50 Most beautiful tourist places to visit in Uttarakhand , Uttarakhand is located in the north part of India. It is often known as the “Devabhumi” due to the settlement of a large number of Hindu temples and various pilgrimages. The interim capital of Uttarakhand is Dehradun which is the largest city of the state.
This place is known for its beauty and weather that is the basic reason people prefer to visit this place again and again. Uttarakhand weather is the best and most of the people enjoy the weather over here. The primary food of Uttarakhand is vegetables with wheat being the staple food of this place, although at some places non-vegetarian is also served. Bal Mithai is a popular fudge-like sweet. Especially people from all over the world visit this place for its beauty as well as for its sweets
So let’s discuss about 50 tourist places to visit in Uttarakhand
RISHIKESH ( PLACE TO VISIT IN UTTRAKHAND
Rishikesh comes in a top destinations for advanture in INDIA,
it is located in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India.
It lies approximately 25km north of the city Haridawar and 43km south east of
its state capital Dehradun , because of
its exquisite location people/tourists often go for such advanture activities
like river rafting , camping, trekking .
It is also known as the
“Yoga Capital of the World” and they also organise annual International Yoga
Festival on the first week of March since 1989 .It regarded as one of the
holiest places to Hindus .Hindu saints have visited Rishikesh since ancient
times to meditate in search of higher knowledge. It has various yoga centres that attract tourists Serious
yoga students come to learn and to become qualified as yoga
teachers.
There are also many places
in Rishikesh that you may visit like a temple in Rishikesh, Ghats by the River Ganges, hanuman temple in Rishikesh, a view of temples on the banks of river
Ganges near Lax man Jhula, Parmarth
Niketan , Ram Jhula, Muni Ki Retie, and Dhanraj Giri.
Besides these the city is also has railway connectivity with Rishikesh Railway Station and air connectivity with Dehradun Airport and the city is well connected with north Indian cities like Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida via bus. These all transports are not highly expensive everyone can easily afford and can enjoy and explore various places in Rishikesh.
2. NAINITAL (PLACE TO VISIT IN UTTRAKHAND)
Nainital is a famous hill station
in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, it is located in
the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas at a distance of
285km from the state capital Dehradun.
It is also known as Lake City, the beauty of the place is amazing if once a
person visit he wants to visit again and again .The lake is also famous for religious harmony, it is a
religious destination where all religious places situated and each religion
respect each other.
It has
mystery that Naini Lake is one of the Shakti Piths, where parts of the charred
body of sati and the body parts were carried by the lord Shiva in this case the
left eye of the sati was felt in this lake that’s why the place has named as
Nainital or the lake of eye. Naina Devi Temple is the worshipping place of Sati
Mata.
Nainital has
two interesting roads that is Upper Mall Road and Lower Mall Road, the road was
constructed during British times. Upper Mall Road is used by the British and
the Lower Mall Road is used by the Indians.
It has two famous Tals that is Tallital and Mallital it is the best destination to visit for the tourists. Talli means Lower and Malli means upper, so the lower area of Nainital is Tallital and the above area is Mallital.
3. HARIDWAR (PLACE TO VISIT IN UTTRAKHAND)
Haridwar is an ancient city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. Haridwar is regarded as one of the seven holiest
places to Hindus. Haridwar is famous among tourists because of pilgrimage where
couple, solo, groups and foreigners anybody can go and enjoy.
Haridwar
is also famous for such activities like Char Dham Route, Business Hub,
Ropeways, Temples, Weekend Getaway moreover there are many famous places where
you may visit in Haridwar like Har ki
Pauri, Ganga Aarti , Mansa Devi Temple, Shantikunj, Chandi Devi Temple,
Patanjali Yogpeeth, Chilla Range, Ma Anandamayi Ashram, Daksha Mahadev Temple,
Bharat Mata Mandir, Maya Devi Temple, Prem Nagar Ashram, Shankar Ashram.
Popular places for shopping in Haridwar like Bara bazar, Government Handloom & Handicraft Emporium, Moti Bazar, Kankhal, Jwalpur. Bara Bazar and Moti Bazar are famous for garments .
4. BADRINATH (PLACE TO VISIT IN UTTRAKHAND)
Badrinath is
an ancient holy town, it is located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. If you
are fond of lord Shiva then you must be know about the Badrinath Temple because it is one of the adventurous journeys of your life if you
visit Badrinath Temple. In Badrinath temple they do maha-abhishek, Abhishek,
Chanting Mantras, ringing bells, and purifies the surroundings.
Here is the
mystery of Badrinath Temple which increases the more faith of people that when
lord Shiva sit in mountains for Tapasya then his wife Laxmi changed herself
into berry tree to give shade her husband and to protect from the heat of sun.
That is why people belief in mediating here for their mental peace.
This place also include in Chardham Yatra .This temple has a great belief in Hindus, everyone wants to visit once in a lifetime at this temple. The temple is the idol of Lord Badrinath as Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, Kali and Guru and more.
5. MUSSOORIE (PLACE TO VISIT IN UTTRAKHAND)
Mussoorie is a hill station, it is located in the Dehradun district of
the Indian state of Uttrakhand. As everybody knows that Mussoorie is the most famous hill station in
India. Mostly all people prefer to visit this place. Since we all know that
this place is known for its beauty and therefore most of the people visit this
place frequently. This is the place that you must visit while you go on a trip
to Uttarakhand.
There are
lots of advanture activities that you can enjoy in Mussoorie like Trekking,
Rock Climbing, Paragliding, Rafting, Boating, Fishing, wildlife safari and
moreover.
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