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Almora
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ancient town of Almora, before it's establishment
was under the possession of Katyuri king Baichaldeo.
He donated major part of this land to a Gujrati
Brahmin Sri Chand Tiwari. Later on when Chand
kingdom was founded in Baramandal, the town
of Almora was founded at this centrally located
place in 1560 by Kalyan Chand. |
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Almora is a wonderful place to conveni Almora
hill station, almora tourently enjoy the spectacular
snowscape of the central Himalayas. Almost everyday
the tourist can see almost every peak. Almora
allows you to enjoy the mighty Himalayas together
with ridge after ridge of hills. The terraced
fields, the stone slatted barrack-like village
houses have so far put up a valiant fight against
the encroachments of urban expansion and unplanned
development. |
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General
Information
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11.9sq.kms.(city
area) |
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1646
meters (5400feet) |
| Temperature
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4.4ºC
to 29.4ºC |
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March
to June & September to November |
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| In
the days of the Chand Kings it was called Rajapur.
The name 'Rajpur' is also mentioned over a number
of ancient copper plates. The town of Almora
is situated over a horse saddle shaped ridge
of a mountain. The eastern portion of the ridge
is known as Talifat and the western one is known
as Selifat. The market is at the top of the
ridge where these two, Talifat and Selifat jointly
terminate. Almora also has some beautiful health
resorts. The most famous among them is Ranikhet
(1,820 meters from sea level). Ranikhet depicts
queen' s field. It is said that a Rani while
spending some time here once gave this name
to the city. During the days of the British
Raj, Ranikhet was a British cantonment. |
| Swami
Vivekanada had this to say about this city.
"These mountains are associated with the
best memories of our race: Here, therefore,
must be one of centres, not merely of activity,
but more of calmness of meditation, and of peace
and I hope some one day to realize it."
In fact he expressed a desire to have a meditation
centre established here and the Ramakrishna
Mission at Bright End Corner is a not an active
ashram but is a quiet retreat for monks. |
Tourist Attraction
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Lakhuudiyar
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Three very
important protohistoric sites in the
form of rock paintings have been discovered.
Twenty kilometres from Almora, near
Barechhina along the Almora - Pithoragarh
route, on the banks of river Suyal,
are to be found paintings of human beings,
animals, group of dancers, lizards,
etc. in the rock - shelter known as
Lakhuudiyar. These paintings are said
to belong to the bronze - stone age.
The place is very close to the road.
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| Phulseema
and Pharkanauli |
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in Pharkanauli and Phulseema (4 km) the
rock - paintings belonging to the protohistoric
age can be seen. Here one finds an abundance
of red lines running in different directions
and forming various dancing figures. Lately
more such rock - expressions and cup marks
have been discovered. One must stress
at this point that any attempts by tourists
to deface these valuable masterpieces
are absolutely reprehensible and unforgivable. |
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Suggested Tours
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Almora Travel
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