Friday, May 3, 2019

Someshwar

Someshwar (Devanagari: सोमेश्वर ) is the name of the sub-division headquarters, a conglomeration of revenue villages and it also refers to the entire region as Someshwar Tehsil and Sub Division in the Almora District in the hill-state of Uttarakhand, India. Someshwar is situated in the banks of two rivers viz. Kosi and Sai almost 10 km away from well known tourist place Kausani. The valley of Someshwar is surrounded by peaks known as Jayanti and Airi. Their names are respectively based on two Hindu Goddesses. Someshwar itself is a holy place dedicated to lord Shiva.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someshwar,_Uttarakhand

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Hanuman Chatti

There are two villages by the same name of Hanuman Chatti in the Garhwal Himalayas.

  1. One is on the way up to Yamunotri and 
  2. other one is this, on the Joshimath – Badrinath route.

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