Himalaya is a Sanskrit word meaning
abode of snow. It is the tallest mountain range, whose spiny ridges spread out
halfway across the world's largest continent; The formidable range with at least
eighty peaks above 20,000 feet, the snow covered silvery summits spread out
beyond the horizon, gigantic glaciers, high plateaux, the magnificent roaring
dark gorges, are an awe inspiring spectacle that transcends description.
But this great abode of snow is more than ice, snow and rock. Since antiquity
it has been home of a great diversity of people, who have developed many magnificent
cultures.
With passage of time all these become one with the great wonderland, Hill woman
bedecked with Jewellery that is India. Like many other, the culture of Garhwal
and Kumaon have their rich and definite contributions to the ocean of great
Indian Culture.
The traditions folk art of the region was preserved in its original form, since
Garhwal and Kumaon were inaccessible in the past, due to the high mountain ranges
and rugged topography.
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