Friday, March 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Beautiful Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh a city in Uttrakhand State. It could be difficult to describe its vast beauty in words. I'll still try to bring you a smart destination to visit. Although I belong to this place I have hunger to hunt more about it. A calm and quiet place where you surrounds with beautiful nature. But your eyes will not satisfied to see its beauty. Feeling relaxed and tension free from all your obstacles. People who gets bored and troubled in their busy life in metropolitan cities can come here and enjoy the adventure hidden in this place.
Everyone advised to come here because this place a must visit place. You can easily get accommodation in cheap price.
The widely spoken language is Kumauni with its numerous variations. Kumaoni is a dialect written in Devanagari script. Bhotiya tribe speak Tibetan mix dialect called 'Beyansi' or 'Bhotia' or 'Hunia', which is a language of the Tibeto-Burman family. The Van Rawat tribe speaks their own unique Kumaoni variant.
Pithoragarh town, being in the valley, is relatively warm during summer and cool during winters. During the coldest months of December - January, the tropical and temperate mountain ridges and high locations receive snowfall and has an average monthly temperature ranging between 5.5 °C and 8 °C. Pithoragarh district have extreme variation in temperature due to much altitude gradient. The temperature starts rising from mid March until mid June. The areas situated above 3,500 m remain in a permanent snow cover. Regions lying between 3,000 to 3,500 m become snow bound for four to six months. There are extreme points present at the different places like the river gorges at Dharchula, Jhulaghat, Ghat and Sera, where sometimes temperatures rise up to 40 °C. The annual average rainfall is 36.7 cm. After June the district receives Monsoon showers. Winter set for transhumance - seasonal migration among the Bhotiya tribe with their herds of livestocks to lower warmer areas.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)