ब्लॉग

      –Avdhash Kaushal Speaking in Parliament on 3rdAugust 2017,  then minister of External  Affairs  Sushma Swaraj said that

He was the Commander-in-Chief of Mahipat Shah, the King of Garhwal (from 1629-1646).The international boundary between India and Tibet better known as the Mac-Mohan line was carved by Madho Singh Bhandari. His knightly deeds don’t stop here as the once dry and arid Maletha village now brims with life, the courtesy a 400-year-old irrigation canal famous as ‘Maletha ki Kool’ which is a part of the rich folklore associated with Madho Singh Bhandari. In the early years, Maletha village was a mere wasteland, the soil was dry, only susceptible for growing coarse millet like Jhangora (Bajra) as no other crops nurtured due to the lack of water.

The internationally acclaimed Chipko movement was originally aimed at protecting the forest rights of indigenous people of the hills. Sarvodaya leaders involved in the movement were demanding trees to boost the local economy and poor people. But later on it took 180-degree turn and the same Sarvodaya leaders vociferously stood to protect the trees in Himalaya.

Although she was married at the age of 16 to one of her admirers, it was her love for Ludhianvi that withstood the test of time and later became almost an obsession for her.

राजनीतिक अस्थिरता, वित्तीय कुप्रबंधन और फिजूलखर्ची के बावजूद उत्तराखण्ड का अपने से 50 साल सीनियर हिमालयी पड़ोसी हिमाचल से प्रतिव्यक्ति आय और सकल घरेलू उत्पाद जैसे मामलों में आगे निकल जाना उसकी विकास की भारी संभावनाओं का स्पष्ट संकेतक तो है मगर जिस तरह वित्तीय कुप्रबंधन से नया राज्य कर्ज तले डूबा जा रहा है और आये दिन राजनीतिक प्रपंचों से लोगों का मोहभंग हो रहा है उसे देखते हुये आवाजें उठनें लगी हैं कि अगर यह राज्य हिमाचल की तरह शुरू में केन्द्र शासित प्रदेश बन गया होता या फिर मैदानी उत्तर प्रदेश या संयुक्त प्रान्त में मिलने के बजाय इसे शुरू में हिमाचल के साथ जोड़ दिया गया होता तो वह हिमालयी राज्यों के लिये विकास के एक रोल मॉडल के रूप में जरूर उभरता।

–सुशील उपाध्याय जिनके पास वैभव है, ताकत है, वे इन्हें भोग सकते हैं। इसमें कोई बुराई नहीं दिखती, लेकिन जब

–डॉ योगेश धस्माना यदि देवस्थानम बोर्ड में सब कुछ ठीक है तो फिर सरकार इसे सार्वजनिक कर ,  क्यों नहीं

The great Adi-guru Shankaracharya from Kerala trekked all the way to Garhwal in the 8th century AD. (On the expulsion or conversion of the Buddhists), he introduced the worship of Vasudeva, a form of Vishnu. It was he who insisted upon the pilgrimage to the holy places of the Himalayas, established the Joshimath monastery, restored the temple at Badrinath, and then finally proceeded to Kedarnath, where he died at the age of thirty-two.

Uttarakhand having a strategic location has a unique landscape. High ecological, cultural, religious, spiritual values, rich biodiversity, myths, folklores, unique socio-religious practices, temples, holy shrines, scenic places, snow-clad mountains, thick forest cover, plant species make it a favorite destination for tourists, travelers, bird watchers, adventurers, mountaineers and pilgrims.