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GhatHar Ki Pauri
HaridwarHaridwar's holiest ghat and its evening Ganga Aarti
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Hill stationNainital
NainitalLake town of the Kumaon hills
Updated 16 Oct 2026
MuseumForest Research Institute (FRI)
DehradunDehradun's grand red-brick heritage campus
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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'
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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.
HaridwarGarhwal
Where the Ganga leaves the hills: Har Ki Pauri, the evening Ganga aarti and the Kumbh Mela.
Tehri GarhwalGarhwal
Hills around the Tehri dam lake, with Dhanaulti, Kanatal and the Surkanda Devi temple.
NainitalKumaon
Kumaon's lake district: Nainital, Bhimtal, Sattal, Mukteshwar and the Ramnagar side of Jim Corbett National Park.
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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