‘The Abode of Gods’ Uttarakhand has been tempting the wanderers, mystics and globe-trotters from years because of its unparallel beauty that outshines at par. But have you ever imagined how much beautiful our heavenly state would have been in the black and white era? If not then check out these dusty pictures of Uttarakhand which will surely take your breath away by its virgin beauty.
A Painting of a Rope bridge across Alaknanda River, Srinagar, in the times of Garhwal Kingdom, 1784-94. Photo Src: British Library
Photo by Jeetendra Karki
Mussoorie, distant view, 1865. Photo Src: British Library
Photo by Bhaji Mahar
Nainital in 1885. Photo Src: Wikimedia Commons.
Photo by Bhupendra Mehra
Kedarnath Temple in 1882. Photo Src: portal.gsi.gov.in
Photo by Priyank Dobhal
Badrinath in 1906. Photo Src: amardevsingh
Photo by Prakrti Negi
Har ki Pauri Haridwar in 1930’s. Photo Src: Wikipedia.org
Photo by Pradyut
Somewhere around Almora in the 1880’s. Photo src: eBay
Almora has grown rapidly in terms of population in the past few years [Source]
Women going through a Hill Path. Src: eBay
Entrance to Ranikhet Bazaar. Photo src: eBay
Main Market – Ranikhet.
Photo src: Timescontent
Photo Src: myyatradiary
Guru Nanak’s Temple (Jhanda Saheb) – Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Photo Src: National Gallery of Canada
Photo Src: indiatravelblog
Pic Source: British Library
Due to climate change, the glacier is melting at fast pace. Photo Src: world-2r.blogspot.in
Research by: Manoj Bhandari
I too loves nature
Best of all things in world….
Some best places i visited is rishikesh…haridwar…haldwani area….here in uknd….
Excellent collection.
These are some really interesting photographs you have put together of Uttarakhand.
The comparison is not at all shown here. This is not acceptable. By the way the Uttarakhand has lost its natural beauty in all the hillstation.
Fantastic …
Only wished the new pics should have tried to angle their shot from approx the same direction to get a sense of ” now and then”
Thanks for such rare and authentic pictures. Appreciate the hard work and passion.
P.S.- We don’t have the authority to publish copyright images. Those which were available we had already posted that but the one’s which weren’t available, we have posted the picture of its nearby location so that one can easily figure out how the place/destination looks today.
You could have at least added the pictures of the same hill/landscape to show the comparison.
True :)
simply beautiful and mesmerizing….