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TRC Munsyari - Overlooking the deep gorge of river
Gori it is 154 kms from Pithoragarh. Munsiyari is the centre
and gateway for Johar Region and is
also the base camp for Ralam, Namik, Poting and
Lilam Glaciers.
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TRC Chaukori - From here an
un-obstructed panorama of some prominent
Himalayan peaks may be had.
A View Tower has also been
erected in the premises for a rather wide-angle
View of the scenic beauty. An
unforgettable experience of the life time.
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TRC Kausani - Nestled among thick pines atop a narrow ridge
and overlooking the peaks of the sensuous Nandadevi, it has a commanding location.
Here the grandeur of Himalayan scenery comes alive with the feeling of snows being
at a stone throw. Kausani is the birth place of Sumitranandan Pant, the poet laureate.
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TRC Binsar - For those who crave for uninterrupted
solitude midst the scintillating beauty of
Kumaon Hills, this ideal spot offers charming
cottages and rooms with a view point in an Old
Forest Rest house in the wilderness teeming with
Wild life.
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Corbett National Park - Home of roaring tiger, trumpeting elephant and the warbling birds, the present a scene of remarkable beauty and a broad flat valley where the bubbling, rushing water of Ramganga meander through the hills and dales. |
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Nainital Lake - An ancient site with an eye-shaped lake referred to in the Manaskhand of Skand Purana as 'Tririshi Sarovar'. British developed a colonial town here in 19th century. This hill station constituting the heart of the Lake District owes its name to a prominent hill-Goddess called Naina. |
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Naukuchiyatal - Referred to in the Puranic literature as 'Sanatkumar Sarovar' it is the deepest lake of the Lake District and resembles the ace of clubs. TRC of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam is right at the shoreline close to the west end of the lake which comprises a natural Lotus bio-mass, the only one of its type in the entire central Himalayan region. |
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Jageshwar - Surrounded by the clumps of age-old Deodars it is a cluster of over hundred temples built over a period of ten centuries, i.e. from 7th to 17th century AD. It is the only temple-group in the entire Central Himalayan region to have escaped the Rohilla iconoclasm of the 18th century. It is said to be a veritable museum where the entire growth of the Kumaoni art-idiom in terms of architect, stone sculpture and iconography can be witnessed and studied. |
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