Almora Hill Station in Uttarakhand, India

Almora Hill Station is in the state of Uttaranchal. This is one of the favourite hill stations in the area. Almora is surrounded by hill ranges on all four sides and all those ranges have temples at their top of goddesses Banari Devi, Kasar Devi, Sayahi Devi and the temple of Sun god. Almora is also called as the cultural capital of Kumaon.

The Climate at Almora is said to be moderate when compared to other resorts, since it has warm mornings, pleasant evenings and cold nights. The best time for tourists would be April - June and Spetember - November and the snowfall time will be end of December.

Unlike many other resorts of India this one was found by Raja Balo Kalyan Chand of Katyuri dynasty and was made his capital when he shifted from Champawat in 1568 .


Temples of Almora

Almora is one hill station from where you can watch the elegance of the snow capped central himalayas. There are many tourist spots in and around Almora like the 1000 year old ancient temple of Nandadevi.

Chitai temple 8 km away from Almora is dedicated to their local God Golu. This temple is visited by thousands of Kumaonis living in Kumaon or outside to write letters to fulfil their desires and hang a bell for their God.

The 800-year old Sun Temple at Katarmal just 7 km from Almorais known for its architecture and intricate carvings. It is one of the biggest sun temple in the whole of Uttaranchal.

Amidst a dense Deodar forest a group of 125 temples exists, dating back to 7th -11th century AD. The majority of these temples ios of Lord Shiva and the others of various godesses. One among them Jageshwar temple which is 34 kms away from Almora is a Shiva temple and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva.

Govind Vallabh Pant Museum is near the main bus stand and in that museum lots of idols and statues found during the archaelogical excavations of Kumaon. Vivekananda Memorial and the Library is also there nearby Almora town, where Swami Vivekananda is supposed to have stopped on his way to the Himalayas.