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Uttarakhand Travel Guide
Figuring prominently in the Hindu epics, Uttarakhand (formerly called Uttaranchal), is the mythological abode of the Hindu pantheon. Every year thousands of pilgrims make yatras (Hindu pilgrimages) to the mountain temples considered the homes of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva and source of the holy Yamuna and Ganges rivers. More »
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