Sunday, December 21, 2014

Some snowfall pictures of Kandey,Chaukori,Berinag and udiyari

These are some snowfall pictures around Berinag. This is very beautiful hill area.In the winters every year here you can see snowfall.Chaukori is a hill tourist place 1 kilometers far from Berinag.From Chaukori very beautiful view of Himalaya can be seen.It looks like we can touch himalaya from hand 


















Sunday, November 9, 2014

Saturday, September 13, 2014

kumaoni chakki


Above are the pictures of kumaoni chakki.about 15 years before people used to use them for grinding pals(daal) and wheet. 

Kumaoni Rasoi

This is a picture of kumaoni rasoi. In Kumau people use the top floor of house as rasoi(PAAN)

Bade (Famous kumaoni Dish)

This is famous kumaoni dish(bade). This is cooked and distributed in every occasion of celebration.This picture is taken from a marriage rasoi.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Kumaoni Holi / Kumaoni Khadi Holi / Kumaoni khadi holi of kandey village Berinag, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

This is very famous Kumaoni Khadi holi style of village kandey(Kandey Kiroli) , berinag , distt - Pithoragarh ,Uttaranchal.Now a days the strength of people in holi is getting decreased day by day. But in past years there were days when all people who works in metro cities used to go village and celebrate Holi together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd5QFiJD_tg

Loote(collection of waste of rice plants after removing rice from them)

This is a picture taken from kandey village ,Berinag, District Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand. People there collect the the waste from the rice plants after removing rice from them and make a loota(as shown in picture) of it.And for the whole year this is used as a fodder for the amimals.



Friday, August 29, 2014

Aipan(Old traditional art for decorating floor)

This is called Aipan. This is the traditional art of decorating floor.This pic is taken of the stairs of the building.

Oldest Building of Village Kandey, Berinag, District - Pithoragarh Uttakhand

This is about 150 year old building of village kandey.this building has 50 rooms.kandey village is situated in kumaon region of uttarakhand