More about DEHRA DUN

Dehra Dun for all its intial years was sulking in the shadows of an over populated over sized state gripped by greedy politics. The downsizing of Uttar Pradesh which led to the birth ofa new state Uttaranchal and Dun being crowned as the Capital pushed the town into limelight which uptill now was also victim of ignorance to its more beautiful and loved step cousin Mussorie which still enjoys preferrence as a beautiful hill stations among a majrity of Indians.
Valley in perfect sense surrounded by mountain stretchs on two sides boast of a moderate climate throughout the year unlike the extremists cities of the north which invite hyberbolic rise and fall of the mercury. One hot day is thwarted by rain the very next day due to its geographical adavantage.
One of the few places that can attire itself easily as a hill station or as a modern town with all the infrasttucture to gel with. It cradles to a lot of sightseeing which inlcudes Sulphur Spring a waterfall with high content of suplhur, Rajaji National Park being home to several families of animals with elephant being the most prominent. Then are are architectural beauties like Forest Research Insttitue (FRI) Museum and ofcourse Indian Military Academy (IMA).
Inspite of this it will not come across as a remote raw town untouched with industralization as it boost major head offices of ONGC and Survey Of India neither does it fails to cater to its young generation with Mcdonalds, Pizzahuts, Dominos etc...
My hometown performing a kind ofnative dance on the new world tunes thus existing in complete harmony with its past, present and till we allow its future.....
Best time : OCT - NOV
Famous for Basmati Rice Cultivation and Lichis.
Connectng by dedicated trains and buses to all major cities, 6 hrs from Delhi

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The place is situated amidst beautiful surroundings and legend has it that Guru Dronacharaya underwent his penance here.
The Malsi Deer Park is a newly developed tourist spot at the foothills of the Shivalik range. The place is situated about 10 km from Dehradun on the road leading to Mussorie. A mini-zoo with a children's park and lovely natural surroundings make it an ideal sightseeing cum picnic spot.
Kalsi is a historical place with an Ashokan Pillar, which has inscriptions in Devanagari. An Ashokan rock edict built in AD 450 is also situated here.

There are a number of important institutions located in Dehradun that provide different academic and research facilities. Some of them are the Anthropological Survey of India, Botanical Survey of India, Survey of India, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Rashtriya Indian Military College, Zoological Survey of India, Wildlife Institute of India, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, and Indian Military .

Robbers Cave

Dehradun valley

Map showing the Tourist attractions of DEHRA DUN

This scenic city nestled in the Doon valley is the capital of Uttarakhand , the northern state of India previously known as Uttaranchal. Dehradun is one of the famous tourist destinations in Uttaranchal and attracts a large number of tourists every year.

Dehradun is flanked by the Himalayas in the North, the Shivalik range in the south, the Yamuna river to its west and the Ganges to its east. The city is located in the North western side of the state and adjoins the districts of Uttarkashi, Pauri Garhwal, Hardwar, Nahan (Himachal Pradesh) and Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh).

Dehra is a variation of the word dera which means camp, or a temporary abode. A group of Sikhs led by Ram Rai on being ordered by the Mughul emperor Aurangzeb to retire to the forests had pitched temporary tents in this area. Dun is the name of the valley and the word means low land at the foot of a mountain.