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Harela & Bhitauli

Harela is usually a Kumaoni festival to mark the coming of the rainy season. The celebration falls on the month of chiatra and month of Shravan. On the first day of the navaratris in the month of Chaitra girls fill a pot with soil and then mix seeds of wheat and barley together and sow […]

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Features

Music

Maachi Paani»

This is a very melodious song from the famous garhwali singer Narendra singh negiji, the lyrics of this song goes by something like this -
Maachi paani si jiyu teru meru ho sss bina tera ni jiyendu ni rayendu twe bina
Diyu baati si jiyu teru meru ho sss bina tera ni jiendu ni rayendu twe […]

People

Sumitra Nanadan Pant»

Sumitra Nanadan Pant was born in the year 1900 at beautiful hill station called Kausani near almora, in the hills of Kumaon. His mother died within a few hours of his birth. He was given the name Gosain Dutt. He did not like his name so later he changed his name and called himself “Sumitra […]

Recipe

Bhatt ki Churkani»

Today we will tell you about Bhatt ki Churkani, it’s usually called a kumaoni recipes. For those who don’t know Bhatt is actually Black Bean. There are lots of way to use Bhatt in Pahadi cuisine, even I know three of them. But today let’s see how can we make Bhatt ki Churkani.
Ingredients

Black Bean (Bhatt): […]