Spending memorable time of holidays at the special place is always
the first choice for people. Tehri is the small city serving with countless
natural beautiful scenes to their visitors. People are reaching this Indian
tourist place throughout the year. Tehri Garhwal is the district of
Uttarakhand, India.
The two famous rivers Bhagirathi and Bhilangna start from Tehri
town. Tehri dam is developed on the meeting point of this two rivers, which is
turned as famous picnic spot for a tourist. The story behind dam construction
is longer and the local people regularly fight against the administration for
creation of the dam. In 18th century, the crafts of British East India Company
came to Tehri, and the government started the project of Tehri Dam. Company
started evacuating the town for making space for dam creation. Almost half
population of Tehri shifted to different places because of evacuation. One of
the world-famous movements known as Chipko was started in Tehri for protecting
the place from dam damages. This movement was conducted by socialist Sundarlal
Bahuguna in 18th century. Sundarlal was not in favour of cutting the forest and
trees for dam development.
British company announced the Tehri as capital of handsome state
Garhwal, which is spread in 4,180 square mile's area. The rivers of Tehri
contain sources of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers as well, so Bhagirathi and
Bhilangna are having the religious values for Indian people. Tehri is also
world-known because it contains Asia’s largest man-made lake for dam. The
deepness of lake is 260 meters, and it can produce 2400 MW electricity. Today
Tehri is preferred place for tourism, and many big tourist firms are offering
various packages to their customers for Tehri district.
Some tourist spots of Tehri are Kanatal (height from sea is 2590
meters, and it is just 9 K.M distant from the town), Chandravadni (height from
sea is 2756 meters and nearby town is Devparyag, which is just 65 km away),
Koonjapuri (height from sea is 1645 meters and nearby town is Narendra Nagar,
which is just 200 meters away from New Tehri), Panwali Kantha (height from sea
is 3963 meters and nearby town is Ghuttu, which is just 15 kms away), Khatling
Glacier (height from sea is 3717 meters and nearby town is Ghuttu), Sehstra
Taal (height from sea is 4572 meters and nearby town is Ghuttu, which is just
32 kms away from Tehri). Khait Parvat is another spot with 3030 meters high
from sea level and its nearest town is Ghansali, Ghonti. Other picnic spots of
Tehri are Surkanda Devi and Maithiyana Devi.
By Air: nearest air station for Tehri is Jolly Grant Airport, which
is situated at good distance of 91 kms. Tourist will get the taxis easily from
the airport to reach their destination. However, booking of a hotel should be
done in advance so that accommodation will not be the trouble for a tourist.
The proper flights of domestic airlines are available frequently so reaching
Tehri is not difficult.
By Rail: The closest rail stand is Rishikesh, which is another
religious tourist place of India. The big rail network of India allows a
tourist to reach Rishikesh with no worries.
By Road: roads of Uttarakhand are properly maintained but due to
hill areas, some parts of roads are dangerous so reaching Tehri could be
exciting with countless natural valleys and hills. Many tourist companies are
offering luxury and normal bus service for Tehri, which is another easy part to
reach the destination.
Few Interesting Pictures of Tehri Garwal
