Almora
Almora, Uttarakhand, India
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Kasar Devi
Almora, Uttarakhand
A 2nd-century ridge temple on a Van Allen-belt 'energy spot' that drew Vivekananda, Nyerere-era hippies, Ginsberg and D.H. Lawrence.
Katarmal Sun Temple
Almora, Uttarakhand
The second-most important sun temple in India after Konark — a 9th-century Katyuri masterpiece of 45 shrines facing the rising sun.
Chitai Golu Devta Temple
Almora, Uttarakhand
The court of Kumaon's god of justice, hung with a million brass bells and stamped-paper petitions — hear your case, tie your bell.
Mukteshwar
Nainital, Uttarakhand
An orchard ridge at 7,500 ft around a 350-year Shiva temple and Chauli ki Jali's cliff windows, facing a 180° Nanda Devi skyline.
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
Almora, Uttarakhand
An oak-and-rhododendron mountain preserve whose Zero Point balcony spreads 300 km of snows — Kedarnath to Nanda Devi to Panchachuli.
Ramgarh Kumaon
Nainital, Uttarakhand
The 'fruit bowl of Kumaon' where Tagore drafted Gitanjali verses — peach, plum and apple terraces under a quiet snow horizon.
Jageshwar Temples
Almora, Uttarakhand
A valley of 124 stone temples (7th–14th c.) huddled in a deodar cathedral — one of the twelve Jyotirlingas by many traditions.
Chaubatia Gardens
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
Government fruit orchards of 200-plus varieties spilling down a ridge with Trishul and Nanda Devi floating above the apple rows.
Ranikhet
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
The Kumaon Regiment's pine-scented cantonment at 6,100 ft — meadow golf, orchards and the 'queen's meadow' calm the army preserved.
Kainchi Dham
Nainital, Uttarakhand
Neem Karoli Baba's riverside ashram in a hairpin valley — the shrine that drew Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Julia Roberts to Kumaon.