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The district was settled by the Kol society, who speak a Munda language. Later they were joined by Indo-Aryan tribes who landed by the Vedic period. At that time, present Uttarakhand was also reportedly populated by rishi and sadhus. It is thought that the rishi (sage) Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata here, since the Pandavas are trusted to have toured (and camped) the region. Among the first chief dynasties of the of the Garhwal and Kumaon empires were the Kunindas in the 2nd century BC, who adept an early form of Shaivism and merchandised salt with western Tibet. Garhwal Kito developed in the northern high ground and somewhere in the region, are assumed to be the ancestors of the present Bhotiya, Raji, Buksha, and Tharu societies.  Kumaon flourished under the Chand kings since the eighth to the 18th centuries, and Pahari painting established from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Present-day Garhwal was also joined under the Soomra...

Uttarakhand offers boundless opportunities for travel and journey. There is somewhat for everyone - Pilgrimage, Boating , Temples, Wildlife tours, Bird Watching, Mountaineering, Rafting , Yoga & Meditation Camping, Trekking, Skiing and many more. Land of untouched extraordinary beauty and spirituality, Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state of North India, legendarily known as Devbhoomi (Land of the Gods). Engraved out from Uttar Pradesh, the state, previously known as Uttaranchal, is a habitation that not only brags of a sparkling view of the Himalayas but also displays a cultural ethos which says of a harmonic living with nature. Uttarakhand is a widely held pilgrimage site, as it is the beginning spot of the Ganga and the Yamuna, two of the most blessed rivers for Hindus. Uttarakhand is domestic to the Char Dhams, the four most divine sites of pilgrimage respected by the Hindus - Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. Thousands of travellers visit Uttarakhand yearly to pay ...