Pithoragarh
Tourism
This district borders Tibet in the north and Nepal in the east. Due to
this strategic location, the outer limits, due north and east, require permits
to explore.
The pilgrim route to Kailash- Mansarovar (a mountain and lake highly revered
by the Hindus), traverses through this region.
Pithoragarh has many temples and ruined forts to testify to its erstwhile position
as a stronghold of the Chand rulers. The headquarters of the district is located
in an open valley of immense charm.
The Rai Gufa (cave) provides an excellent example of queer Limestone deposits.
Worth visiting is the local market place. The temple dedicated to Ulka Devi,
an aspect of Shakti, has a hill top location (outside the town). Adjacent stands
an obelisk in memory.
Mother Nature has been rather generous in the distribution of a very rich hydrographic
features of irresistible beauty to district Pithoragarh traditionally held to
be the chosen abode of the divine deities, cascading waterfalls, the splendid
glaciers, natural reservoirs enclosed by fantastic variety of vegetation, serene
lakes and noisy flamboyant rivers are all a part of the rugged charm that the
district possesses to such a stupendous degree.
Once the bastion of the Chand rulers, Pithoragarh town is littered with temples
and forts belonging to that era. The town is set in a valley popularly known
as Soar and lies in the centre of four hills Chandak, Dhwaj, Kumdar and Thal
Kedar, and stretches in the southern flank to Jhulaghat demarcated by the Kali
river adjoining the barren peaks of Nepal Hills. It is snuggled in the folds
of four kots Bhatkot, Dungerkot, Udaikot and Unchakot.
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