Shining Shikari

Surkunda Devi Temple

• First and main important reason is that in the Vedas or Puranas Uttarakhand name was mentioned as Dev Bhoomi and it is divided into two parts Kedar Khand and Manas Khand (Currently which are Garhwal and Kumaon region).
• Thousand of temples, shrine, sacred places are here which shows the presence and importance of god in this place. There are many Folklore famous about this place.

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• In earlier days (and even today) people came here to meditate on God, for salvation, to find the way to god and become the part of God. Uttarakhand is the place where people can do meditation without any distraction and disturbance. The Legends says that Pandavas also spent their good time here.
• This is the place where Holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati originated.
• According to the legends, the Lord Shiva’s in law’s Daksh Prajapati town is in Uttarakhand (in Kankhal Haridwar).

Har-Ki-Pauri Haridwar

• There are 12 Jyotirlinga and one of them is Kedarnath (5th Jyotirlinga) which is also in Uttarakhand.
• World biggest mass hindu pilgrimage Kumbh Mela which that is celebrated four times over the course of 12 years. That four places are Haridwar (it is Uttarakhand), Nasik, Ujjain, and Prayag.

Chota Char Dham

• Chota Chardham /Chardham is in Uttarakhand which includes Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamnotri.
• Panch Badri, Panch Kedar, Panch Prayag, are here.
• The First Sun Temple in India according to priority i.e Konark Sun Temple in Orrisa, and the second one after Konark is Katarmal Sun Temple in Almora Uttarakhand.
• Patal Bhubneshwar Cave in Uttarakhand India. It is said that this underground cave enshrines Lord Shiva and thirty-three crore(330 million) Gods.

Patal Bhubneshwar

There are many more sacred places and temples in Uttarakhand which gives a clear idea about Why this place is known as Land of God or Why we called it Dev Bhoomi…