Ganga entering the plains from the hills, as seen from Narendranagar!
Pre-monsoon storm in teak trees as seen from Ananda in the sub-Himalayan low hills Narendranagar town, Uttarakhand, India, and the hills towards Rishikesh in the plains below, where the Ganga / Ganges river, enters the plains of north India. Narendranagar is also the town where the Ananda spa is located.
'Ananda in the Himalayas' has been declared runners up in the 'Best Destination Spa' category at the annual Conde Naste awards held in London on the 1st Sept 2010.With this, Ananda becomes the only Destination Spa in the world to be in the top 3 positions for six years in a row. Conde Nast Traveller is a monthly travel and lifestyle magazine and is the leading authority on the subject within the industry.
Uttarakhand is the 27th state of the Republic of India located in Northern part of India and separated out of the state of Uttar Pradesh, in November 2000. It was formerly known as Uttaranchal until January 01, 2007. Uttarakhand is marked by its spiritual and favorable places of pilgrimage, its natural beauty, steep hilly mountains, and wealth of the Himalayas, the Bhabhar and the Terai. It also shares an international border with Nepal and China.
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