Swale 😋 The wheat flour dough is stuffed with a spiced lentil paste such as Gauth / horse gram, Urad dal, Lobiya / black-eyed peas, or local pulses like Rayansh / Kulath ground with ginger, garlic, green chilies, and local pahadi spices. Made in my village by my aunt (Chachiji).
स्वाले असल में उत्तराखंड (गढ़वाल और कुमाऊं) के पहाड़ों में बनाई जाने वाली एक पारंपरिक भरवां पूरी (Stuffed Poori) है। यह पूरी आम पूरियों से आकार में थोड़ी बड़ी होती है। त्योहारों (जैसे बग्वाल/दीपावली, होली) और शुभ अवसरों पर पहाड़ी घरों में इसे विशेष रूप से "स्वाली-पकोड़ी" के संयोजन के साथ बनाया और खाया जाता है।
Dev Pattal(Wooden masks of Devta)during Bikhoti Mela in Painkhanda,(Joshimath).
1-Nardha (Buddyo)
2-Ganna
3-Ishwari
4-Bedi-Beda
5-kodiya
6-Latu devta
In the region of uttarakhand we celebrate navratri in a different way in kumaon particularly within almora, bageshwar, champawat, pithoragarh regions and in garhwal in particularly pauri garhwal, kotdwar and some parts of tehri garhwal and rudraprayag regions along with some parts of chamoli too. Jagar is done for 9 days of Navratri which are known by different names in kumaon it's known as Naurt (नौर्थ) and in Garhwal as Nau Raato Ku Mandaan or simply Mandaan (नौ रातों कु मण्डाण/मण्डाण).
It's believed during the 9 days Goddess Durga is in earth and along with her divine energies are also in earth so during these 9 holy days in every evenings a jagar is performed alongside holy dhuni where Devi and her Veers (attendants) are invited and worshipped through music.
Vid source- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeATNAjzlVf/
Anyone who lives in Haldwani and Dehradun (for Mussoorie) knows the situation of roads since morning of 02/10. Even today Kainchi Dham route is in near catatonic state.
Spending 12-18hrs on road, sleeping on footpath due to no advance booking, paying 4x premium for garbage tier room and then returning home again on 12-18hr journey. I doubt anyone there will have energy on Monday for corporate majdoori. Your long weekend vacation has actually only one day where you get to sightsee local market but again it is packed with very bhed chaal crowd you were trying to avoid in metro. Many more will miss their Sunday train. You will see similar clips from Himachal area.
What can we say but aa gaya swaad pahado ka?
News by : Bhupi Panwar at X
I am a native of the beautiful village of Gwari, Paudhi Garhwal, and it breaks my heart to see the miserable condition of our state under this government.
While many natives (like me) who deeply care about the wellbeing of our bhoomi have migrated to cities in search of better job opportunities, bringing their own fair share of criticism, the current government has only made things worse.
The “explosive growth in spiritual tourism” that your government has achieved in its tenure brings more problems than solutions.
Overcrowding, garbage, and inflation in prices all are a result of your poor management. Unregulated Tourism IS the most important reason why Uttarakhand is losing its charm. In my opinion, Uttarakhand was never meant to be the hotspot for alcoholics or the unemployed, if you really consider it to be Devbhoomi then STOP monetising every aspect of our land.
I appreciate the efforts that this government has put into making the remote areas more reachable (if that was the goal), but unregulated access to areas that mean NOTHING yes NOTHING to the majority of the population visiting for a long weekend trip is only making things worse. The government needs to give us an honest number of trees that you're going to cut and the forests that you're going to ruin to build Chardham highways for a lot of brain dead people (not all) to come, make reels, smoke weed, and litter along the way.
For whom is this “development” anyway? For the tourists who’ll visit once, take selfies, eat momos and leave?
As a second generation of migrant, I deeply care for the preservation of our culture, our identity and the land of our devtas and ancestors and therefore I refuse to just sit and not do anything about it. We need to make sure that our voices are being heard.
Devbhoomi Ki Jai