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TempleTapkeshwar Mahadev Temple
DehradunDehradun's cave temple where water drips on Shiva
Updated 16 Oct 2026
WaterfallRobber's Cave (Guchhupani)
DehradunWade through Dehradun's hidden river gorge
Updated 14 Oct 2026
WaterfallSahastradhara
DehradunDehradun's 'thousand-fold spring'
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Hill stationLandour
DehradunMussoorie's quiet old cantonment
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Hill stationChakrata
DehradunQuiet cantonment town in deodar forest
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Hill stationMussoorie
DehradunQueen of the Hills above the Doon Valley
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Explore Uttarakhand by district
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ChamoliGarhwal
A high Himalayan district of Garhwal with Badrinath, the Valley of Flowers, Hemkund Sahib, Auli and the Nanda Devi sanctuary.
DehradunGarhwal
Uttarakhand's winter capital in the Doon valley, between the Shivalik hills and the Himalaya. The district also takes in Mussoorie, Rishikesh and the Chakrata hills.
Tehri GarhwalGarhwal
Hills around the Tehri dam lake, with Dhanaulti, Kanatal and the Surkanda Devi temple.
Uttarakhand at a glance
A Himalayan state in north India, formed in 2000. Its two regions, Garhwal and Kumaon, hold the sources of the Ganga and Yamuna, the Char Dham shrines and some of India's best-known treks.
- Formed
- 9 November 2000
- Capital
- Dehradun (winter), Gairsain (summer)
- Districts
- 13, in Garhwal and Kumaon
- Highest peak
- Nanda Devi, 7,816 m
- Char Dham
- Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath
- UNESCO site
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Languages
- Hindi, Sanskrit, Garhwali, Kumaoni
- Main airports
- Jolly Grant (Dehradun), Pantnagar
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