Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Garur

Garur is a town in the Bageshwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India.

From Kausani, the road descends to Garur and Baijnath. The small town of Baijnath on the banks of the Gomti River has distinctively carved 12th- and 13th-century Katyuri temples. They are now mostly ruined, but its houses have intricately carved wooden doors and windows . The main 10th-century temple houses a beautiful image of Parvati. Siva and Parvati are believed to have married at the confluence of the Gomti and Garur Ganga. The Katyur Dynasty, which ruled the valley for 500 years, took their name from Siva and Parvati’s mythical son, Karttikeya. Garur has plenty of buses and taxis northwards. Just north of Garur a road runs northwest to Gwaldam.

Nearby places include Kausani, Baijnath, Gwaldam and Bageshwar.

After Kausani, Garur is midway between Gwaldam and Bageshwar and is a major bus station for KMVN buses and is close to 490 kilometres away from Delhi on route to Delhi-Gajraula-Muradabad-Bhawali-Khairna-Almora-Someshwar-Kausani-Garur-Baijnath - Gwaldam.

The neighbouring villages also include Gagrigol, Chitrapal, Tilsari, Salani, Mattee, Bheta, Lobanj, Dangoli, Wajula, Garhsher, Wajula, Lobaj. Garur is about 14 km away from Kausani. From Garur about 25 km is Gwaldam which comes in Garhwal.

Some of villages nearby Garur are Silli, Darsani, Paye, Jijoli, Garsher, Wajula, Baijnath.

Between 1955 and 1985 the Uttaranchal Hills including Garur experienced a substantial exodus to major cities.

There is very good bus service from Anand Vihar Bus Terminus in New Delhi and there are plenty of airconditioned as well as non airconditioned buses travelling between Delhi to Bageshwar via Garur or Delhi to Tharali via Garur all plying in the evening. Also train services are available upto Kathgodown from Lucknow, Jaipur, Old Delhi Railway Station and Kolkatta.

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