
Wanderings Through the Garhwal Himalaya
- With more than 50 years of research as his base, avid traveler and photographer Ganesh Saili offers a delightful collection of introspective essays as a response to the elusive call of the mountains
- The book provides valuable insights into the historical and cultural nuances of the Garhwal Himalaya and its people
- The author takes the reader on an idyllic walk through the mountains, unraveling, in its course, the many hues of mountain life
This book is a delightful collection of introspective essays on the Garhwal Himalaya and life around it. The author draws from his memories of being brought up in the mountains, pictures that linger like a waft of sweet perfume on a breezy afternoon. With affection, Ganesh Saili writes of his many journeys through these valleys wrapped in the mist, travelogues that evoke details of natural history interwoven into the delicate social fabric of mountain life. The book is a living tribute to the large-hearted sons of the soil, who, down the ages, have yoked the hills together, through thick and thin, good times and bad times, have laughed at the thunder and mocked the skies, have left for the plains only to return, again and again, to the call of the mountains. The Garhwal Himalaya have always been much more than lumps of rock and ice – an enigma, a constant companion for travelers and explorers. Wanderings Through the Garhwal Himalaya is gripping study of this incredible part of the Himalaya which will make you want to be out there in the mountains amid sleet, snow, rain and wind. Contents: Introduction; Himalayan Magic; Glorious Garhwal; Trekking the Garhwals; Not So Quiet Flows the Yamuna; Travels With the Four-Horned Ram; The Man Who Would be King; The Magic of Duirital; Chandrashila; Baadis: The Flower Children of Garhwal; Travels in the Bhyundar Valley; Haridwar: Along the Ganga; Himalayan Blossoms; Other Denizens of Garhwal; Great Spirits of the Himalaya; Dharali: A Place for All Reasons; A Return to Uttarkashi; Where Rivers Run Deep; Mana’s Mystic Magic; Looking Down at the Doon; Wanderings Around a Hill Station; A Tour in the Hills; Along the Road to Tehri.
• A delightful collection of introspective essays and a gripping study of this incredible part of the Garhwal Himalaya and life around it• Avid traveler and photographer Ganesh Saili takes the reader on an idyllic walk through the mountainsThis book is a delightful collection of introspective essays on the Garhwal Himalaya and life around it. The author draws from his memories of being brought up in the mountains, pictures that linger like a waft of sweet perfume on a breezy afternoon. With affection, Ganesh Saili writes of his many journeys through these valleys wrapped in the mist, travelogues that evoke details of natural history interwoven into the delicate social fabric of mountain life. The book is a living tribute to the large-hearted sons of the soil, who, down the ages, have yoked the hills together, through thick and thin, good times and bad times, have laughed at the thunder and mocked the skies, have left for the plains only to return, again and again, to the call of the mountains.
The Garhwal Himalaya have always been much more than lumps of rock and ice – an enigma, a constant companion for travelers and explorers. Wanderings Through the Garhwal Himalaya is gripping study of this incredible part of the Himalaya which will make you want to be out there in the mountains amid sleet, snow, rain and wind.
Contents: Introduction; Himalayan Magic; Glorious Garhwal; Trekking the Garhwals; Not So Quiet Flows the Yamuna; Travels With the Four-Horned Ram; The Man Who Would Be King; The Magic of Duirital; Chandrashila; Baadis: The Flower Children of Garhwal; Travels in the Bhyundar Valley; Haridwar: Along the Ganga.
- Publisher
- Niyogi Books
- ISBN
- 9789385285325
- Published
- 13th Nov 2017
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Territory
- USA & Canada
- Size
- 7.15 in x 8.60 in
- Pages
- 244 Pages
- Illustrations
- 183 color
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