After having been nearly three weeks in Almora hills, I am more than ever amazed why our people need go to Europe in search of health. Kathgodam is the terminal railway station of Kumaon which is well connected to the cities of Delhi, Dehradoon, Howrah & Jammu. A new revenue division, named Uttarakhand division was carved out from these 3 districts of Kumaon division. The Uttarakhand division too was disestablished the same year, and the remaining district of Pithoragarh was brought back to Kumaon division, hence giving it its present size. - Times of India", "Almora Temples Uttaranchal - Uttarakhand Worldwide - Kumaon and Garhwal - Almora Temples", "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Edition", "Salt Kranti in Uttarakhand: An Important Chapter of Freedom Movement", C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttarakhand, Official site of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) for tourist information, Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows, Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests, Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kumaon_division&oldid=979045610, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Articles needing additional references from April 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 12:54. Traditions and culture are the most vital part of this region and festivals like Kumaoni Holi, Hill Jatra, Harela and Bhitauli, Bat Savitri. I wonder whether the scenery of these hills and the climate are surpassed, if equaled, by any of the beauty spots anywhere of the world. And that's not all as the district is renowned for its temples, rich green environs and its pristine lakes. Animals like the Champawat Tiger and the Chowgarh Tigers plagued the area for many years, with the former estimated to have killed over four hundred humans by herself, in Nepal and then Kumaon, in the years 1920-28. Brahmadev mandi in Kanchanpur District of far western Nepal was established by Katyuri king Brahma Deo, At their peak, the kurmanchal kingdom of Katyuri kings was extended from Sikkim in the east to Kabul, Afghanistan in the west, before fragmenting into numerous principalities by the 12th century. The region offers some brilliant summer destinations like the popular Nainital City and its nearby lake towns of Bhimtal, Sattal, and Naukuchiatal. Prehistoric dwellings and Stone Age implements have been discovered in Almora and Nainital districts. The land of the Kurmavatar (tortoise incarnation of Vishnu), Kumaon is bounded on the east by Nepal and north by Tibet and is the gorgeous half of the state of Uttarakhand. They were followed by the Katyuri kings who controlled the region from 700 –1200 AD.[2]. The district dons its own grace and charm as and is also the home to a variety of wildlife creatures.