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Hill stations, treks, temples and yatras, with checked facts for every month.

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NainitalHill station

Nainital

Nainital

Lake town of the Kumaon hills

Updated 16 Oct 2026
Forest Research Institute (FRI)Museum

Forest Research Institute (FRI)

Dehradun

Dehradun's grand red-brick heritage campus

Updated 16 Oct 2026
Tapkeshwar Mahadev TempleTemple

Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple

Dehradun

Dehradun's cave temple where water drips on Shiva

Updated 16 Oct 2026
Robber's Cave (Guchhupani)Waterfall

Robber's Cave (Guchhupani)

Dehradun

Wade through Dehradun's hidden river gorge

Updated 14 Oct 2026
SahastradharaWaterfall

Sahastradhara

Dehradun

Dehradun's 'thousand-fold spring'

Updated 14 Oct 2026
LandourHill station

Landour

Dehradun

Mussoorie's quiet old cantonment

Updated 12 Oct 2026

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Forest Research Institute (FRI)Forest Research Institute (FRI)Dehradun
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Tapkeshwar Mahadev TempleTapkeshwar Mahadev TempleDehradun
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Robber's Cave (Guchhupani)Robber's Cave (Guchhupani)Dehradun
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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.

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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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