Wednesday 7 August 2013

Ranikhet Uttrakhand,Ranikhet Uttranchal, How to reach Ranikhet Uttrakhand,,Ranikhet Uttranchal,






Ranikhet is a hill station and cantonment town in Almora district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the home for the Military Hospital,Kumaon Regiment (KRC) & Naga Regiment and is maintained by the Indian Army. Ranikhet is at an altitude of 1869 metres above sea level and within sight of the western peaks of the Himalayas.


Ranikhet got its name from Rani Padmini, queen of Raja Sukherdev, the homegrown ruler. The queen when visited the place, was captivated by its loveliness and decided to stay here. The place, hence, came to be known as Ranikhet or the Queen’s Field. The region around Ranikhet was ruled by local Kumaoni rulers and later came under British rule. The British developed Ranikhet as a hill station for their troops and established a cantonment in 1869. Ranikhet is still a cantonment town and is the Kumaon Regimental Center
Geography
Ranikhet has an regular elevation of 1,869 m (6,132 ft).The climate of the village is very cool. The cantonment is
spread across two ridges, the first, called the Ranikhet ridge, is located at an promotion of 5,983 ft (1,824 m) and the
second, the Chaubattia ridge, is at an promotion of 6,942 ft (2,116 m)
anikhet becomes very cold in the winters and vestiges moderate in summers, and is best enjoyed from March to
October. Ranikhet becomes snowfall in the winter season, mainly in the months of December, January and February. But the relaxation of the months the weather of Ranikhet remains enjoyable
How to Reach
Ranikhet is positioned at a space of 279 km from Delhi, well connected by road and railway. The next-door railway


station is Kathgodam, approximately 115 km from Ranikhet. Pantnagar Airport is the next-door airport. Next-door hill positions are Almora - 50 km, Nainital - 60 km. There are some more places nearby which can be visited like Dwarahat, Jalali and Pali


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Saturday 3 August 2013

Thursday 1 August 2013

Uttrakhand fair, Uttranchal Fair

                                                                  Bikhauti Fair


Uttarakhand have got vivacious individuals celebrating lifetime with any presented occasion. Any kind of honest as well as centenary can be an element of most of these celebrations around your day-to-day lives involving normal individuals. Bikhauti Honest can be recognized for the morning involving Vishuwat Sankranti morning memorializing early glory. The actual Bagwal honest can be used on Covered Pokhar inside older community involving Dwarahat about this morning. Every day before Bikhauti Honest, much the same honest can be used on Vibhandeshwar where The almighty Shiva can be worshipped.
Area
The actual honest involving Bikhauti can be used inside community involving Dwarahat, with regards to sixty four km's through the community involving Ranikhet (28 km's through Almora). This kind of archaeologically along with typically domineering community can be situated on the Karna Prayag Route and is simply half a dozen km's through the extremely well known along with pious Dronagiri temple. The city involving Dwarahat had been when the cash involving Katuyari Regal family involving Kumaon and contains a group of temples or wats committed to Mrityunjaya, Dhwaj, Badrinath, Maniyan, along with Kachri Devtas.
                                                          Haatkalika Fair



The Haatkalika fair is held in Gangolihat, a small town in the Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand. The fair is organized in honor of Idol Haatkalika, a divine embodiment of Maa Kali. This place is also a ‘Shakti Peeth’ which is a place where a mortal body part of the goddess is supposed to have misshapen after Ma Sati bereaved herself of her life. Hatkalika Fair is held on the eight day (ashtami) of the month of Chaitra and Bhado.

A procession is taken out with the to-be-sacrificed animals, in which people play drums and sing and dance to the tune of the drum beats. The athwar (eight sacrifices) processions with drums and dances are worth seeing at the Haatkalika fair. It is said that if one truly wants something and he deserves it then Goddess Hatkalika fulfills the person’s wishes. The nearby ‘Patal Bhubaneswar’ caves or the natural subversive caves are worth visiting to see a marvel of nature

                                                                       Jageshwar Fair


Imagine a single fair for a bunch of almost two hundered temples. Think of a crowd of thousands of people within these ancient places of worship with a legend older than the temple building. Jageshwar Fair is held in the honor of Lord Jageshwar (another name for God Shiva), one of the twelve Jyotirlingas (Columns of Light) spread all over India. Jageshwar group of temples has about 150-200 temples dedicated to gods and goddesses of lesser hierarchy. There are two Jageshwar Mela held over the year, one on Maha Shivratri and the other in the month of Sravana. The latter one is more famous and bigger, far more people attend it and thus it is livelier by local standards.
Time & Venue
Jageshwar Fair is held everywhere the 15th of Shrawan (August / September) of Hindu calendar. The Mela is hosted on the hills of Dantrai in Dantrai village.

                                                               Jauljibi & Thal



Fairs and centenaries are an significant part of lives of the people of Uttaranchal. The fairs are a place to socialize and meet people and do business. Jauljibi and Thal are such popular fairs celebrated in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. Both these fairs were started in November 1914 and since then they are set up every year. The Jauljibi fair is held at the convergence point of rives Kali and Gori. The region is supposed to the halfway meeting point between Tibet and Terai region.

Celebration Time
Jauljibi fair is held in the month of February on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti near the Kali and Gori River delta, 68 kms from Pithoragarh. The Thal fair is held in the month of April on the day of Baisakh Sankranti in the Thal village grounds.

                                                               Haridwar Kumbh



Ardh Kumbh Mela is held every six years at the banks of the holy Ganges River in Haridwar. Millions of people gather to be part of a religious fervor and inspite of the rush still achieve to have a good time. Har ki Pauri, the holiest river bank, is exceptionally crowded and people arrive from all parts of the world. The holy dips start from as early as three in the morning to ensure the ‘purest’ of dips. The majority of the population consists of saints and sadhus, mainly Naga sadhus, who are given special preference and security for dips. Some of these sadhus perform uncommon acts like standing on their heads for a long time or piercing themselves with objects before bathing.

Mystic Powers in Kumbh
People believe that bathing during Kumbh cures of all sins and evils and grants salvation. It is also held that at the time of Kumbh, the water of Ganga is charged with positive healing effects. The water is considered to be charged positively by enhanced electromagnetic radiations of the Sun, the Moon and the Jupiter, the flux of which also varies in accordance to positions and the phases of the planets.

Nanda Devi Fair
Fairs in Uttarakhand serve as a meeting point for mingling with people from other parts of the state, trade items of local produce and of course celebrate something of religious importance. People in the state celebrate the Nanda Devi Fair in tribute of the goddesses Nanda and Sunanda. The fairs at Almora and RoopKund draw the largest number of people. The term Nanda means prosperity and well being. Nanda Devi Fair is held with a great deal of pageantry and magnificence and it signifies the economic and cultural affluence of the region.

Month & Venue
The Nanda Devi Fair is usually held in the month of late August or early September depending upon the date of the lunar calendar. It is held in many places in Uttaranchal like Almora, Nainital, Nauti, Dandidhara, Munsiyari, Ranikhet, Bhowali and Kichha. The tiny sluggish settlement of Lohar (like Milam and Martoli) and Pindar valleys (like Wachham and Khati) are also not far behind. In Chamoli however the fair is held once in twelve years, like the Maha Kumbh Mela.

                                                                   Purnagiri Fair


Purnagiri is located on the top of a hill and is 20 kms from Tanakpur. Purnagiri It is located on the right bank of the river kali. Also known as Punyagiri (meaning the mountain of good deeds), the Purnagiri temple is visited by thousands of devotees throughout the year. The temple fair is organized between the months of Poush and Chaitra (March) during which the entire valley of Punyagiri reverberates with the sound of chants, hymns and devotional songs.

The most amazing thing about this fair is that it starts from Vishuwat Sanskranti and continues for about forty days (starting from the winter Navratras). Legend has it that this is the place where Ma Sati, a human incarnation of Goddess Durga, immolated herself when her father insulted her and her husband Lord Shiva. The temple is located near the banks of River Kali

                                                            Uttarayani Fair


The people of the state of Uttarakhand celebrate a number of fairs and festivals. The Uttarayani Fair is a perfect example of the highly sacred sentiments of the local residents. Of all the places, the Bageshwar temple fair attracts the largest number of people. At Pancheshwar, the dola of Chaumu comes down to the temple. Though very old and mainly a commercial fair, even today the fair attracts a large number of people, who spend the whole night dancing and singing Jhoras, Chancharis and Bairas.

Month & Venue
The Uttarayani Fair is held on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, dated 14th January at various places like Bageshwar, Rameshwar, Mahadev, Chitrashila (Ranibagh) and Hanseshwar. This day is so auspicious that it is believed that bathing in holy waters will wash away one’s sin for at least seven lives.s