Nainital is a popular hill station in the Uttarakhand state of India. The city has 3 freshwater lakes that contribute to making it cool and calm throughout the year. The temperature of the region is between 10 to 25 degrees most of the time, which makes it an ideal tourist destination.
The Legacy of Nainital
It is also known as Tri-Rishi Sarovar (Lake of the three sages), as the Nainital lake is said to have emerged from a burrow that three holy sages dug.
Legends also say that it is one of the Shakti Peeths of India. Shakti Peeths are religious sites where parts of the charred body of Sati (Parvati) fell on the earth. The site where Goddess Sati’s eyes (nain in Hindi) fell, became a lake from the tears and hence the town is called as Nainital (tal means lake in Hindi).
Important sites to visit in Nainital
Nainital is full of picturesque locations and you will enjoy the weather here. Some of the interesting sites to visit in Nainital are-
- Sattal Lake and Christian Ashram
- Guano Hills
- Bhimtal (again a lake)
- Pangot and Kilbury bird sanctuary
- The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
- Land’s End
You can also hire a cab in Nainital for your entire itinerary.
There are many renowned personalities who are either born or are somehow associated with Nainital. Some of them are- Shri Som Nath Sharma, India’s first Param Vir Chakra award winner was educated at Sherwood College of Nainital. Anoop Jalota, a popular classical singer was born in Nainital. Jim Corbett, hunter of man-eating tigers, author, and conservationist, studied at St. Joseph’s College, Nainital. Jim Corbett National Park in the vicinity is named after him, which is also the first National Park of India.
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