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Vat Savitri (वट सावित्री): A Day of Roots, Prayers, and Stories

Vat Savitri (वट सावित्री): A Day of Roots, Prayers, and Stories

If you walk into a village courtyard in Uttarakhand on a warm day in the month of Jyeshtha (ज्येष्ठ)...

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Dharchula (धारचूला): A Township between Two Worlds

Dharchula (धारचूला): A Township between Two Worlds

Where the River Divides, and Life ConnectsAs the place is observed, the first thing that emerges as...

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Chhipla Jaat (चिप्ला जात): The Barefoot Yatra Through Kumaon’s High Hills

Chhipla Jaat (चिप्ला जात): The Barefoot Yatra Through Kumaon’s High Hills

Dawn at Khela: Where It BeginsBefore sunrise, Khela village (खेला गाँव) is awake. The chill clings t...

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Jagda (जगदा): When Mahasu’s Presence Walks the Hills

Jagda (जगदा): When Mahasu’s Presence Walks the Hills

In the Jaunsar-Bawar location of Uttarakhand, while the month of भाद्रपद (Bhadrapad) arrives, some...

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Bhitauli (भितौली): When Sisters Wait & Brothers Gift

Bhitauli (भितौली): When Sisters Wait & Brothers Gift

IntroductionIn the hill districts of उत्तराखंड from Kumaon to Garhwal there’s a competition that do...

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Anduri Utsav (अंडूरी उत्सव): The Butter Festival of the Hills

Anduri Utsav (अंडूरी उत्सव): The Butter Festival of the Hills

In the high meadows of Uttarkashi, where the wind whistles through very well-forested areas and the...

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