Starting from the regions of Garhwal and Kumaon, it is collectively known as Uttarakhand earlier Uttaranchal. Uttarakhand is the land of railing hills and snow covered mountainsdivided by some of Hinduism most sacred rivers. The significant is River Ganga which rises at Gaumukh in the north of the state and get it way down to places by the pilgrimage centre of Rishikesh and Haridwar. Garhwal is the western portion of the state and Kumaon is in the eastern side. Every year thousands of pilgrims make yatra to the Garhwal mountains and the sacred Char Dham (Four Temples) i.e., Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri and Kedarnath. The home to the Hindu Gods VIshnu and Shiva and the source of the holy Ganga and Yamuna River with more than 100 poats towering about 20,000 feets Uttarakhand’s Garhwal Mountain especially mountain Nanda Devi 26056 feet inspired climbers from all over the world. Trekkers are down to its natural centuries such as Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers surrounded by Glaciers and white capped mountains closed to the plains. Many people go to the Gim Corbett, Tiger Reserve and Raja Ji National Park. Uttaranchal now Uttarakhand was formally declared as separate state in Nov 09, 2000 with its capital Dehradun.
