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unusual facts about Kumaon division


Cyrtopodion fasciolatus

Banded bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion fasciolatus is a species of gecko found in Northwest India (West Himalaya, Subathu/ Simla, Garhwal Hills, Almora, Kumaon).


Aulocera padma

The butterfly is found in the Himalayas from Shingarh, (Zhob, Safed Koh, Kurram, Gilgit, Chitral, India (Kumaon, Bhutan, Sikkim and Chumbi valleys) eastwards across to Abor valley, north Myanmar, west China and southeast Tibet .

Bal Mithai

and neighbouring Kumaon Hills, along with another local delicacy, Singhauri, which is another preparation of flavoured khoya, and comes wrapped in oak leaves.

North Indian cuisine

North Indian cuisine (Hindi: उत्तर भारतीय व्यंजन, Uttar Bharatiya Vyanjan, Urdu: شمالی بھارتی کھانا Shumali Bharti Khana), part of Indian cuisine, is a term used to refer to the cuisines found in Northern India which includes the Indian states: Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand (Kumaon) and West-Central Uttar Pradesh (Awadh and Braj).

Sword dance

the Choliya sword dance of the Kumaon region of the hills of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which started partly due to their long martial tradition and also to give protection to marriage processions.


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