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Thursday 25 October 2018

Kausani Calling

A few miles from Kausani on the banks of Gomti , Baijnath Temple of God Shiv ji is a venerable shrine of Uttarakhand. Legends have ot that  Shiva ji  and Devi Parvati were married here on the confluence of Rivers Gomti and Garur Ganga

Kausani is a town in the mountains of uttarakhand. situated at an altitude of 6200 feet. It is 32 miles from Almora city  and is famous for its breathtaking scenic splendour and its 300 km-wide panoramic view of snowy Himalayan range of Trishul, Nanda Devi and Panchchuli.

Mahatma Gandhi was here once for 14 days at the Anashakti Ashram while writing his book  ‘Anashakti Yoga’. He called  Kausani the 'Switzerland of India' due to similarity in spectacular landscapes.

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