उत्तरकाशी

shiv ki nagari

uttarakhand ke suramy v manoram sthal uttarakashi ko devadhidev bhagavan shankar ka nivas mana jata hai aur yah kaha jata hai ki unhoanne is sthan par gopi ka roop dharan karake tap kiya tha. jis jagah unhoanne tapasya ki, vah sthan aj bhi 'gopeshvar mahadev' ke nam se prasiddh hai. uttarakashi rrishikesh se 155 kilomitar ki doori par sthit hai. yah shahar bhagirathi nadi ke tat par basa hua hai. uttarakashi dharmik drishh‍it se bhi mahath‍vapoorn shahar hai. yahaan bhagavan vishh‍vanath ka prasiddh mandir hai. yah shahar prakritik sauandary se bharapoor hai. yahaan ek taraph jahaan paha doan ke bich bahati nadiyaan dikhati haian vahian doosari taraph paha doan par ghane jangal bhi dikhate haian. yahaan ap paha doan par chadhaee ka lupht bhi utha sakate haian. uttarakashi ko prachin samay mean vishvanath ki nagari kaha jata tha. kalaantar mean ise uttarakashi kaha jane laga. kedarakhand aur puranoan mean uttarakashi ke lie 'badahat' shabd ka prayog kiya gaya hai. kedarakhand mean hi badahat mean vishvanath mandir ka ullekh milata hai. puranoan mean ise 'saumy kashi' bhi kaha gaya hai. himalay ki suramy ghati mean uttarakashi samudr tal se ek hajar chhah sau ikkis phut ki ooanchaee par gangotri marg par ganga-bhagirathi ke daean tat par sthit hai tatha poorv aur dakshin ki or nadi se ghira hai. isake uttar mean assi ganga aur pashchim mean varana nadi hai. varana aur assi ke madhy ka kshetr 'varanasi' ke nam se prasiddh hai. ise 'panchakashi' bhi kaha jata hai. yah varunavart parvat ki ghati mean sthit hai tatha isake poorv mean kedaraghat aur dakshin mean manikarnika ghat haian.

khanapan

uttarakashi ke adhikaansh resh‍toreantoan mean shakahari khana milata hai. yahaan ka pramukh bhojan jhangura, mandua tatha bhatt hai. isake sath-sath rayata tatha roti bhi yahaan ke log khate haian. kuchh hotaloan mean vishesh anurodh par gadhavali bhojan banaya jata hai.

yatayat aur parivahan

havaee marg yahaan sabase najadiki havaee adda deharadoon mean jauli graant hai. yahaan dilh‍li se eyar dakh‍kan ki pratidin do u dane jati hai.  rel marg deharadoon yahaan ka sabase najadiki rel sh‍teshan hai. dilh‍li, muanbee tatha jayapur se yahaan ke lie sidhi rel seva hai.  s dak marg uttarakashi s dak marg dvara desh ke pramukh shaharoan se ju da hooa hai. dilh‍li ke kashh‍miri get se uttarakashi ke lie bas khulati haian. isake alava deharadoon se bhi uttarakashi ke lie sidhi bas seva hai. rrishikesh se bhi yahaan ke lie basean khulati hai.