Almora

Does not matter if you are solo traveler or in group.. this place is nice to visit. Wonderful weather. Food is awesome. Must buy local dals and spices. One day trip to jageshwar dham, chitai golu devta temple, gerad golu devta, sun temple, kasardevi. Then may plan visit to patalbhuvneshwar and haat kalika. If you are traveling using public transport just be careful bn out timing.. as you won't get any bus for return and must stay back. Nice home stays and hotels are available. Food cost is also very genuine. Absolutely safe for female traveler. I prefered can but one can take local bus also.

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In Kumaun hill region you will find a City named Almora . You can get direct bus from mall road , Shimla . Pantnagar Airport is nearest to it.

I visited here in march 2018 for visiting Temple of maa Kasar devi. Which is worshipped by whole Kumaoun region.This temple is very beautifull in lap of Mountains . Some big politicians like Cabinet Min. P.P chaudhary can here worshipping Maa Kasar devi every year.

I stayed here in hotel Himsagar . Cheap and best under 1000 it is a best 3 star hotel.

It is a safe and Friendly place . Recommended

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I fell in love with the Mirtola Ashram's spiritual aura and natural beauty(both are labor of love) in two days I spent there. The atmosphere at the ashram is like that of a close-knit family.

The ashram is now looked after by one of Sri Madhava Ashish's competent and dedicated disciples, Chitra. I spent two days at Mirtola and attended satsang conducted by another disciple Madhu Tandan(the author of a newly launched book "Hemis.")

The disciples in the line of Yashoda Ma, Sri Krishna Prem, and Sri Madhava Ashish have recently created a website to introduce/remind us of the ashram and its philosophy. Please do visit: https://mirtolareflections.com/.

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Almora also known as Godland . This is a great place for tourist . Almora is situated at an elevation of 6106 feet from the beach.

It is my hometown or my grandfather residence place.

There is be place to visist for tourists.

Which is like this.: -

( 1) . Binsar wildlife sanctuary

( 2) . Katarmal sun temple

( 3) . Kalimath temple

( 4) . Golu devta temple

Really its osm place for holidays . Must be vist here

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Almora is one of the finest place I be ever visited in my life till date and it's the peaceful and most great place ever one must visit here and enjoy the natural beauty and love the nature, .one will get to eat great food which is very famous here and each and every cafe here is awesome and serves great food

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Today I am going to tell you about Almora my Home Town and a Famous Hill Station. Almora is one of the district of State Uttrakhand. Almora is a Kumauni region where maximum population is of kumaunis or Pahadi. Almora weather temperature almost remain same whole year. But during winters it goes down to minus degree or below. Average temperature is -3 to 28 degree c.

Almora is the best place for those who want to view Great Himalayas from distance. Almora establish in 1568.

Hindi, sanskrit and kumauni are the local language. Almora has many noted temples, some famous temples are Kasar Devi, Nanda Devi, Jageshwar, Bageshwar and many more.

Education system is too good, many high quality schools are providing there services over there. Almora is just 370 Km away from delhi, direct bus service are also available between Delhi and Almora.

Almora is a good tourist place in terms of temples, mountains, trekking and hotels. Almora is also famus for its Sweet dish name @ BAAL MITHAYI @ Here all budget hotels are available. Government Locals and Police all are cooperative and friendly.

So I recommend it to others.

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Hello! My home town is almora so I well know about my city almora. It is situated at the hills. This place is fantastic for tourism. There are many place to visit in almora. You can see the culture of almora.you will a lot in almora . Many temple are situated here. There are many stories about the culture of almora. There are many place to enjoy a lot. There is a big market for shopping. All resources are available in the market of almora. Its a wonderful tourist place . Almora is situated in the state uttrakhand.you can visit here . All facilities are available here

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Friends I love uttrakhand. I'm belong to uttrakhand and my distic name is Almora.

Almora is a winter distic and beautiful place.

The best sweet there making , the Baal midhaeee. Almora , where comes many forners and they enjoying lot.

Almora is comes at kumaon.The great Himalaya view point is here or very peace full place.

Maa Nanda Devi temple is here and very oldest temple .

2001 a new state making by the Indian government then it's give a name uttrancle , after 2007 this name was change and a new name given uttrakhand. The first Minster was a Almora guy His name was Narayan datt tiwari.

Almora is turist place and every faslity is available for the trioust.

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Almora is a place which is best to visit it is awesome place and the wheather of almora is awesome I love almora and I am give advice to every one. To almora it is a place with many temples like jageshwar temple chitai temple and many more ther are several places which are awesome to visit and it is a place with beautifull valleys look like beautiful thing and I love it almora is a very awesome place I love it.and in almora there is zoo also where is many animals are there in zoo almora is awesome place I love it.I love almora

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What the amazing road which you are going by road it is so good amazing byke ride nice views acctually I am going by activa in a day it was amazing such a good feel good landscape amazing views such beauty u all are prefer by the byke ride to almora but be carefull about your journy so frindzz yr try kar yaar tabhi to jiyega yaar

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Almora district is a district in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand state, India. It is 1, 638 meters above sea level. The town of Almora is surrounded by Pithoragarh district.

The hill station of Almora is situated on a horseshoe-shaped ridge of a mountain,

the eastern portion of which is called Talifat and the western one is known as Selifat.

The landscape of Almora attracts tourists each year and it is not so costly u can visit in 4000 rupees.

Hotels are safe and cheaper .

The safety of tourist is well maintained by the uttharakhand police.

Overall I will give it 4/5 stars

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Almora - A beautiful city at Kumaun Division in Uttarakhand State.  It is not only a hill station, it has historical values too.  It was the capital of Chand dynasty who ruled uttarakhand for several decades.  It has a famous "LALA BAJAR" for shopping.   Accessibility of this district city is easy and you can reach there via road from Haldwani through taxi, buses etc.  Plenty of hotels in reasonable rates are available there.  You can easily move around - Kasardevi, Jageshwar, Binsar from here.  As this is head quarter of Almora district, all the facilities and amenties are easily available. If you are at Almora, don't forget to eat " BAAL MITTHAI" and " SINGAURI" Mitthai. Winters are very cold there and the best season to visit Almora is March to June.

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Uttarakhand is known as the abode of Gods and Almora is one of the major districts of this state. Situated at an altitude of 1,763 ms above the sea-level, this tiny district is one of the major tourist attractions in the North India. Be it summer or winters, this tourist hotspot continues to attract tourists from all walks of life.

Almora is 370 kms away from Delhi, however, the city is well-connected. You can reach the place in your own vehicle or can hire buses or Volvo for yourself. The route itself is pretty dramatic and will engage you. The nearest railway station is Kathgodam and there are regular trains available from Delhi.This district is well known for its art, craft and heritage. The climate of Almora is pleasant throughout the year and it snows in the winter.

Almora has a few well-known temples, which are worth watching. These include Kasar Devi, Nanda Devi, Doli Daana, Shyayi Devi, Khakmara, Asht Bhairav, Jakhandevi, Katarmal(Sun Temple), Pataal Devi, Raghunath Mandir, Badreshwar, Banari Devi, Chitai, Jageshwar, Binsar Mahadev, Garhnath and Baijnath.The main attraction of the place is Ghanti wala mandir,also known as golu devta mandir. It is visited by pilgrims all through the year.

This city is also known for its famous sweet called Baal Mithai. Made out of pure ghee, milk and chocolate, you should definitely try it once here.

The district has a number of accommodations, which will cater to your needs and budgets. If you are planning to pay a visit to a breath-taking and economical hill station, then Almora will be best for you.

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Almora is a famous hill station situated at kumaoun mandal and itself a(district) of Uttrakhand state.This city is well known of its art, craft and heritage.This place is well known in the world for its hospitality and nature.From here you can see the himalaya as a panorama view.This place is also known for wildlife and adventure.A total of 90 kilometre from Kathgodam railway station, the route of this beautiful city is full of adventure and enjoyable.

This city is famous for its hand craft which are made by woollen, wood, cotton.This city is also known for its famous sweet call Baal Mithai which is made of pure milk chocolate.This beautiful city is covered by jungles and greenery.And this is all time chill city.visit this place is good in all season.local food of this city is very testy called jholi -bhaat, aalu ke ghutke, kheere ka rayta.Also people of this city nd arround the city are very nice and wise.

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Almora has all the qualities of being the near perfect hill station. But what I would like your attention to focus on would be it's amazing bazaar. It streches for kilometers and is in the top of the hill and bent on both sides(some people call it ghoda bazaar becuase it's somewhat the shape of a horse's saddle). The bazaar has everything you want, the USP being it's 100s of years old shops made of woods and carvings. It might take you an hour or so to cover the it completely, so tie your laces tight!

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I am sure a few people know about this place, and a fewer number of people visit this place. I read about the Ashram in a book by Balaram Reddy, a devotee of Ramana Maharshi, in the year 2002. Moreover, this place is associated with ‘Krishnaprem’ who was a close friend of Shri Dilip Kumar Rai of Pondicherry Ashram. I also visited Shri Dilip Kumar’s Samadhi in Pune. I did read the life of Krishnaprem(Mr. Ronald Henry Nixon). Krishna prem along with his Guru Sri Yashoda Ma built this Ashram in the year 1930. After Yashoda Ma’s passing away, Krishnaprem took charge of the Ashram. He was later on joined by Sri Madhav Ashish, another English man. The departure of Sri Madhav Ashish from the world brought the curtain down to the spiritual history of this place. The incumbent is more like a landlord than a spiritual personality.

I was at Ramakrishna Kutir, Brightened Corner, Almora with my friend during the period April 30 to May 3, 2010. In the year 2004 when I visited Jageshwa with my family, I wanted to pay a visit to this place but I could not do so. So when two Ramakrishna Mission swamiji’s and a visitor from Pune said that they were visiting Mirtola, I jumped at the prospect and accompanied them.

The route to Panuanaula from Almora is quite a steep one, continuously going up. Little ahead of Panuanaula there is a left turn and you take that route and take a right turn(not a proper road but like a trekking route). Our driver knew the route so we arrived at the Ashram without much difficulty. The area is quite big could be about 100 acres of land, and a lot of farming has been done with flower beds around the temple area. We could also see a cowshed with a number of newly born calves. There is also a small temple-like area where the ashes of Yashoda Ma, Krishnaprem, and Moti Rani(daughter of Yashoda Ma) have been interned. While the visitor from Pune was taking a few snaps of this structure, the present in charge of this place told him point blank, ‘Don’t you think it is necessary to take permission for photography’? This statement made the group completely let down. Of course, the visitor from Pune did apologize for transgressing the privacy, but he too was shocked. We visited the Radha Krishna temple and offered our prostration. While we are seeing the beautiful flowers that bloomed around the temple, one of the swamiji's went near the right side of the temple, where a ferocious dog was resting. I was just clicking the cactus flower; this Swami ji was chased by this dog and he had to run to save his life. The Swamiji felt as if he got a new lease on life. Later on, I noticed that this dog was attached to a long chain hanging from a wire tied across. It looked so ominous, that too in a place, supposed to be an Ashram. I was unhappy.

After some time I found the Pune visitor talking to the in charge of the Ashram. I also joined him in the discussion. There was another ferocious-looking dog that circled us to take note of our presence. The in-charge with a perceptible glee was saying that there were many people staying at this Ashram, but after the passing away of Madhav Ashish, all left one by one. It was not difficult to trace the cause of why they left. While we were still talking with Mr. David, the one in charge, we were informed that the Swamijis were looking for us to depart. So, we headed towards the exit gate. As the treatment was very formal conducting like office decorum, we also forgot to give any donation whatsoever.

I felt very sad that I had to leave this Ashram sanctified by Yashoda Ma, Gopalda(Krishnaprem), and Madhav Ashish without being least satisfied. Most probably it was due to the absence of the spiritual atmosphere that once it used to have.

P.S. Mr. David Beresford has since passed away. For details on this place, one can visit the following website: https://mirtolareflections.com

Almora a small town about 2 1/2 hours journey from kathgodam.Those who like the serenity, calmness,and do not want to go up the hill much, can enjoy the place and its surroundings .

The Kumaon Development Corporation has its tourist lodge which is very reasonable. The stay is comfortable.

One can see the Part of Himalaya from there. The Peaks like Trishul and NandaDevi are clearly visible. There are few lodges, privately managed. They supply you all the necessary amenities of good living.

Making it a centre, one can go to Kausani to see the Snow in MAY also. It has few historical view points also.

One can experience the combination of city and rural life in this place. The simplicity of the people are so noticeable.

On the way back one can spend some days in Nainital and its surroundings

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Almora I have heard this word first time when I was going through a chapter of our Hindi text book in class V the title was “ Putri ke naam ek pita ka patra” ( A father’s letter in name of his daughter) . The chapter as suggested by title was a letter only, but this letter was written by first prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to her daughter Indira , from a prison cell and the prison was none other than Almora prison. As we moved to other classes with other things this word also become a part of past.

Out of sudden this word came in front of me in year 2003 when of my friend from Uttaranchal invited me to come along him to his place, and the old chapter become alive to my mind and I accepted his invitation.

Here begins my journey ---

•Clothing - Warm clothes as it was month of September he suggested to must have some warm cloth like sweater /jacket . Sport shoe must to walk on hilly terrain.

•Ticket Booking - Ranikhet Express leaves every day at 10pm from Old Delhi station and reaches Kathgodam (the closest foothill city to Almora) early in the morning. Although State Transport buses as well as private tourist buses are also available all night from Anand Vihar interstate bus terminal Delhi, but my friend rely on train as it never get stuck in highway jam ( sometimes it get worse because of fogs & accidents)

•New Sunrise - We started on Thursday evening at 10.00 pm and our train reached Kathgodam at 5.40 am it was a very pleasant morning waiting outside. From there we took a shared cab (be careful, you must confirm the fare first with them other wise as there is no fixed fare).

•Deadly curves - As I was interested to see the road side my friend offered me a window seat I was enjoyed the road side forest view and cool breeze. After 15 - 20 half an hour climbing the hills, the road was steep and full of deadly curves (actually I was saying thanks to god after every curve).

•Water stream – after a journey of one hour I saw the first running water stream of my life, live.( till I had in photos or videos). I kept my head turning till it gone behind another hill side.

•The Almora city – we traveled 130 km the distance from foothill city Kathgodam in 3hrs and reached Almora city at 9am .At fist sight it was just like any other small city in fact I was disappointed. We had breakfast over there and we to another shared cab for my friends village, it was 20 km from the Almora city.

•The three tier city - While we were on the way to my friends village I had a full view of Almora city and I was surprised by seeing three layers of buildings as three steps of a staircase ( after spring , I had first smile on my face)

•Visit to my dream city – After staying overnight in my friends village next day morning we started for Almora city and the dream came true. First we went to the same Almora jail which was the only identity of Almora city to me till now. It was not a big one but located in an isolated place at one end of the city. Then we went to see the place where Swami Vivekanand had spent his last days. I was surprised to imagine a person from West Bengal, came to this place 70 years ago! How could he travel all the way to this height! By this time we start feeling hungry & we went Holiday Home for lunch.

•Place to stay - Lunch was not only the reason we went to Holiday Home I also wanted to enquire about staying option for any future visit. Holiday Home is nice place to stay at affordable price even they offer cottages if you want to stay for longer period like 20 – 30 days. Even there are few more good hotels like Sikhar, Everest etc., but I will recommend Holiday Home because of its location and you can see hill tops from your window itself.

•The god of justice - In after noon went to temple of Golu Devta it was at a distance of 3 km from the city. I was surprised to see the bronze bells small & big hanging everywhere right from the first step. More surprising the letters hanging every where. My friend told me Golu Devta is known as god of justice and people put there written complaints for justice and once it get fulfilled they put a bronze bell over there.

•Ranikhet the queen’s garden – As it was already Saturday evening I started to plan for return journey. My friend suggested that on Sunday we will go to Ranikhet and after spending the day over there we will start for Delhi in the evening. As per plan next morning we were in Ranikhet . To describe the beauty of Ranikhet I would like to say after seeing Ranikhet I could understand why the jail was built in Almora not in Ranikhet. Comparison to Ranikhet, Almora is an isolated place till now so you can imagine 70 yrs or 100yrs ago. My friend showed me the place from where Mount Everest is visible during morning hours and in winter days. Ranikhet was more organized & quieter than Almora. There is another feather in Ranikhets’s cap its home of Kumaun Regiment of India army, and I think this is the reason that Almora is district headquarter not Ranikhet( it’s a cantonment city).

•End of days - However we took a bus in the evening for foothill city and another from there for Delhi, and when I woke in the morning the dream was over and my bus was standing at interstate bus terminal, Anand Vihar.

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Nainital had always been one of the most favoured tourist destinations in India. People from various parts of the country and foreign tourists come and enjoy the unique natural beauty and heavenly weather in Nainital. But down the memory lane, dear friends, I remember Nainital for a completely different reason that I like to share with you.

Firstly, the incident is totally personal and it happened when I was only studying in class eleven (year 1993). Thus anyone reading it for a tour guidance or information plz discontinue..

At the outskirts of Nainital there is a place called Ranikhet. I had been to hill stations like Shimla, Darjeeling, Gangtok, Palampur, Dharamsala and others but I never seen a more beautiful hill station than this small and little known Ranikhet.

A mystic and romantic atmosphere always engulfs the hills. One fine (?) morning at around 8 am our bus left us in the heavenly hills. Normally tourists come here for a sight seeing, stay for an hour or so and leave. Although there is an ''ashram'' there which provides basic necessities for the tourist willing to stay a day or two. With sheer luck we had managed to get accommodation in the only guest house at Ranikhet. The guest house is situated at the top of a small hill and from three sides its is covered with gigantic Kumayun ranges with dark green forests and at the front beyond a huge traffic of white clouds playing hide and seek there is a white mountain range always covered with snows. A sunrise behind these mountains is one thing that you wont like to miss for a million dollar.

After a pretty long journey on road from Nainital; through Almora the elders in our group (we were ten people altogether) wanted to have little rest before we actually go out and invade the place. So, we had a nice break fast with bread and omlette at the balcony of our guesthouse. We spend sometime gossiping and at around 1:00pm we ordered for the lunch.

As it had to take some time before the lunch is prepared and served the elders wanted to have some nap and we - I, my sis (class VII), my cousin (class IX) Came to the garden outside the building to enjoy the afternoon sun. Suddenly my cousin Koel proposed for an afternoon walk. We came outside and decided to walk towards the nearby hill.

We followed a narrow path that looks like a huge anaconda trying to entrap the entire hill. The path became narrower and more narrower and dry leafs which covered the entire area were extremely slippery. But there were something in the whole atmosphere at that moment (which still I don?t know exactly) that made us kept going. We did not find any other people there except some unknown birds and a curious monkey.

Soon the path became so narrow that two of us cant walk side by side ?one side there was the huge hilly-wall going up abode our head and on the other dense green going down and down. My cousin was leading the group ad I stay back to have a look at my sis who was the youngest and walking in the middle. All of a sudden I felt that I have never ever come to a place so lonely and so wild and at the same I had a feeling that we did a mistake by coming so far all alone. And we found there no way to go farther as there was a water-fall right in front of us.

Above our head we could not find where it starts and below it disappears behind the green forests. That was the moment I decided to go back and I was not sure since how long we were actually walking. I turned back and tried to look at my watch. I heard a sudden cry and at the very next moment as turned back to see what happened I saw a glimpse of Koel falling down the hill and at the very next moment she disappeared behind the thick bush.

Startled at the pace at which everything happened for the moment I did not know what to do?and there was a complete silence as if nothing actually has happened. The silence broke with my sis?s cry and at the very same time without giving any second thought, I jumped at the direction where I saw Koel falling. There was complete slope and on my way down ward I tried my best to get hold of some branches or stones to gain some control. My watch broke and some of my skins started bleeding. ?But the only concern for me that time was to find her. After about 30 feet down the hill (which I came to know later) I found a little halt in the stiff slope.

That was the place where the waterfall had changed its direction. I found ground under my feet and I also found Koel lying down there half-unconscious and profusely bleeding. I gathered myself to reach her and found her almost unconscious at extreme shock and pain. Because of the unnatural silence I could still here my sis crying at the top although there was no question of seeing her. I shouted with all my energy and asked her to calm down and told her that I found Koel and she is okay. She stopped crying and asked me what to do. I asked her to go back carefully and informed others. I looked at Koel .She could not move herself a bit.

She was bleeding from her forehead and knees. I tried unsuccessfully to pull her and take her towards the waterfall. I tried to console her and get some drops of water with my hand from the waterfall. I shouted number of times for help but there were no one there. I really don?t know exactly how long it took before my parents and others came with help, but those moment were no less than several hours for me and perhaps I could never forget those few moments when I was alone with badly injured Koel at the middle of a Forest mountain ??and I was not sure whether my sis alone could reach there safely.

She did indeed , and I was half relieved to see people around me taking her to the possible help. I was (surprisingly) not badly injured apart from cut all over the body. Koel?s both the choler bone was broken, she had stitches on the head and worst of these was her right knee that had a very serious and deep injury. How we actually took her to Almora hospital stayed there for three days with conditions getting better and worse and ultimately took her to Kolkata, home town is a different story altogether but I could not help mentioning about the people of Ranikhet.

One can never imagine people more simple, helpful and kind than these poor villagers living at the lap of Mother Nature. Without their active help we might not save our sister that day. They helped us in every possible way and they did it unconditionally, which is rare. A small example: In the process I lost my wristwatch somewhere in the accident area. Next day morning a local young boy of about 12 came to me and returned the watch with a smile. I wish to go there again again??

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