Haridwar: Place of Peace

Evening Aarti through mobile Camera

Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttrakhand, India. The River Ganges, after flowing for 253 kilometres from its source at Gaumukh at the edge of the Gangotri Glacier, enters the Indo-Gangetic Plains of North India for the first time at Haridwar, which gave the city its ancient name, Gangadwara.

Haridwar is regarded as one the seven holiest places to Hindus. According to the Samudra manthan, Haridwar along with Ujjain, Nasik and Allahabad is one of the four sites where of Amrit, the elixir of immortality, accidentally spilled over from the pitcher while being carried by the celestial bird Garuda. This is manifested in Kumbha Mela being celebrated every 3 years in one of the 4 places, and thus every 12 years in Haridwar. Amidst the Kumbha Mela, millions of pilgrims, devotees, tourists congregate in Haridwar to perform ritualistic bathing on the banks of river Ganges to wash away their sins to attain Moksha. Brahma Kund, the spot where the Amrit fell, is located at Har Ki Pauri and is considered to be the most sacred ghat of Haridwar.

Haridwar is the headquarters and the largest city of the district. Today, the city is developing beyond its religious importance, with the fast developing industrial estate of State Industrial Development Corporation of  Uttrakhand, and close by township of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited in Ranipur, Uttrakhand as well as its affiliated ancillaries.

View of Haridwar from Mansa Devi Temple

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Live Astitva Band

 Few words about Astitva.
Astitva, is a multi-genre Hindi band. Astitva is the Sanskrit word for identity, and true to this name, our 2007-born band has always worked towards carving a niche for itself by pioneering the dawn of a dynamic musical experience. For us, music is not just about striking the right musical notes and chords but also about touching the right emotional chord.And we have been aiming to do just that by belting out songs with a magical blend of rocks,jazz, and Hindustani Classical to enhance our soulful lyrics, written in Hindi and Urdu.

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Blue Moon

The Blue moon

Speciality-
Its unusual to witness two PURNIMA in a single month...and thats why its named blue moon...its not like that the moon will have blue essence .as per records this cosmic phenomenom happend only 41 times every century and maintaining a average fequency of 2.5 year.We have witnessed Purnima on 2nd August'12 and now on 31st august'12.

                                                   

                                                 In the year of 2009 it was the last Blue...

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F.R.I.(Forest Research Institute)

Established as Imperial Forest Research Institute in 1906, Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun, is a premier institution under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE). Styled in Greeko Roman Architecture by C.G. Blomfield, the main building is a National Heritage which was inaugurated in 1929The Institute's history is vertually synonymous with the evolution and development of scientific forestry, not only in India, but over the entire Indian sub-continent. Set in a lush green estate spread over 450 hectares, with the outer Himalaya forming its back drop, the Institute's main building is an impressive edifice, marrying Greco-Roman and Colonial styles of architecture, with a plinth area of 2.5 equipped laboratories,library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press and experimental field areas for conducting forestry research, quite in keeping with the best of its kind anywhere in the world. Its museums, in addition to being a valuable source of scientific information, are a major attraction for tourists.

Objectives

The Institute caters, in particular, to the research needs of the Indo-Gangetic plains of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Western Uttar Pradesh, as Well as the U.P. Himalayas. Forestry research at the FRI is organized under fourteen divisions.

Milestones

1864 Systematic Forest Management [Sir D. Brandis --> the first IGF] .

1878 Forest School at Dehra Dun .

1906 Imperial FRI with Six Research Disciplines .

• Silviculture
• Working Plans
• Forest Geology
• Botany
• Economics
• Chemistry

 FRI STRENGTHS 

 Strong Scientific Base 

 Largest Forestry Research Manpower in South Asia

 Store House Of Knowledge

 Blending Basic Forestry Knowledge with Forntline Research

 Stress on Multi-Disciplinary and Collaborative Research

 Deemed University Status 

THRUST AREAS 

 Conservation of biodiversity 

 Production, certification and supply of quality seedsof fuel, fodder and timber species. 

 Social forestry/ Agroforestry. 

 Conservation and eco-restoration of ecologically fragile and disturbed areas. 

 Utilisation of non-conventional woods and weeds for manufacture of forest products. 

 Development of technology for reclamation of wastelands. 

 Planting stock improvement programme of different species. 

 Geological, geomorphological and micro-morphological studies on skeltetal and sodic soils. 

 Reclamation and ecological monitoring of mined areas. 

 Development of technology for eco-friendly preservatives. 

Jurisdiction States of FRI 

 Uttar Pradesh 

 Uttaranchal 

 Haryana 

 Punjab 

 Delhi 

 Chandigarh

It was an amazing experience of my photo walk there, enjoyed alot clicking birds and different style of trees. Covering almost more than 2 or 3 km of walk it was a tiring day for me. Got to see few different kind of birds there.

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