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कैसे पड़ा उत्तराखंड के विभिन्न जगहों का नाम  Drona sagar, KASHIPUR, UTTARAKHAND
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Drona Sagar is believed to be associated with Guru Dronacharya, the legendary warrior and teacher in the Mahabharata. This place was once very auspicious and revered as the last pilgrimage spot after the Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams. The ‘Skand Puran’ states that the water of this place is as holy as that of the sacred river Ganga.

At present a huge pond with lotus flowers is situated here. The pond is surrounded by temples of various deities. Earlier, there were 32 temples around the periphery of this pond. The chimes of bells from nearby temples and chanting of sacred hymns create a divine atmosphere around the Drona Sagar in the mornings and evenings.

Swami Dayanand, the founder of Arya Samaj, visited this placed in the 19th century during one of the various journeys he undertook to propagate the message of God. He stayed in Kashipur near the holy Drona sagar for some time.

 कैसे पड़ा उत्तराखंड के विभिन्न जगहों का नाम  : Dharchula, Pithorgarh Distrct.
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Dharchula is considered the gateway for the holy Kailash-Mansarovar yatra and the area has always been thought of as blessed by the gods. Many ancient sages and saints chose this as their tapasthali (place of meditation), the most well-known of whom was Byas Muni. In fact, the town derives its name from a legend about the Muni. Dharchula is composed of two words: dhar or edge/mountain and chula or chulah or stove. It is said that when Byas Muni cooked his meals, he used the area between the three mountain ranges surrounding Dharchula to light his stove, so the name.
It is also said that the Pandavs, during their 12-year exile, visited this area.

Another popular myth here is associated with the Kangdali festival, celebrated by the Shauka or Rang Bhotia people, whose largest settlement is based in Dharchula. The myth tells of a boy who died upon applying the paste of the root from a shrub known as Kang-Dali on his boil. Enraged, his widowed mother cursed the shrub and ordered the Shauka women to pull up the root of the Kang-Dali plant out of the ground when it reached full bloom, which happens once in 12 years.

कैसे पड़ा उत्तराखंड के विभिन्न जगहों का नाम  : HALWANI
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Kumaoni ( the local dialect ), Haldwani is known as 'Halduvani', named after the 'Haldu' tree which grew abundantly in Haldwani before the town was largely deforested to accommodate settlement and to clear land for agriculture. Mr. George William Trail, who was the Commissioner of Kumaon in 1934, changed the name to 'Haldwani'. The satellite town of Kathgodam adjoins Haldwani and is functionally a part of the city. Kathgodam was in fact developed earlier by the British as a cantonment and it was connected to the hill station of Nainital in 1882 by the then commissioner of Kumaon, Mr. Henry Ramsay. Mr. Ramsay who was also responsible for building the Corbett Canal in Kaladhungi and other infrastructure in Kumaon was highly regarded by the local populace. Haldwani's development as a town can be attributed to the British and particularly Mr. Ramsay. The canal systems built by him contributed greatly to the advancement of agriculture in the town.

In 1883-84, the railway track between Bareilly and Kathgodam was laid and the first train arrived at Haldwani from Lucknow in 1884. Later, the railway line was extended to Kathgodam. When the British realized the large commercial value of the vast watershed and the permanent water bodies (lakes) of this region, they set up the Bhabhar - Terai irrigation system. Subsequently the lakes of Nainital, Bhimtal and Sat-tal were dammed and their water connected to the Gola River by canals. This opened up vast tracts of Bhabhar form Ranibagh to south and east of Haldwani for perennial irrigation and thus many human settlements came into being.

Haldwani is a mix of the past with the present- colonial architecture mixes with new construction, industrialization is apparent yet agriculture remains an equally important vocation for the people, the local populace is deeply traditional yet adept with changing technologies. The Arya Samaj Bhavan built in 1901 stands as a testament to the quality of construction at the turn of the century. The Tehsil office was opened by the British in 1899 but the town got the status as a town area only by 1907. The Haldwani-Kathgodam Municipal Council was established in 1942 and it it is today the second largest Municipal Council in the state of Uttarakhand after Haridwar.

 कैसे पड़ा उत्तराखंड के विभिन्न जगहों का नाम : कालिया सौड , दूरी : श्रीनगर (Garwal) से 10 किलोमीटर
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यहां के पुजारी पाण्डेय के अनुसार, द्वापर युग से ही काली की प्रतिमा यहां स्थित है। ऊपर के काली मठ एवं कालिस्य मठों में देवी काली की प्रतिमा क्रोध की मुद्रा में है पर धारी देवी मंदिर में वह कल्याणी परोपकारी शांत मुद्रा में है। उन्हें भगवान शिव द्वारा शांत किया गया जिन्होंने देवी-देवताओं से उनके हथियार का इस्तेमाल करने को कहा। यहां उनके धड़ की पूजा होती है जबकि उनके शरीर की पूजा काली मठ में होती है। पुजारी का मानना है कि धारी देवी, धड़ शब्द से ही निकला है।

पुजारी मंदिर के बारे में अन्य कथा का पुरजोर खंडन करता है। कहा जाता है कि एक भारी वर्षा की काली रात में जब नदी में बाढ़ का उफान था, धारो गांव के लोगों ने एक स्त्री का रूदन सुना। उस जगह जाने पर उन्हें काली की एक मूर्त्ति मिली जो बाढ़ के पानी में तैर रही थी। एक दैवी आवाज ने ग्रामीणों को इस मूर्त्ति को वही स्थापित करने का आदेश दिया, जहां वह मिली थी। ग्रामीणों ने यह भी किया और देवी को धारी देवी नाम दिया गया।

पुजारी मानता है कि भगवती काली जो हजारों को शक्ति प्रदान करती है, वह लोगों से अपने बचाव के लिये सहायता नहीं मांग सकती थी। पर वह मानता है कि वर्ष 1980 की बाढ़ में प्राचीन मूर्ति खो गयी तथा पांच-छ: वर्षों बाद तैराकों द्वारा नदी से मूर्ति को खोज निकाला गया। इस अल्पावधि में एक अन्य प्रतिमा स्थापित हुई, तथा अब मूल प्रतिमा को पुनर्स्थापित किया गया है। आज देवी की प्राचीन प्रतिमा के चारों ओर एक छोटा मंदिर चट्टान पर स्थित है। प्राचीन देवी की मूर्त्ति के इर्द-गिर्द चट्टान पर एक छोटा मंदिर स्थित है। देवी की आराधना भक्तों द्वारा अर्पित 50,000 घंटियों से की जाती है। अलकनंदा के किनारे कई गुफाएं पास ही हैं।

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