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Friday, 27 April 2012

Uttarakhand- A state of India with its Beautiful Places

Uttarakhand 
The present state of Uttarakhand was earlier a part of the United Province of Agra and Awadh. In January 1950, the United Province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand was remained a part of Uttar Pradesh.
Uttarakhand is a state located in the northern part of India. It was established on 9 November 2000, becoming the 27th state of the Republic of India. It has the north side China (Tibet) border, Nepal on the east and Uttar Pradesh is on the south, on the west Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to the north west.
In January 2007, the name of the state was officially changed from Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhanda is a Sanskrit term that is “Uttara” means North, and “Khand” means Part .
Uttarakhand mostly noticed by the name of “Ganga River” and most famous and visited place “Char Dhams”, the four most revered Hindu temples: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.
Today, it is often called "the Land of the Gods" (Dev Bhoomi) because of the presence of a multitude of Hindu pilgrimage spots.

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