Uttaranchal: Himalaya

Heart-stopping sunrises, giant snow peaks, luch forests, glacial snow, unending carpets of flowers and cascading rivers, streams, waterfalls and sapphire lakes set amidst rocky splendour… This is the awe-inspiring beauty of the Himalayan mantle, which the region of Uttaranchal wears proudly like a talisman. This, too, is the reality of a finely balance mountain ecological system that has shaped the lives and culture of the people of Uttaranchal. The Himalaya literally mean Abode )alaya) of snow (him) in Sanskrit, named so by the ancients.