor and in return asked them to sacrifice a human every years. This interesting battle with stone has acquired a fair amount of fame and every year a great number of “tourists” come to watch this event.

Magh Melas or Fairs on maker sankranit in Uttarakhand

MAGHA Melas are held all over Uttarakhand every year on maker sankranit i.e. on the 13th of January. The most important fairs of Uttarayaini at Baageshwar and Magh Mela at Uttarkashi. Since snkranit is associated with harvest, agri-business as well as cultural activities. People from surrounding areas participate in business as well as cultural activates.

For example, the Uttarayaini fair of Bageshwar exploited to rouse sentiments against the British rule by freedom fighters. It was at the same place that Kumaon Kesari Pt.

Badri Dutt Pande submerged the registers of Coolie Beggar (conscripted labor) in 1929. Thus the religious, cultural, historical and political significance of this fair finds very few parallels.

Hiljatra in Uttarakhand

Tis term comprises two words – ‘Hill’ meaning slush and ‘jatra’ meaning travel. When the Hiljatra started, no one can tell, but according to local belief, four brave men of the Mahar clan brought this festival from Nepal to the Sour valley in the times of King Pithorashahi.

It was in the Kumaud village that Hiljatra was first organized. Hiljatra is famous for its novel dance form in which the participants dance wearing masks of animals. The zeal is easily felt in this colorful festival that is more close to folk-theatre. Men disguised as women enact them working in the fields.

Deolang Fair Uttarakhand Tour

the Deolang fair of Ranwai presents another facet of Uttarakhand’ s rich cultural heritage. A week before the fair, people of the village Gair keep a fast in the name of the local deity and bring the Deolang (a green deodar tree) from the forest.

The people of village Biyali gather the dried bark of trees while the people of other villages make torches known as ‘Hola’ in their homes. Ranwai presents a spectacular sight after the burning of the Hola. Men and women dance the Reason, Jhumeila. Uttarakhand Tours

Badi or Jandi to the tune of traditional musical instruments like the [Dhol], Damru and Ranasingh. After this cultural feat, the entire community prays to the lord Raghunath. Besides these, the Nandadevi fair of Almora, of Syalde-Dikhoti fair at Darahat,

Dussehra festival of Almora, Punyagiri fair of Tanakpur, Surkanda Devi fair at Kaddhkhal, Chandrabadni fair, Baudhangarhi fair at Gwaldam etc. are other culturally significant affairs that have cast a deep influence on the consciousness of the people of this state.

Popular Gods and Temples in Uttarakhand

Here are some of the “Most Famous Temple in Uttarakhand”, popular “temples of Uttarakhand” which gives Devbhoomi its name: Badrinath Dham (Chamoli) Baijnath Temple Complex (Bageshwar) Chitai Golu Devta Mandir, (Almora) Kasar Devi Mandir (Almora) Kamakhya Devi Mandir (Pithoragarh) Yogadhyan Badri (Chamoli) Nanda Devi Mandir (Pithoragarh)

Haru, Sam, Golu, Chhuramal, Kail Bisht, Bhola Airy, Chaumu, Gangnath, Burfu etc. are the family or village gods and known as East Devts. Uttarakhand Tours

Several temples are found in Uttarakhand that were built by local rulers in different ages. The simplicity of these temples and their gaunt architectural plan, amidst the serenity ad calmness of pristine natural surroundings create a soothing effect on the mind of the visitor.

Broadly speaking, all the temples of Uttarakhand can be categorized into three styles on the basis of their laying plans-

1.      Devkul – Temples are made for the whole family of deities (devkul) and housed along with the main temple in a single compound. The temples of Jageshwar, Tungnath, Kedarnath, and Adi Badri belong to this class.
2.      Ashram – In this class, there is only one main temple surrounded by a well – demarcated wall. Uttarakhand Tours
3.      Panchayatan – In this plan, four small temples are built at the four corners of the main temple at some distance. Uttarakhand Tours

Jyotirlingas in Uttarakhand

This caused great fear among the devtas and on the advice of Brahma, they asked Goddess Parvati to help them out. Goddess Parvati took the form of ‘Shakti’ and subsumed Shiva’s linga in her. “Kedarnath yatra”

Panch Kedars in Uttarakhand Packages

The Himalaya is the abode of Lord Shiva and there are a number of shrines associated with him. Amongst them, kedarnath in Garhwal is the most revered. It has no idol, a hump of rock, a natural lingam as it were. The courtyard houses the temple contains statues of the pandavas and their wife Draupadi.

There are five Kedars called ‘Panch Kedar’. These are Kedarnath, Tunganath, Madmaheshwar, Rudrnath and Kalpeswar. The temple of Ukhimath is the abode of the Kedars in [winter tour packages in india].

Other important temples of Lord Shiva are Vairaskund, Gopeshwar (Chamoli), Vishwanath temple of Uttaarkashi, Shiva temple of Lakamandal (Dehradun), Duda Kedar (Tehri Garhwal) etc. the omnipresence of Shiva in Garhwal makes its ancient name ‘Kedarkhand’ more meaningful.

Jageshwar in Uttarakhand

This spot discovers notice in the Puranas and ‘Daukavan’ (deodar timberland).

Bagnath Temples, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand Tours

 Temples Tour dedicated to Lord Vishnu or Badri Tours

Badri or Lord Vishnu is another God In the heart of Badrinath town is the temple of Badri Vishal or Vishnu. There is even a myth about how Vishnu made Badrinath his home after tricking Shiva, whose original abode it was!

The head priest or Raval of the temple since that time has been a Namboodri from “Kerala”, the home of Shankaracharya. Uttarakhand Tours These are Yoga Badri, Vridha Badri (Animath), Dhyan Badri (Urgam), Adibadri (Adibadri) and Bhavishya Badri (Tapovan).

Goddesses

Temples of Goddess Shakti are also present all over Uttarkhand. Some important temples of the Goddess are Kalimath, Uttarakhand Tours, Surkanda Devi (Tehri Garhwal), Rajrajeshwari (Devalgarh-Pauri Garhwal), Jwalpa (Pauri Garhwal), Hariyali Devi (Chamoli), Haat Kalika (Pithoragarh), Punyagiri (Champawat), Uttarankhand Tours and Kaot Mai Bageshwar).

The Sun Temple at Katarmal

The main temple faces the east and every morning the sun’s rays appear to reach the snctum snctorum, as if paying thanks to its builders and their aesthetic sense.

There are temples to Duryodhana and Karna too. Other temples worth a mention are those built in the medieval ages at Baijnath, the Gujardev temple of Dwarahat, Nandadevi temple of Almora and the Baleshwar temple of Champawat.

Naulas

Life in the hills has always been hard. The scarcity of water in hilly areas adds to this hardship and has led the people of Uttarakhand to understand the need for preservation and mindful usage of their water resources.

Naulas are specific structures that “highlight” the awareness of our ancestors regarding the necessity of water preservation and checking its pollution.

Thus imparting these water resources with sacredness, the ingenious forefathers in Uttarakhand succeeded in preserving this precious commodity for posterity.

Some famous naulas of this region re at Syunrakot, Kanikot, Mantanda, Ek-hathiya naula at Dhakna and Kapina. One thing common to most naulas is the figure of Lord Vishnu on their walls.

Arts and Crafts in Uttarakhand

Art and Craft Uttarakhand is is a ancient technique, which is coming from generation to generation. In Uttarakhand state it is in many forms like Aipan, Patta, Bar Bond, Rangoli etc.  One of the good example of art and craft is temple architecture.

Crafts of Uttarakhand is also a cultural part. The crafts of [Uttarakhand] include woodcrafts, stone carvings, and may other like jewelry, and inlaying.

You can find the remblence in carft of uttarakhand to Kumaoni and Tibetan styles. basket making different types of knitting and stitching is also include in Craft of Uttarakhand. budget Uttarakhand Tours

Garhwal School of Painting

The credit should go to Garhwal’s eminent poet, painter and historian Molaram who contributed greatly in placing the Garhwal style on a high pedestal. The first phase of the Garhwal style began in the seventeenth century when a mughal Prince named Sulaiman Shikoh came to Garhwal.

The prince left his painters behind him when he returned. These painters were Shamdas and his son Haridas who were ancestors of Molaram.

The second phase of painting began in the mid-eighteenth century with Molaram’s paintings.  Painters of Guler also influenced it. This is the best example of art in Uttarakhand

Aipan

Deriving from the Sanskrit word ‘Alpana’, Aipan is the technique of floor painting using rice paste to etch out a symbol on a background of red oxide. The fascinating fact here is the Kumaonis use their fingers to do this rather than a brush or some other tool.

The tradition of ‘aipan’ is age old and considered essential on every auspicious occasion. Thus this art has passed down from generation to generation. For the Kumaonis, each deity in the Hindu pantheon has a special symbol and every occasion demands an aipan of a different kind.

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When drawn individually and hung outside the house, they indicate an occasion of great celebration such a marriage or thread ceremony taking place in that household.

Bar Boond

This requires great patience and careful execution as a single misplaced dash or dot has the power to upset the entire pattern. Different colors are specified for different bars like red, green, yellow and blue for the Gaura Tilak bar, red and yellow in the Moshti bar and yellow, red, violet, and green in the Swastika bar. Here is the many examples of art and craft. In other words

Patta

: This is famous Craft in Uttarakhand. cheap and best Uttarakhand Tours

Rangwali

Kumaoni women on some auspicious occasions wear a special garment to cover their heads. The yellow colour symbolizes materialistic health, prosperity and long lasting matrimonial ties.

The Ancient rock Arts

Lakhudiyar lies about 13 km, from Almora tours on the Amoral-Pithoragarh road. Kasardevi, which is located about 6 km from Almora, boats of a rock that bears the figures of 14 dancing humans. Other drawings on the rock are now indecipherable and the rock too is in a precarious condition.

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Folk Songs and Traditional Songs in Uttarakhand

Kumaoni folk songs, Garhwali folk songs are the main to areas of “Uttarakhand” Folk songs and traditional songs. After that Living conditions in the Uttarakhand hills are quite hard. In conclusion

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