The Story Behind

Uttarakhand is known as Devbhoomi, meaning the Land of Gods. The Himalaya range in Uttarakhand are said to be the home of the gods. This land is very sacred for the Hindus as well as the Sikhs. Uttarakhand has always been associated with spirituality, temples, pilgrimage, holy shrines and mountain tourism. Uttarakhand is one of the state in India which has some of the most important pilgrimage shrines. Temples are scattered all across the state and the holy river of Ganges sanctifies their presence. It is suggested by the historians that the land and culture of Uttarakhand was once under the influence of Buddhism, until Adi Shankaracharya revived Hinduism here in 8th century AD. The idol of Badrinath is said to be derived from the Narad Kund by Adi Shankaracharya.

The whole land of Uttarakhand is always alive and vibrates with the music of chiming bells, bathing people at various Ghats, chanting of Hymns, song of local folks during festivals and fairs. Most of the temples in Uttarakhand are associated with some Puranic or Mahabharata story. There is no specific pattern to the construction of these temples and most of them are devoted to Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Goddess Kali and Nanda Devi along with the temples of local gods and goddesses.

Mrs. Bina Devi knowing the history and culture of Uttrakhand, established Prakiriti Paryavaran sasathan in year 2002. The organistan is situated in Shrinagar Garhwal. The founder of the organization is inspired by Swami Sadanand and is working to save heritage, old temples situated in Himalayas and to clean the river Ganga, to help in maintaining the naturalness and holiness of it. This became the vision and mission of the organization.