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Ranikhet – during
monsoon in August, 2025
(A photo blog)
There
are a plethora of blogs on my link describing the various facets of the quaint
little hill station of Ranikhet, as I keep visiting the destination to oversee
the maintenance work related to my pad in a village called Timila that is
situated in Tarikhet Block of Ranikhet Tehsil.
Therefore, I am not describing any details regarding the journey from
Delhi to Timila village, but briefly to state, we took the early morning
Shatabdi upto Kathgodam and after reaching their around Noon, we proceeded
further in hired Taxi. Being peak
monsoon season, we had a blast eating local fire grilled maize and I found to
my dismay that many of the sellers were pushing maize from plains as one from
the hills, the latter is costlier and have a distinct sweet & soft texture.
However, this time around, having
visited after quite a long time, I had not anticipated that the Kainchi Dham
would be packed, however the entire stretch was and as we were already late for
lunch, but we kept our tryst with the ‘Highway Inn’ run by KMVN at Khairna for
our lunch.
My
wife had not travelled to any of the hill stations during monsoon, so it was
first time for her and the scenic beauty of the hills totally mesmerized her
and describing it in words would be futile, so I chose to post a photo blog
this time around. Here goes the
photographs with brief descriptions –
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Miaze being grilled on local wood
Wild Begonia flowers blooming around the hillside during monsoon
After days of dark cloud cover - the Himalayan ranges gave us a rare glimpse
Panoramic view of Baba Haira Khan temple in Chilyanaula, Ranikhet during monsoon season
Panoramic view of Ranikhet township during monsoon from road leading to Majhkhali
The cloud covered with a green top golf ground of Ranikhet
View of the valley below from Naini Village enroute of Majhkhali from Ranikhet
Umbrella Liverwort growing during monsoon season in Ranikhet region
Chetnuts growing on tree in Chaubatia Garden in Ranikhet
Panoramic view from Chaubatia Garden in Ranikhet
As the clouds envelope the Pine trees of forest in Ranikhet region
Panoramic view of Timila village in Ranikhet Tehsil
As the cloud cover moves in - view from Timila village during monsoon
As the tufts of clouds drift along the valley - view from Timila village in Ranikhet Tehsil
A wide angle view from my Timila village home in Ranikhet Tehsil during monsoons
Just after a bout of rains - view from village Timila in Ranikhet Tehsil of Uttarakhand
Rose of Sharon (locally called Kaner or Gular in Hindi) - after rains - shot in village Timila in Ranikhet Tehsil of Uttarakhand
Here is a link to a video of my visit
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© S Roy Biswas
